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SUMMARY:MIllie Beik Celebration of Life & Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Sun. Oct. 22\, 2023\, 2:00-4:00 p.m. “A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Dr. Millie Beik (1943-2023)” at The Pump House\, 880 E. Waterfront Drive\, Munhall PA. \nMillie Beik was a renowned labor history scholar\, whose 1995 book The Miners of Windber:  The Struggles of New Immigrants for Unionization\, 1890s-1930s (Penn State University Press) was a landmark publication that received the Best Book of the Year award from the International Labor History Association. \nHer late husband\, Bill Beik\, was a noted historian in the field of French history who taught with Millie for many years at Emory University in Atlanta. \nWhen Millie and Bill retired from university teaching and moved to Pittsburgh\, they became steadfast supporters of the Battle of Homestead Foundation\, helping organize numerous programs and events. \nThis past year\, she was an important part of the team that organized the Pennsylvania Labor History Weekend at Windber and Lilly\, PA in April\, 2023. \nThe Dr. Mildred Allen Beik Collection in the Special Collections and University Archives of Indiana University-Pennsylvania contains thousands of items and is the foremost archive of materials on the subject of U.S. coal mining life and culture in the early 20th century. \nJoin us Oct. 22 when the Battle of Homestead Foundation and the Beik family present a public celebration recognizing Millie’s social activism and scholarly contributions. \n* The event is free and open to the public; if you plan to attend\, an RSVP to bhfprograms@gmail.com would be appreciated. \n__________________ \n“Labor and labor relations constitute the essence of American history and are not separate or isolatable subjects divorced from the nation’s overall past. Working people have been instrumental in the building of America.” — Millie Beik\, preface to Labor Relations
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/millie-beik-celebration-of-life-legacy/
LOCATION:Pump House\, 880 E. Waterfront Drive\, Munhall\, 15120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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SUMMARY:The 1948 Donora Smog Disaster – 75th Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:TUESDAY\, SEPT. 26\, 2023 @ 7:30 p.m. The Battle of Homestead Foundation presents a free Zoom program “The 1948 Donora Smog Disaster – 75th Anniversary” presented by Brian Charlton of the Donora Historical Society and Smog Museum. \nThe 90-minute program with audience Q&A explores the events leading up to the October\, 1948 onset of intense smog that settled over the town of Donora\, Pennsylvania\, a Monongahela River mill town 24 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The toxic air conditions killed 20 people and caused severe respiratory problems for 6\,000 of the 14\,000 people living in the town. \nThe Donora Smog remains one of the worst environmental disasters in American history\, yet it had the positive effect of raising widespread awareness of dangers caused by industrial air pollution … an awareness that would eventually lead to state and federal laws protecting our air\, earth and water. \nREGISTER here at Eventbrite for the Zoom link. \n* The Donora Historical Society and Smog Museum preserves\, researches\, interprets and promotes Donora history through cooperative continuing educational relationships with individuals and institutions\, focusing on causes and effects of the 1948 smog tragedy and its impact on global environmental concerns and issues. MORE INFO HERE.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/the-1948-donora-smog-disaster-75th-anniversary/
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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SUMMARY:A New Vision for the Mon Valley – 2024 and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:THURSDAY\, AUG. 17\, 2023 @ 7:30 p.m. The Battle of Homestead Foundation presents a free Zoom program “A New Vision for the Mon Valley – 2024 and Beyond”. \nThe 90-minute panel discussion with audience Q&A explores how the Mon Metro Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of companies and community organizations are working to bring new jobs and economic security to towns along Western Pennsylvania’s historic Monongahela River Valley. \nModerated by Dr. Patricia DeMarco\, the panel includes Mon Metro Chamber of Commerce president Tina Doose; developer Derrick Tillman of Bridging the Gap; EOS Energy Enterprises’ Chad Fitzgerald; Breathe Collaborative director and environmental engineer Dr. Matthew Mehalik. \nREGISTER HERE at Eventbrite for the Zoom link. \n_____________________________ \n* Based in Braddock\, PA\, the Mon Metro Chamber of Commerce (MMCC) is a neighborhood hub of connection\, resources\, skill building and partnership. The MMCC is a membership organization that supports businesses\, entrepreneurship with a focus on young entrepreneurs\, nonprofits and the people who engage with these entities. MORE INFO HERE.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/a-new-vision-for-the-mon-valley-2024-and-beyond/
