Guest: Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation
Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation First Fridays. This month's topic was Black Lives Matter @ Work.
Speakers included:
-Bill Fletcher, Jr., a Syndicated columnist and a regular media commentator.
Bill Fletcher Jr has been an activist since his teen years. Upon graduating from college, he went to work as a welder in a shipyard, thereby entering the labor movement. Over the years, he has been active in workplace and community struggles as well as electoral campaigns. He has worked for several labor unions in addition to serving as a senior staff person in the national AFL-CIO
-Terrence Melvin
Secretary-Treasurer @New York State AFL-CIO
Rev. Terrence L. Melvin holds the second-highest office in the New York State labor movement Secretary-Treasurer of the 2.5 million members, New York State AFL-CIO. In July 2007, Mr. Melvin was elected to this position. In August 2008, he was re-elected to a four-year term. – Guest: DVAA
Curated Group Show
February 13 March 27, 2021.
Love in the Time of Covid-19, a group exhibit opens at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, 37 Main St, Narrowsburg, NY on Saturday, February 13 and will be on view through March 27. During the first two weeks of the show, please register for a time slot prior to visiting DVAA.
LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 IN ALLIANCE GALLERY
2020 was the year in which how we connect to one another entered into strange and uncharted territory. Intimacy took on new context and we were forced to adapt and find new ways to experience it in our lives.
The curated group show Love in the Time of Covid-19 explores the question: how does love exist during the Covid-19 pandemic? Featuring over two dozen artists working in mediums including photography, painting, video, and poetry, the show includes both new works created in 2020, as well as works that predate the pandemic but that took on new meaning during this time.
Visual artists included in the show include: Sunny Chapman, Glenn Lieberman, Candy Spilner, Norma Bernstock, Julia Justo, Michael Thompson, Allan Rubin, Mario Loprete, Dani Case, Dasha Zibrova, Stephen Morse, Peter Kopher, Kristen Gronbeck, Brian Madonna, Susan Miiller, Claudine Luchsinger, Ann Finneran, Karolyn Fraine, Opossum Nicholson, and Alice Zinnes. Audio/visual artists include Elizabeth Ennis and Nicole Lattuca. And writers include: Lauren Dennis, Dany Gagnon, Mary O Keefe Brady, Katherine Shahadeh.