Photos of the 2012 Summer Schools can be seen in the photo Galleries. See links on right side of page.
The 2012 Northeast Regional Women's School took place at UMass Amherst, from Saturday, July 28 through Thursday, Aug. 2. Coordinators were Dale Melcher, Anneta Argyres, Kim Wilson and Susan Winning all from the UMass Labor Extension Program. Kathy Casavant, of the AFL-CIO, was to be the union coordinator, but was called away at the last minute by her job. She was greatly missed.
The school this year highlighted the 100th anniversary of the 1912 "Bread and Roses" strike of textile workers in Lawrence, MA, with a video and a special addition to our Labor History night.
The UC Berkeley Labor Center hosted the 31st Annual Western Regional Summer Institute on Union Women 2012 (SIUW), from July 23-27, 2012 at Sonoma State University. It was a week to honor, strengthen, and support women in the labor movement. The theme was "Campaign School for a New Generation."
The 2012 Midwest School for Women Workers took place Wednesday, July 25 – Sunday, July 29 at The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Coordinator: Jennifer Sherer
The Institute for Labor Studies and Research at West Virginia University hosted the 2012 Southern School for Union Women August 7-11 in Charleston, WV.
Watch the 2012 Southern School on YouTube.
The Northeast Regional Women's School was hosted by the School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers, the State Univ. of NJ. Dates: July 17 (Sunday) - July 22 (Friday), 2011. Coordinators were This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , with assistance from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , all from Rutgers, and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , IFPTE.
The Northeast Regional Women's School provides a number of mostly partial scholarships each year. In addition, this year the Berger-Marks Foundation sponsored FOUR FULL scholarships targeted at young union women. The Berger-Marks scholarships included travel money as well.
The 2011 Midwest School for Women Workers took place at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, July 28-31. The Coordinator was This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , Wayne State U.
The 2011 Western Regional Summer Institute for Union Women was held June 16-20 at the University of Hawaii. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. was the Coordinator.
>>> See the Northeast Photo Gallery.
>>> See the Midwest Photo Gallery.
This year, the Berger-Marks Foundation sponsored 4 young women to come to the Summer Schools–one to each school. Read the story here.
The Western Regional Summer Institute for Union Women took place July 6-10, 2010, at Reed College in Portland, OR. Helen Moss was the Coordinator
The Northeast Regional Women's School was at Penn State University in State College, PA, during the last week of July, 2010. Coordinators were Cheryl Reynolds, Julie Sadler and Amy Dietz. For newly revised and updated version of Donna Schulman's exhaustive bibliography/filmography for union women, click here.
The Midwest School for Women Workers was hosted by the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service in Minneapolis, from July 28-August 1. The Coordinators were Mary Bellman and Deborah Rosenstein. A complete report with some very nice pictures has been posted at the Workday Minnesota website.
The 2010 Southern School for Union Women was held at the National Labor College in Silver Spring, MD, from Aug 19 -22.Coordinators were Elise Bryant or Barbara Miller.
>>> See the Northeast Photo Gallery.
>>> See the Midwest Photo Gallery.
The Northeast Women's School took place August 2-7 at SUNY Stonybrook, in Stonybrook, NY. The Cordinators were This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
To download a copy of the Northeast Women's Summer School Newsletter, Sister Solidarity, produced by participants, click here.
The Western Regional Summer Institute for Union Women took place August 11 - 15, 2009, at UCLA DeNeve Plaza. Coordinator: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
To see a report on the Western Regional Women's Summer Institute, click here.
Last, but not least, visit YouTube to see the video created in one of their workshops:
"So many people get mad at what happens on their jobs. They curse out their boss, curse out their unions. But these 15 women --from Canada and the USA-- decided to get active in their unions. Why? Listen to their Aha moments. ..."
88 women students attended the combined Southern & Midwest School for Union Women at the Scarrit Bennett Center in Nashville, Tennessee, August 27- 30. 18 faculty members, from universities, unions and other organizations, taught the classes. Download the report here.
The Western Regional Summer Institute for Union Women was held at the University of Victoria on Vancouver Island,BC, July 9-13. To download the brochure, click here.
The Midwest and Southern Regions held a combined Women's School at the University of Missouri in St. Louis, from July 10-13. For brochure, click here.
The Northeast Women's School took place at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, CT, August 3-8. For brochure, click here.