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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SUMMARY:Meetup for 131st Anniversary - Battle of Homestead Commemoration
DESCRIPTION:THURSDAY July 6\, 2023 marks the 131st anniversary of the Battle of Homestead — then\, as now\, a pivotal event in U.S. labor history. \nJOIN the Battle of Homestead Foundation for an in-person gathering at the Pump House (880 E. Waterfront Drive\, Munhall\, PA 15120) on Thursday\, July 6\, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.  \nNo registration\, no admission – just stop by and enjoy a casual meetup with music and food to discuss and remember the significance of the heroic struggle of workers and townspeople to preserve their dignity\, their livelihood and their right to organize. \nThen\, as now. \n***  VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS from the 130th Anniversary Commemoration in 2022.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/131st-anniversary-meetup/
LOCATION:Pump House\, 880 E. Waterfront Drive\, Munhall\, 15120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230511T210000
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SUMMARY:FILM TALK:  "Mighty Harlan County"
DESCRIPTION:THURSDAY\, May 11\, 2023 @ 7:30 p.m. — the Battle of Homestead Foundation and Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism present a free Zoom program with award-winning filmmaker Jared Hamilton  discussing his new film “Mighty Harlan County” documenting the dramatic 2019 railway blockade by Kentucky miners seeking back pay from a corrupt mining company. \n_________________________ \n*** Participants are asked to view the entire film ahead of the May 11 discussion … the film will be discussed\, not shown on May 11 … please view the film ahead of the May 11 film talk discussion … register here on Eventbrite and you’ll receive your viewing access password to see the film before the May 11 film talk discussion. \n_________________________ \nIn July\, 2019\, the owners of Blackjewel Mining abruptly filed bankruptcy leaving 1\,700 miners across Appalachia instantly unemployed and without benefits or required severance; the miners’ checks began bouncing\, and money already deposited in their accounts was clawed back by the company.  \nIn Harlan County\, Kentucky\, dozens of miners mounted an immediate resistance. Physically occupying the rail tracks for two months\, they successfully prevented the last coal train with its $1million+ load from leaving the mine — until they and their colleagues were paid in full.  \n_____________________________ \nVeteran filmmaker Jared Hamilton was on hand to record the 2-month rail blockade\, documented from start to finish in “Mighty Harlan County”\, a newly-released 57-minute film offering unique access and insight into the daily struggles of American workers faced with critical career upheaval. \n“Mighty Harlan County” follows the miners\, their families and community supporters through the blockade and bitter legal battle with Blackjewel Mining that quickly made international news.  \nIt also provides detailed historical context on the long history of labor disputes and corporate malfeasance in Harlan County and the surrounding coal mining region. \nHamilton will be joined by Dr. Lou Martin\, associate professor of history at Chatham University and author of Smokestacks in the Hills: Rural-Industrial Workers in West Virginia; Jody DiPerna\, senior writer and editor at Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism; former coal miner and educator Kipp Dawson. \n_____________________________ \nJared Hamilton is an Appalachian-born documentary-style photographer and videographer who graduated from Western Kentucky University in 2012 with a BA in Photojournalism. His clients include Appalshop\, New York Times\, Kentuckians For The Commonwealth\, Garden & Gun\, Eastern Kentucky University and National Public Radio. He self-publishes much of his personal work\, including three volumes of his zine Familiar Paths. He is Chairman of the Board for artist collaborative group M.A.R.S. Collective based at Wiley’s Last Resort on top of Pine Mountain in Whitesburg\, Kentucky. \n_____________________________ \n*** Participants are asked to view the entire film ahead of the May 11 discussion … the film will be discussed\, not shown on May 11 … view the film ahead of the May 11 film talk discussion … register here on Eventbrite and you’ll receive your viewing access password to see the film before the May 11 film talk discussion.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/film-talk-mighty-harlan-county/
