Staughton Lynd Celebration

New York City, April 15, 2005

Solidarity: Thinking Globally Acting Locally
and the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.

This special event celebrates
Staughton Lynd's 75th birthday with a wide-ranging discussion of the labor
movement, solidarity unionism, labor internationalism, civil rights movement,
anti-war movements, and the struggle to defend the rights and lives of all
those in the prison- and military-industrial complex. The speakers discuss
contemporary and historic struggles for justice for African Americans and
people of color, women, the working class, prisoners, and the fight to end
U.S. wars of imperialism. Lynd has been instrumental in fighting for justice
in each of these areas.

A special event on the occasion of the centenary of the Industrial Workers of
the World and the Russian Revolution."AN INJURY TO ONE: ...

A Celebration of Staughton Lynd's Contribution to the
Creation of a More Just Society."

Organized and sponsored by Brooklyn College
and City College — City University of New York Centers for Worker Education,
Communication Workers of America Local 1180, Professional Staff Congress–
CUNY/AFT Local 2334, City College Department of Political Science and Brooklyn
College Department of Political Science.

LOCATION OF EVENT:

99 Hudson Street, 6th Floor in Tribeca

DATE AND TIME:
Friday April 15, from 10:30am – 2:30pm.
Interested parties may
attend all or any part of it.

The event speakers include:

Staughton Lynd, Scholar, Activist, Teacher;
Bill Henning, CWA Local 1180;

JoAnn Wypijewski, Journalist/Activist;
Frances Fox Piven, City University
Graduate Center;
Steve Leberstein, City College of New York, PSC/CUNY;
Joseph
Wilson, Brookyn College/CUNY;
Manny Ness, Brooklyn Brollege/CUNY;
Bill
Fletcher, President, Transafrica Forum;
Leslie Cagan, Organizer, United for
Peace and Justice;
Steve Early, Organizer, Communication Workers of America;

Bill Batson, Executive Director, ACRES Project;
Donna Lieberman, Executive
Director, American Civil Liberties Union of New York;
Gerry Hudson, Vice
President, Service Employees International Union;
Bill Perkins, Councilman,
New York City Council;
Leith Mullings, Professor Graduate Center, City
University of New York;
John Krinsky, Professor, City College of New York,
CUNY.

Buffet lunch will be served to all.