LAWRENCE HISTORY LIVE!
The Festival features, as part of its historical and labor exhibits, Lawrence History Live! and the Community Forum, a place for discussion of labor, industrial heritage, education, and other community issues. Lawrence History Live! presents its 10th edition after having been created by Linda and Jurg Siegenthaler in 2008.
Within the Lawrence History Live! tent, we'll have seating and a platform where historians, writers, union representatives, and community activists will present their insights on Lawrence's history and present. In a question-and-answer format, festival visitors will be able to participate in what will be an exciting encounter with the past and with society today.
Again this year, there will be a second speaker's venue at the Community Corner, adjacent to our history and labor section. A soap box is also provided.
So, there is plenty to take in! Get involved, learn, and enjoy!
2018 SCHEDULE
12:15-12:30pm
Researching Lawrence: In Person and Online
Amita Kiley, Collections Manager and Research Coordinator, Lawrence History Center
12:30-12:45pm
Saving UMass Boston: Students, Labor and the Fight to Education
Zac Bears, Executive Director, Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts
1:15-1:35pm
The 1919 Lawrence Strike for '48-54': Building on the 1912 Struggle
Dexter Arnold, Labor Historian, 2016 Bread & Roses Hall of Fame Recipient
1:35-2:35pm
Community Forum: "Let's talk housing! Young people, housing, and the future of Lawrence"
Featuring Beyazmin Jimenez (Citizens' Housing and Planning Association) and Vladimir Saldana (Lawrence CommunityWorks). Facilitator Glennys Sanchez, President BRHC.
2:35-2:50pm
Mass. Jobs with Justice: Building Working Class Power & Coalition and Campaigns that Win
Gillian Mason, Co-Director, Massachusetts Jobs with Justice
3:05-3:20pm
Lawrence Public Schools: Receivorship Update
Frank McLaughlin, President, Lawrence Teachers Union
3:20-3:35PM
Fighting for Transgender Rights: Setting the Stage for National Values
Kelsey Barowich, Coalition Organizer, Freedom for All Massachusetts
The Community Corner has scheduled additional speakers on labor and social issues, as well as poetry readings, labor songs, and more.
Coordinators: Linda Siegenthaler, Jurg Siegenthaler, Elizabeth Pellerito, Bernard Trubowitz, Christina Villafranca