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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SUMMARY:Jazz and Working-Class Experience: Book Talk\, Poetry\, Live Music
DESCRIPTION:JOIN THE Battle of Homestead Foundation for an in-person program “Jazz and Working-Class Experience” featuring author Nicole McCandless\, poet Fred Shaw and Stepping Stone Jazz Quartet. \nIn celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month\, we explore jazz and working-class experience — past and present — with a focus on events and people connected to Pittsburgh. The program offers an experience of live jazz as well as discussion of the music and its cultural and social significance. \nDate: Thursday\, Apr. 20\, 2023 from 7:00-9:00 pm  \nPlace: The Pump House\, 880 E. Waterfront Drive\, Munhall PA 15120 \nAdmission: Free … must register at Eventbrite here.\n \n_______________________________________________ \nNicole McCandless will introduce her children’s book\, Down on James Street\, based on a real historical incident in 1930s Pittsburgh in which an interracial dance sponsored by the Young Workers League was broken up by the police. Nicole will discuss the importance of music in storytelling and the feedback she’s gotten since the book was published by Hardball Press in 2021.  \nFred Shaw will read poems from his book Scraping Away\, as well as new works. Fred was selected for the Pennsylvania Public Poetry Project in 2017 and was an Allegheny County Emerging Poet Laureate finalist in 2020; his poetry offers elegiac\, humanistic portrayals of work and working-class life frequently focusing on restaurant workers\, family and music\, particularly jazz. He will be accompanied by drummer Ken Foley’s Stepping Stone Jazz Quartet\, with Daniel Lieberfeld (guitar)\, Lester Harper (bass)\, Derment Winston Jr. (soprano sax). \n* Marking the site of the 1892 Battle of Homestead\, the Pump House is a popular event venue at the trailhead of the Great Allegheny Passage encompassing the Steel Valley Trail in the Mon Valley.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/jazz-and-working-class-experience-book-talk-poetry-live-music/
LOCATION:Pump House\, 880 E. Waterfront Drive\, Munhall\, 15120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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SUMMARY:Windber & Lilly PA Labor History Weekend Apr. 1-2
DESCRIPTION:On April 1 and 2\, 2023\, the Pennsylvania Labor History Society and Battle of Homestead Foundation present a two-day gathering commemorating the 1922-23 United Mine Workers strike based in Windber\, PA and the 1924 street battle between citizens of Lilly\, PA and the Ku Klux Klan. \nThese centennial recognitions of headline events from the 1920s mark decisive turning points in America’s progress toward religious tolerance and union rights and are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.\n \nOn Sat. Apr. 1\, the 1922-23 United Mine Workers strike for union recognition will be discussed at a gathering of the Pennsylvania Labor History Society in Windber’s Slovak Educational Club\, 1300 Jackson Avenue. Panels include “Women in Coal and Steel”\, “John Brophy and Labor Education” and “Eastern Europeans and American Labor History”. Labor singer/songwriter Tom Breiding will perform\, and recipients will be named for the Society’s annual Mother Jones Award\, Irwin Marcus Worker Education Award and William Sylvis Labor Award. \nThe 1922-23 strike was the first natiowide walkout by both anthracite and bituminous miners\, with more than 600\,000 miners demanding better wages\, improved safety conditions\, the right to collective bargaining and legal protection from the systemic corporate violence and intimidation that pervaded company-run coal towns across the U.S. \nOn Sun. Apr. 2\, twenty miles to the northeast in Cambria County\, the borough of Lilly will commemorate what historians have dubbed the Lilly Anti-Klan Riot — the evening of Apr. 5\, 1924 when local citizens forcibly prevented an armed contingent of 400 hooded Ku Klux Klan members from entering town and terrorizing the town’s immigrant population. The Lilly riot was among the most publicized of the decade’s many civil disturbances in which small-town inhabitants vigorously pushed back against the Klan’s anti-immigrant\, anti-Catholic incursions. \nPanels held at the Lilly Community Center/Library\, 101 Memorial Drive\, include “A Vote is a Fire Escape – the Untold Story of How Women took the Vote”\, “The Struggle of Women and African Americans in the Workplace” and “The Attack by the KKK on the Community of Lilly”. Musician Jason Kendall will perform\, and there will be a tour of Lilly’s several historical monuments. \n* FULL SCHEDULE AND CONTACT INFO HERE *
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/windber-lilly-pa-labor-history-weekend/
