Labor and the Struggle for Black Lives Matter at School

The struggle for access to education has been a part of every major uprising for racial justice that Black people have engaged in throughout U.S. history — from the abolitionist movement, to Reconstruction, to the Civil Rights and Black Power. Jesse Hagopian will talk about social justice unionism and the fusing together of the labor movement with social movements for racial justice. Joined by a strong progressive labor movement, these overdue demands for greater social and racial justice can be achieved.

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About the Speaker(s)

Jesse Hagopian

JESSE HAGOPIAN teaches Ethnic Studies and is the co-adviser to the Black Student Union at Garfield High School—the site of the historic boycott of the MAP test in 2013. An author, editor, labor activist and organizer with Black Lives Matter at School, Jesse Hagopian was the 2019 recipient of “Racial Justice Teacher of the Year” from the NAACP Youth Coalition and the “Social Justice Teacher of the Year” award from Seattle Public School’s Dept. of Racial Equity. He co-edited the books Black LIves Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice (2020) and Teaching for Black Lives (2018).

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