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Lecture: Ruth Milkman (above), Distinguished Professor of Sociology and History at the CUNY Graduate Center and Professor of Labor Studies at the School of Labor and Urban Studies (CUNY) will speak on the hope for the U.S. labor movement a new political generation brings. Milkman most recent books are: Immigration Matters (co-edited with Deepak Bhargava and Penny Lewis, New Press, 2021), Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat (Polity, 2020) and On Gender, Labor and Inequality (Illinois, 2016). The hour-long program will include a tribute to Jane LaTour (1946-2023) and her work, by Joe Doyle – and a short presentation about a transfer program for community college students to the School for Labor and Urban Studies at CUNY (SLU). Free. LaGuardia Community College, Rm. E-500, 31-10 Thomson Av, Long Island City, NY 11101. kamiller@lagcc.cuny.edu