Triangle Shirtwaist Factory-100 Years later at NJCU

100th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire” Presentation,

10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

New Jersey City University

2039 Kennedy Blvd.

Jersey City, NJ 07305

Gilligan Student Union Building 129

Program:

Prof. Tim White, History Department: 3/25/1911: Understanding the Triangle Fire.

Dr. Jason Martinek, History Department: “The Rebel Girls”: Immigrant Women, the IWW, and the Paterson Silk Strike of 1913.

Dr. Jacqueline Ellis, Women's and Gender Studies: History Repeating: Women Workers and Sweatshop Labor.

Commemorative songs by Musical Theatre Studies students, directed by Marc Dalio:
“‘Til We Reach That Day” by Ahrens & Flaherty
“Someday” by Steven Schwartz

Sites of interest:

http://rememberthetrianglefire.org/

Weiss Center Spring 2011 Events

M. Jerry Weiss Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature http://web.njcu.edu/programs/mjwc/Content/announcements_and_events.asp New Jersey City University 2039 Kennedy Boulevard Jersey City, NJ 07305 is sponsoring/co-sponsoring the following programs: Tuesday, March 22, 2011,Tonya Bolden, author of Finding Family, Time: Thursday, March 22, 5-7 pm Location: Gothic Lounge (Hepburn Hall 202) (click here for campus map) Lecture, panel discussion, book signing, and reception

See http://www.tonyaboldenbooks.com/ to view books.)

(Attention teachers: Finding Family study guide http://www.bloomsburykids.com/node/8664)

Monday, April 4, 2011, University Lecture Series, Walter Dean Myers, Time: Monday, April 4, 4pm, Location: Gothic Lounge (Hepburn Hall 202) (click here for campus map) Lecture Tuesday, April 5, 2011,William Low, Author/Illustrator, Old Penn Station, Machines Go To Work , Henry and the Kite Dragon . Time: Tuesday, April 5, 1:30 pm, Location: TBA. Lecture Wednesday, April 13, 2011,Yvonne Thornton, author of Something to Prove and The Ditchdigger's Daughters, Time: Wednesday, April 13, 5-7 pm, Location: Gothic Lounge (Hepburn Hall 202) (click here for campus map),Lecture, panel discussion, book signing, and reception