John: Reminder of three events happening tonight:

#100YearsofVoting: Labor, Justice and the Fight for Democracy

Tue, August 18, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Streaming on the AFL-CIO's Facebook Live; [link removed] RSVP here

On August 18, 1920, women gained the Constitutional right to vote after a century-long fight for equal representation. This year will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. With less than 80 days to the 2020 election, the urgency to mobilize working women to vote is paramount in the goal of electing women candidates and candidates who advocate for women, and to getting this country back on track in the wake of the pandemic and its disproportionate impact on women, especially women of color.

In honor of the anniversary, the Office of Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler is hosting a roundtable discussion to celebrate women's right to vote and uplifting the issues affecting working women.

Join us for a conversation between AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, President Randi Weingarten, Vice-President Cindy Estrada, Alvina Yeh, Cassandra Hammond, and Dr. C.Nicole Mason on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 6:30pm EST.

100 Years of Women's Right to Vote: A Candlelight Vigil

Tue, August 18, 8pm - 10pm

AFL-CIO, 815 Black Lives Matter Plz NW, Washington, DC xxxxxx

CLUW -- the Coalition of Labor Union Women -- is hosting a candlelight vigil on August 18 at 8 PM ET on Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., in commemoration of the suffragists who fought for our right to vote!

Join @CLUWNational in commemoration of the suffragists who fought for the right to vote for all women. Check out our [link removed]  event flyer.

DC LaborFest film: "The Plow that Broke the Plains" and "The River": What can they teach us today?

Tue, August 18, 7pm - 9pm

[link removed] Free via Zoom; RSVP here

Introduced by Angel Gil-Ordóñez and Joseph Horowitz

Guest host: Tom Zaniello (author "Working Stiffs, Union Maids, Reds and Riffraff") This PostClassical Ensemble film, created by Behrouz Jamali, explores two classic American documentary films: The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936) andThe River (1938). The musical soundtracks, by Virgil Thomson, are iconic Americana. Our film uses clips from our Naxos DVD, in which the musical scores are newly recorded by PCE conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez.

Featuring commentary by Gil-Ordóñez, PCE Executive Producer Joseph Horowitz, historian David Woolner, and film-historians Neil Lerner and George Stoney, we investigate the present-day pertinence of these government-funded documentaries, which employ art to address the crises of the Great Depression.

The topic of "The New Deal and Race," complicated by a devil's pact with Jim Crow, is addressed; other topics include the influence of Sergei Eisenstein and montage, contradicting Hollywood practice and the New Deal and the arts.

67 min, 2020, U.S., documentary, directed by Behrouz Jamali

Presented by the [link removed] DC LaborFest

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