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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SUMMARY:Steeltown Jews:  History and Legacy at Work in Homestead\, PA
DESCRIPTION:THURSDAY\, Mar. 23\, 2023 @ 7:30 p.m. The Battle of Homestead Foundation presents “Steeltown Jews: History and Legacy at Work in Homestead\, PA”\, a free Zoom program discussing the development of Homestead’s early Jewish community and the interplay of labor\, industry and ethnicity in America’s most famous steel mill town. \nHistorian Tammy Hepps will review the history of the Jewish community in Homestead\, from the 1881 arrival of the first Jewish family as the steel mill was built to the 1993 closing of the synagogue when the last members could no longer make a minyan.  In parallel\, the talk will explore how the popular narratives around Homestead narrowed over time\, centering on the interplay of labor and industry yet ultimately erasing people and stories that didn’t fit those themes. By restoring Homestead’s overlooked Jewish American narratives\, new insights are provided that offer a more complete understanding of America’s most famous steel mill town. \nREGISTER here on Eventbrite.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/steeltown-jews-history-and-legacy-at-work-in-homestead-pa/
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221203T180000
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SUMMARY:"CIty of Steel" film premiere
DESCRIPTION:SATURDAY\, Dec. 3\, 2022 @ 6:00-9:00 p.m. — Battle of Homestead Foundation presents a free in-person screening of “City of Steel” \, a new film by Bruce Spiegel. \nSITE:  AMC Waterfront 22 cineplex at 300 W. Waterfront Drive\, West Homestead\, PA 15120. \n* Reserved Seating — MUST REGISTER for free tickets here. \nCity of Steel is a perceptive\, poignant and deeply personal 90-minute documentary detailing the rise and fall of the steel industry in the greater Pittsburgh area. For over 100 years\, the region’s people\, communities and neighborhoods were directly tied to the steel mills by countless social and economic links\, shaping a unique way of life passed from generation to generation.\n \n* SPONSORS: The Waterfront\, This Is Red\, Golden Age Beer \n_____________________________ \nBRUCE SPIEGEL is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning filmmaker whose aesthetic sensibilities were honed by a Pittsburgh childhood where he marveled at the Homestead Steel Works from his bedroom window. He has produced television documentaries (9-11 and Nelson Mandela: Father of a Nation)\, created films on music and culture (Machito\, A Latin Jazz Legacy; Long Road Home; Celebration!; Bill Evans: Time Remembered) and spent 25 years as a producer\, editor and director at CBS News/48 Hours Mystery. \n* FOR MORE information on the City of Steel film and other steelmaking films and books\, click here.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/344324/
LOCATION:AMC Waterfront 22\, 300 W. Waterfront Drive\, West Homestead\, PA\, 15120
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T210000
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SUMMARY:FILM TALK:  "Local 1196:  A Steelworkers Strike"
DESCRIPTION:WEDNESDAY\, Nov. 16\, 2022 @ 7:30 p.m. — the Battle of Homestead Foundation presents a free Zoom program with award-winning filmmaker Sam George discussing his new film “Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike” documenting the 106-day strike at Allegheny Technologies Inc. in Brackenridge\, Pennsylvania. \nCiting unfair labor practices\, the steelworkers of USW 1196 struck in March\, 2021. “Local 1196” gives an inside look at picket line conversations\, fiery union hall debates\, family discussions in union member living rooms … unique insight and access into the daily struggles of American blue-collar workers faced with a critical career disruption. \n_____________________________ \nFILMMAKER Sam George is a documentary filmmaker for the Bertelsmann Foundation\, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington DC. His 16 films to date have focused on the global intersection of politics\, economics\, social issues and daily life with locations in Mexico\, Cuba\, Argentina\, Latvia\, Turkey\, Mozambique\, Italy\, India and the U.S. He is co-author and editor of The No Collar Economy: Exponential Change and the Digital Revolution\, a graphic arts book published by the Bertelsmann Foundation in 2017\, and Our Digital World. \n* FOR MORE info click here. \n* TO REGISTER for the program\, click here.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/film-talk-local-1196-a-steelworkers-strike/
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221020T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221020T210000
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SUMMARY:Fascism in Today's America:  Can It Happen Here?
