Thursday 12 April 2012 9:00am-4:30pm
Maid in the U.S.A.: Organizing Domestic Labor

Framed by the 20th anniversary of Mary Romero's influential ethnography Maid in the U.S.A. , and this year's publication of the sequel, The Maid's Daughter, this conference will engage the current legal, social, and cultural conditions of domestic labor.


Dr. Romero will be delivering the keynote address.


In collaboration with conference partners the National Domestic Workers Alliance and Domestic Workers United, breakout sessions will generate small focused conversations between domestic workers, service providers, organizers, scholars and students to discuss strategies for expanding rights and improving conditions for domestic workers in New Jersey.


Event Sponsors: Rutgers-Newark Center for Migration and the Global City, Rutgers-Newark Women's and Gender Studies Program, The National Domestic Workers Alliance, and Domestic Workers United.


To register for this exciting event go to www.maidintheusa.eventbrite.com

Also visit our blog www.maidintheusa.wordpress.com for information on our collaborators, good reads, and more!

Time and Place
Thursday 12 April 2012
9:00am-4:30pm
The Paul Robeson Campus Center at Rutgers-Newark
350 MLK Boulevard
Newark, NJ
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Participants
Confirmed Speakers

Andy Urban , ACLS New Faculty Fellow, American Studies and History, Rutgers New Brunswick
Barbara Young, National Domestic Workers, Alliance
Premilla Nadasen, Associate Professor of History, Queens College
Joyce Campbell, Domestic Workers United
Christine Lewis, Domestic Workers United
Dorothy Sue Cobble, Professor of History and Labor Studies, Rutgers New Brunswick

 

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