APRIL 14, 2022 — The UTSA Democratizing Racial Justice (DRJ) Project is hosting a panel discussion on oppressive conditions in the workplace from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 16, in the Buena Vista Street Building Theater (BVB 1.326) at the UTSA Downtown Campus. The event, Workers on the Rise: The State of Labor in San Antonio, is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required.
UTSA launched its DRJ project in January 2021 to support its community partnerships in advancing racial justice. Made possible through a $5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the project is a collaboration between UTSA’s Women Studies Institute and the Department of Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and community partners to work on pressing racial justice issues. It also seeks to increase student access to ethnic studies as a pathway for learning about and creating more just societies.
Over the last year, participants built relationships with the university and San Antonio communities, including hosting a series of virtual discussions. Workers on the Rise is the DRJ project’s first in-person event.
“Poverty, racial justice, and labor struggles need to be discussed more because they are interconnected topics that seldom receive the attention they deserve at both the national and local levels,” said Jose Villagran, a UTSA postdoctoral fellow with the project. “Nationally, the country is often framed as a land of ‘exceptionalism’ where immigrants from all over have been able to make a good living for themselves through perseverance and hard work. This narrative obfuscates the reality for millions who have had to fight to earn a living and whose stories resemble a nightmare more than a dream. If we are to live up to the values of equality we often espouse as Americans, issues of poverty, racial justice and labor struggles must be elevated and addressed. This event is a good platform to do so.”
The event will feature a panel of local workers and organizers who will discuss how they have resisted oppressive conditions in the workplace, and how the public can become involved in the city’s labor movement.
Panelists include:
The event will also feature a stringed quartet performance by the Musicians of the San Antonio Symphony.
To make the event more accessible to the public, the RGV Language Justice Collective will provide live Spanish interpretation.
Free parking is available in the Cattleman’s Square Lot, located on the corner of S. Pecos–La Trinidad St. and Buena Vista St.
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