DESCRIPTION:THURSDAY\, Oct. 20\, 2022 @ 7:30 p.m. The Battle of Homestead Foundation presents a free Zoom program by two U.S. and labor history professors\, Joe White and Chuck Pennacchio\, discussing the spread of Fascist movements in today’s America\, their threat to working people … and how these movements can be defeated. \nFascism is in the air these days. Some people think the United States has passed the point of no return — that is\, the fascists have already won. Others say not to worry\, it can’t happen here. Still others talk about the likelihood of the fascism-friendly “Hard Right” gaining power for the indefinite future. \nStarting with a brief history of fascism in the 20th century\, the speakers will discuss the threat of fascism to working people in the 21st century and the means by which fascism can be defeated. More details here. \nREGISTER here on Eventbrite.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/fascism-in-todays-america-can-it-happen-here/
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T210000
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SUMMARY:2022 Kleiman Lecture: “Steelworkers in the 21st Century”
DESCRIPTION:“Steelworkers in the 21st Century” is the title of a panel discussion presented by the United Steelworkers (USW) discussing recent organizing drives among museum workers\, university professors and the emerging technology sector. \n* THE 2022 USW BERNARD KLEIMAN LECTURE\n* Thursday\, Oct. 6\, 2022 from 7:00-9:00 p.m.\n* The Pump House\, 880 E. Waterfront Drive\, Munhall\, PA 15120\n* Program is free and open to the public \n__________________________________ \nRESPONDING TO America’s changing workforce\, the USW has been successfully reaching out to workers in previously non-union sectors and institutions. As Pittsburgh’s economy has pivoted from heavy industry to “Eds and Meds”\, the USW has won several organizing campaigns among museum workers\, college professors and the emerging technology sector. \n“Steelworkers in the 21st Century” features a panel of newly organized USW members representing the United Tech Workers\, United Museum Workers and Union of Pitt Faculty\, moderated by Bernie Hall (Director of USW District 10) and Guillermo Perez (USW Staff Representative\, District 10). They’ll discuss how organizing drives in these new occupational areas are transforming the union and its impact on America’s social and economic well-being. \nA native of Kendallville\, Indiana\, Bernard Kleiman\, Esq. (1928-2006)spent his life and career helping workers get a fair deal. As general counsel and lead negotiator for the United Steelworkers of America for 46 years\, Kleiman played a central role in crafting an affirmative action agreement for the steel and aluminum industries to increase hiring of minority workers and women. The annual USW Bernard Kleiman Lecture celebrates his past legacy and provides timely information on the battles he would have fought in our time. More on his extraordinary life here.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/2022-kleiman-lecture-steelworkers-in-the-21st-century/
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220811T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220811T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T161115
CREATED:20220711T193355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220711T193355Z
UID:341004-1660246200-1660251600@battleofhomestead.org
SUMMARY:A New Vision for the Mon Valley – Alternatives to Plastics Production and Hydrogen Hubs
DESCRIPTION:THURSDAY\, Aug. 11\, 2022 @ 7:30 p.m. — the Battle of Homestead Foundation presents a free Zoom program discussing new job opportunities for the Mon Valley that do not require reliance on fossil fuel production — “A New Vision for the Mon Valley – Alternatives to Plastics Production and Hydrogen Hubs”.  \nREGISTER on Eventbrite here.\n \nSPEAKERS: \n* Dr. Patricia DeMarco\, author of Pathways to Our Sustainable Future: A Global Perspective from Pittsburgh\, is a Rachel Carson Scholar and has served as director of the Rachel Carson Institute at Chatham University\, where she holds an appointment as Senior Scholar. \n* Dr. Matt Mehalik\, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Policy at Carnegie Mellon University\, is executive director of the Breathe Collaborative\, a coalition of local residents\, environmental advocates\, public health professionals and academics advocating for healthier air for the Pittsburgh region.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/a-new-vision-for-the-mon-valley-alternatives-to-plastics-production-and-hydrogen-hubs/
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220623T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220623T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T161115
