The community is invited to join UMKC faculty and community leadership for a panel discussion celebrating International Working Women's Day. Working women have had a long history of demonstrating for worker's rights, women's suffrage and rights, and peace -- the earliest record being in 1911. Join labor organizers and researchers as they discuss the contemporary relevance of International Working Women's Day, advances made by women workers in the workplace and beyond, and challenges that continue across racial, ethnic, and national boundaries.

Speakers Include:

• Judy Ancel, labor educator
• Dr. Zhongjin Li, Assistant professor of economics, UMKC
• Karla Juarez, Executive Director of Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation
• Ariana Eakle Blockmon, journeyman electrician and IBEW local 124
• Moderated by Dr. Sirisha Naidu, Associate Professor of Economics, UMKC