2024 Events

“Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free men.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

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UPCOMING EVENTS

MAR 28:  The Past, Present, and Future of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
APR 11:   Nandini Jammi from Check My Ads

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Topic: LTD Forum: The Past, Present, and Future of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Time: MAR 28, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Virtual Forum:  The Past, Present, and Future of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

THURsday, MARCH 28, 2024, 7:00 - 8:30PM EST

In 2022, The Supreme Court ruled, in a 6–3 decision, that the ability to carry a pistol in public was a constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment. Gun violence is a uniquely American problem and many in New York City now feel the increased threat to our personal safety as we navigate our crowded urban environment. What about the state’s compelling interest to protect the public by restricting possession of guns in public spaces?  If you want to understand the history and meaning of the Second Amendment and what we can do to approach this issue intelligently, JOIN US for this Let’s Talk Democracy Forum when Andrew Willinger, Executive Director of the Duke Center for Firearms Law, will discuss the right to keep and bear arms. 

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 ABOUT ANDREW WILLINGER

Andrew Willinger is the Executive Director, Center for Firearms Law at Duke University School of Law.   He writes and comments on Second Amendment decisions and issues related to firearms law. Andrew has been quoted and interviewed by CNN, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times, among other outlets, and his scholarship has been published by the Washington University Law Review and is forthcoming in the Notre Dame Law Review and the Duke Law Journal Online. He also writes regularly for the Center’s blog, Second Thoughts.


Virtual Forum:  Class Consciousness, Organized Labor, & Democracy in the U.S.

THURsday, FEBRUARY 29, 2024, 7:00 - 8:30PM EST

Trade unions have been, and can continue to be, organizations that contribute to the health of our democratic society. Though they do not have an unblemished history, a broad view of trade union history in the U.S. since the 19th century can help us appreciate this vital connection between workers’ organizations and American democracy. Join us as Prof. Donna Haverty Stacke takes us on a deep dive into trade union history and its relevance today.   We will review the political effectiveness of organized labor in the U.S. and explore the role of  “class consciousness” as it relates to this history. By expanding our understanding of class, and the ways that class consciousness can be formed, we can consider alternative paths to empowerment that can help strengthen our democracy and give workers a voice, both in their workplace and in public policy.   

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ABOUT PROF. HAVERTY-STACKE

Donna T. Haverty-Stacke is a Professor of History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, where she teaches courses in U.S. cultural, urban, labor, and legal history. She also is currently the chair of the History Department at Hunter College. Haverty-Stacke is the author of The Fierce Life of Grace Holmes Carlson: Catholic, Socialist, Feminist (NYU Press, 2020), Trotskyists on Trial: Free Speech and Political Persecution Since the Age of FDR (NYU Press, 2015), and America’s Forgotten Holiday: May Day and Nationalism, 1867 – 1960 (NYU Press, 2009). She has published articles in The Journal of American History, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas, and The Catholic Historical Review. Haverty-Stacke has been interviewed about her research on NPR’s The Takeaway and On the Media and on LABORonline.


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Virtual Forum:  Health Care Access:  The Urgency in Protecting Reproductive Health and Abortion Care

THURsday, JANUARY 25, 2023, 7:00 - 8:30PM 

Among wealthy nations, the U.S. has the highest rate of maternal mortality with rampant and widening racial and socioeconomic disparities.  Now enter the Dobbs decision by the Supreme Court and the lengths to which certain states have restricted abortion access, and you see how dangerous this can be if a youth is suspected of being pregnant.  Doctors take an oath to do everything they can for the benefit of their patients.  But in this case, different rules apply, often causing delay and lack of treatment and risking serious injury and death. And what does the ERA have to do with this?  JOIN US as we explore these issues with Rhea Simon of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia and Elizabeth Brubaker of Generation Ratify Virginia.

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ABOUT ELIZABETH BRUBAKER

Elizabeth Brubaker is a long-time organizer with Generation Ratify Virginia, the youth-led movement to finalize the Equal Rights Amendment and secure gender justice for all. In collaboration with GRVA, she helped organize walkouts at 56 high schools across the Commonwealth following the leaked Dobbs Decision and has worked on legislation to increase minors' abortion access. Besides working with Generation Ratify Virginia, she has worked on many campaigns and conducts political science research while at college. She is a second-year at Emory University, majoring in political science and women, gender, and sexuality studies.  WEBSITE

ABOUT RHEA SIMON

 












PAST EVENTS



Blue Bubble.jpg Many Thanks to Our Supporters

  • We are deeply grateful to Michael Krasner for his scholastic contributions to our first workshop series. His willingness to show up to our first session in spite of a personal injury that day is a testiment to his unfailing commitment to our cause.
  • We greatly appreciate the extraordinary support of The Taft Institute at Queens College and the help that allowed us to realize our dream.
  • We are very grateful to Queens Library for their ongoing support of our organization and to the Forest Hills branch in particular for providing a welcoming venue for our events and activities.
  • Special thanks to the NY Public Library and the Seward Park Brnach for their help in our expansion to Manhattan.