CREATED:20220521T161534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220622T152726Z
UID:339823-1656012600-1656018000@battleofhomestead.org
SUMMARY:The Bootleg Coal Rebellion: Pennsylvania Miners Who Seized an Industry
DESCRIPTION:Thur. June 23\, 2022 @ 7:30 p.m. — the Battle of Homestead Foundation presents a free Zoom program discussing a newly-published book\, The Bootleg Coal Rebellion: Pennsylvania Miners Who Seized an Industry. \nAuthor Mitch Troutman relates the remarkable tale of “The Bootleg Coal Rebellion” — Depression-era miners in Pennsylvania who sank their own mines on company grounds and fought police\, bankers\, coal companies and courts to form a union that would not only safeguard their livelihoods but also protect their collective autonomy as citizens and workers. \nMitch Troutman is a writer\, educator and organizer living in Central Pennsylvania. He is a direct descendent of bootleg coal miners and belongs to the group Anthracite Unite. \n*** REGISTER HERE for the June 23 program at this link. \n_________________
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/the-bootleg-coal-rebellion-pennsylvania-miners-who-seized-an-industry/
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220519T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220519T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T161115
CREATED:20220405T155323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220405T155642Z
UID:338594-1652988600-1652994000@battleofhomestead.org
SUMMARY:Death of a Jewish Radical in Erie\, 1922: Echoes from a Century Ago
DESCRIPTION:ON May 19\, 2022\, the Battle of Homestead Foundation presents a free Zoom program marking the 100th anniversary of a brutal murder of Herman Martius\, an immigrant shopkeeper and political activist in Erie\, Pennsylvania … a murder that came to symbolize the civic and social turmoil besetting American Democracy in the 1920s. \nDeath of a Jewish Radical in Erie\, 1922: Echoes from a Century Ago features historians Kipp Dawson and Lou Martin presenting their research on the crime\, investigation and community aftermath. \nMs. Dawson is a granddaughter of Herman and Beatrice Martius and has integrated her family’s unique story with the historical events of the day. Dr. Martin is an associate professor of history at Chatham University specializing in American labor and working-class history. \nA CENTURY LATER\, the murder of Herman Martius remains unsolved. But many of the dangerous political currents in the divided America of his time have resurged in our own. \nREGISTER HERE at Eventbrite for your Zoom link. \n 
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/death-of-a-jewish-radical-in-erie-1922-echoes-from-a-century-ago/
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220420T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220420T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T161115
CREATED:20220403T190643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220405T154155Z
UID:338554-1650483000-1650488400@battleofhomestead.org
SUMMARY:How the 1940s “Labor Board Crew” Revolutionized Union Mediation in America
DESCRIPTION:ON Apr. 20\, 2022\, Battle of Homestead Foundation presents a free Zoom panel discussion of the new book The Labor Board Crew: Remaking Worker-Employer Relations from Pearl Harbor to the Reagan Era by Ronald W. Schatz with commentary by Dr. Schatz\, labor historian Jack Metzgar and union organizer John Lepley. \nThe unlikely crew of technocrats and utopian reformers (including Clark Kerr\, John Dunlop\, Jean McKelvey\, Marvin Miller) came together in 1942 by order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the National War Labor Board\, charged with mediating labor disputes that might threaten U.S. wartime production. \nAfter the war\, the board’s “graduates” would go on to play important roles in shaping America’s economy and society for the next 50 years\, handling thousands of grievances and strikes and impacting major legal decisions in civil rights\, unions\, student protests\, school integration\, professional sports and the end of the Cold War. \nThis Battle of Homestead Foundation program explores the “labor board crew’s” unique legacy and its application for labor organizers and mediators today. \nREGISTER HERE at Eventbrite for your Zoom link. \n 
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/how-the-1940s-labor-board-crew-revolutionized-union-mediation-in-america/
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Program Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220324T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220324T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T161115
CREATED:20211213T225939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220223T161444Z
