Panelists:  Marcia Chatelain, Kim Kelly, Hilary Leichter

Moderator: Keona Ervin, MU Department of History, Affiliate Faculty of Black Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Peace Studies

We are witnessing a resurgence of labor organizing across the United States. Through strikes and unionization efforts, workers from Amazon to Starbucks are pushing labor, capitalism, and economic power to the center of public debate. Our panelists will discuss how work—past and present—shapes their writing.