This spring, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is proud to host a series of events at the University of Washington dedicated to the politics, processes, and ethics of care work. 

The series consists of five interconnected events, including a lecture, film screening, and two workshares. The series centers on Taking Care, a conference on Saturday, May 4. Proposals for the conference are being accepted through Friday, April 5 (read the call for proposals here) .

Engaging Care - Spring 2019 Event Calendar 

Friday, April 26:

• Workshare: Jerzy Eisenberg-Guyot, PhD Student, Public Health, “Do unions make us strong? The relationship between declining labor union density and changing race and class mortality inequities in the United States”  •  12:00pm - 1:30pm, Smith Hall, Room 306 

Friday, May 3:

• Lecture: Kendra Strauss, Director of Labour Studies, Simon Fraser University, "Who will look after me when I am old? Social infrastructures of care in the global city" •  3:30pm - 5:00pm, Smith Hall, Room 304

Saturday, May 4:

• Conference: Taking Care: Engaging the Politics, Processes, and Ethics of Care Work

*CANCELED* Friday, May 10:

• Workshare:Marieke van Eijk, Lecturer, Anthropology, “Hidden Labor in the U.S. Healthcare System” • 12:00pm - 1:30pm, Smith Hall, Room 306 

Friday, May 17:

• Film Screening:The Care Revolution, with filmmakers Sonia De La Cruz and Bob Bussel •  1:30pm - 3:30pm, Magnuson Health Sciences Center D (HSD), D209 (Turner Auditorium) 

Wednesday, May 22:

• Workshare: Michael Aguirre, PhD Candidate, "Challenging Border Confinement: Organized Labor, the Chicano Movement, and the Transborder Politics of Farmworker Healthcare" •  12:00pm - 1:30pm, Smith Hall, Room 306