UID:10344-1648150200-1648155600@battleofhomestead.org
SUMMARY:Making of “9to5:  The Story of a Movement”
DESCRIPTION:The Battle of Homestead Foundation presents a free online panel discussion of the documentary film “9to5: The Story of a Movement” — featuring live commentary by 9to5 founders Karen Nussbaum\, Ellen Cassedy\, Kim Cook discussing the emergence of the 9to5 collective and its nationwide organizing of women workers in the late 1970s and early ’80s. Thur. Mar. 24\, 7:30-9:00 pm. Program details here … viewers must register here.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/2022-program-series-a-peoples-history-continues/
CATEGORIES:Current Program Series,Featured Events,Program Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210902
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210910
DTSTAMP:20260403T161115
CREATED:20210819T021643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T233551Z
UID:10359-1630540800-1631231999@battleofhomestead.org
SUMMARY:The Battle of Blair Mountain Centennial
DESCRIPTION:The Battle of Homestead Foundation is pleased to be a sponsor of The Battle of Blair Mountain Centennial\, one of the most important labor history commemorations happening in the U.S. this year.The \n5-day Battle of Blair Mountain in August\, 1921\, was the largest armed conflict on American soil other than the Civil War\, as thousands of West Virginia coal mining families joined the United Mine Workers of America to rise up against a violent syndicate of rapacious mine owners. \nFrom Sept. 2-9\, 2021\, the  Battle of Blair Mountain Centennial will be celebrated across West Virginia with scores of public events including films\, concerts\, re-enactments\, art and museum exhibits\, symposiums\, storytelling\, faily activities\, walking tours\, the annual UMWA Labor Day Rally and the Coalfields Heritage Festival. \nStart marking your calendars now — full info at https://www.blair100.com/
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/the-battle-of-blair-mountain-centennial/
CATEGORIES:Program Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210521T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210521T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T161115
CREATED:20210522T015740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T233601Z
UID:10351-1621584000-1621616400@battleofhomestead.org
SUMMARY:The Next Shift
DESCRIPTION:“The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America” presented by Dr. Gabriel Winant\, Professor of History at University of Chicago. Co-sponsored with White Whale Bookstore\, the new book from Harvard University Press ventures inside Pittsburgh neighborhoods and talks with working-class Pittsburghers to show how America’s cities are weathering new workforce realities and shaping the U.S. economy of tomorrow.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/the-next-shift/
CATEGORIES:Program Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210419
DTSTAMP:20260403T161115
CREATED:20210419T015626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T233609Z
UID:10347-1618704000-1618790399@battleofhomestead.org
SUMMARY:Whitewashing Andrew Carnegie
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Sarah Papazoglakis\, a privacy and trust product strategist at Facebook Reality Labs. The 2021 Bernard Kleiman Lecture co-sponosred with United Steelworkers examines whether Carnegie’s fabled philanthropy was at its core a planned public relations effort to soften his legacy as a manipulative financier and ruthless suppressor of unions.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/whitewashing-andrew-carnegie/
CATEGORIES:Program Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190826
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190827
DTSTAMP:20260403T161115
CREATED:20190826T164113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T233616Z
UID:10417-1566777600-1566863999@battleofhomestead.org
SUMMARY:The Fannie Sellins Memorial Commemoration
DESCRIPTION:On August 26\, 2019\, The Battle of Homestead Foundation labor supporters gathered in Natrona Heights\, Brackenridge and Arnold Cemetery\, Pennsylvania\, to remember the one hundred year anniversary of the death of labor activists\, Fannie Sellins and Joe Strazeleski\, who were brutally murdered by the Coal and Iron Police. They were murdered in cold blood as they defended the rights of laborers\, immigrants and the rights for social justice and a just wage for their labors. Their lives were commemorated in the day long event\, now captured on video\, with speeches by labor organizers and members of the United Steelworkers and United Mine Workers of America unions.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/the-fannie-sellins-memorial-commemoration/
