Our Executive Director Aziz Dehkan recently participated as a panelist in a Town Hall Meeting where experts in environmental, and social justice joined with experts in health care and employment to discuss the national jobs bill and and the priorities we need to focus on to ensure everyone has access to good paying jobs. The meeting is divided into two parts that can be viewed below.
Jobs for All Network Town Hall Meeting, New Haven, CT
Discussion of Employment, Health Care and Social, Economic and Environmental Justice (Part 1)
Sarianna Sabbarese -Social Welfare Action Alliance
Welcome
Land Acknowledgment
Labor Movement Troubadour
Frank Panzarella -Local 1990 International Association of Machinists (former President)
Event Emcee
Dr, Stephen Monroe Tomczak -Professor of Social Welfare Policy and Community Organization, Southern Connecticut State University Department of Social Work
Dr. Trudy Goldberg -Chair of the National Jobs for All Network (NJFAN)
Philip Harvey -Professor of Law and Economics at Rutgers Law School
Holly Hackett -Medicare for All, Connecticut
Aziz Dehkan -Connecticut Roundtable on Climate, Jobs
John Gonzalez-Cruz -HUSKY 4 Immigrants Coalition
Video (PART 1):
Jobs for All Network Town Hall Meeting, New Haven, CT
Discussion of Employment, Health Care and So New Haven, CT (Part 2)
Event Emcee
Dr, Stephen Monroe Tomczak Professor of Social Welfare Policy and Community Organization, Southern Connecticut State University Department of Social Work
Labor Movement Troubadour
Frank Panzarella -Local 1990 International Association of Machinists (former President)
Dr. Henry Lowendorf -Greater New Haven Peace Council (Chair)
Manuel Camacho -New Haven Rising (Youth Leader); Ice The Beef Anti-Gun Violence Organization, Youth President of Latino Caucus
Kim Hart -Witnesses To Hunger
Rosana Ferraro -Social Welfare Action Alliance, Connecticut Chapter (SWAA-CT); HUSKY 4 Immigrants Coalition
Senator Gary Winfield -CT State Senator (10th District – New Haven)
Q & A and Discussion
Video (PART 2):
Event Sponsors
National Jobs For All Network
Social Welfare Action Alliance – CT Chapter (SWAA-CT)
SCSU – Rapid Response Team (RRT)
SCSU Social Work Department
The Greater New Haven Peace Council
CT Roundtable on Climate and Jobs
HUSKY 4 Immigrants Campaign
Witnesses To Hunger – New Haven
Author: Aisha K. Staggers
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