Jeremy Brecher has lived in Cornwall, CT for the past 69 years. He is a labor and community historian who has written two books and made three documentaries about Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley. He has been involved with labor and social movements both in Connecticut and nationally for most of his life. He has worked with the Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs from its beginning. He is also Research and Policy Director for the Labor Network for Sustainability, an organization whose slogan is “Making a living on a living planet.”