CATEGORIES:Program Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190727
DTSTAMP:20260403T161115
CREATED:20190726T182953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T233625Z
UID:10476-1564099200-1564185599@battleofhomestead.org
SUMMARY:Betty Davis 75th Birthday Bash
DESCRIPTION:The Battle of Homestead Foundation sponsored the Betty Davis 75th Birthday Bash at the AMC Waterfront Theater on July 26\, 2019. The documentary “Betty – They Say I’m Different” was shown followed by a birthday celebration at the Waterfront Sing Sing/Rock Bottom restaurant.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/betty-davis-75th-birthday-bash/
CATEGORIES:Program Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181002
DTSTAMP:20260403T161115
CREATED:20181001T193327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T233655Z
UID:10541-1538352000-1538438399@battleofhomestead.org
SUMMARY:Build Solidarity to fight Anti Semitism and Racism
DESCRIPTION:The Tree of Life Massacre of October 2018 has cast an indelible stain on the history of Pittsburgh. We mark its first anniversary with a discussion by historians and activists reviewing both our country’s response to race-bating\, hate-mongering\, and systematic discrimination. Joe White\, Carl Redwood and Steffi Domike lead the panel discussion.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/build-solidarity-to-fight-anti-semitism-and-racism/
CATEGORIES:Program Series
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180923
DTSTAMP:20260403T161115
CREATED:20180922T185507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T233644Z
UID:10498-1537574400-1537660799@battleofhomestead.org
SUMMARY:Vietnam: A Working Class War
DESCRIPTION:The 2018 PA Labor Historical Society Conference was held September 22\, 2018 at Community College of Allegheny College -Pittsburgh Campus. This year’s program was entitled ‘Vietnam: A Working Class War’ and featured panel discussions and presentations regarding Vietnam War activism and related topics. The goal of this program was to provide an opportunity for the present generation of young people\, students\, elders\, and members of the larger Pittsburgh community to learn from and dialogue with those whose lives and politics were profoundly impacted by the Vietnam War.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/vietnam-a-working-class-war/
CATEGORIES:Program Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180119
DTSTAMP:20260403T161115
CREATED:20180130T203002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T233702Z
UID:10536-1516233600-1516319999@battleofhomestead.org
SUMMARY:Our Families in The Battle of Homestead\, Trilby Busch
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by author Trilby Busch. “Darkness Visible: A Novel of the 1892 Homestead Strike.”\, recreates the experiences of the workers and townspeople who witnessed the strike and battle firsthand. Descendants of members of the strike committee will also share their family stories.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/our-families-in-the-battle-of-homestead-trilby-busch/
CATEGORIES:Program Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171002
DTSTAMP:20260403T161115
CREATED:20171001T191226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T212237Z
UID:10519-1506816000-1506902399@battleofhomestead.org
SUMMARY:Working Class Images Art Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:October\, 2017 was the opening of the Battle of Homestead art exhibit: “Working Class Images”. The artists painted and photographed the essence of the Pittsburgh steel working families\, neighborhoods and religious connections. This video captures the Pittsburgh working men who labored in the Pittsburgh area steel mills. For more details on the artists: https://battleofhomestead.org/working-class-images-an-art-exhibit/
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/working-class-images-art-exhibit/
CATEGORIES:Featured Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170708
DTSTAMP:20260403T161115
CREATED:20170707T192535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T233712Z
UID:10530-1499385600-1499471999@battleofhomestead.org
SUMMARY:Mark Rylance Speech
DESCRIPTION:Mark Rylance\, academy award actor and Peter Reder\, writer\, came to Pittsburgh to honor the brave men and women who fought and died in the Battle of Homestead in 1892. Mark Rylance participated in the many activities that commemorated the 125th anniversary of the historic Battle of Homestead.. This speech was delivered during the Meet and Greet event where the Battle of Homestead members met with Mark Rylance and his writer\, Peter Reder.
URL:https://battleofhomestead.org/event/mark-rylance-speech/
CATEGORIES:Program Series
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