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"Before my DHLI internship, I had no idea what a union was or did. I quickly learned that unions fight not only for good jobs but also for hope for the middle class."
February 2010 Newsletter
New Online Journal on Green Labor!
“The Labor Movement has gone green!” The National Labor College launches up-to-date information on new developments in green policy, technology and work processes from a labor perspective
The 2nd Biennial Labor Scholars Retreat March 6, 2010 (LAVC)
SAVE THE DATE!!! Labor Scholars Retreat 2010
The Dolores Huerta Labor Institute is holding its second Labor Scholars Retreat on Saturday March 6, 2010. Special guests include Dolores Huerta, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Nelson Licthenstein and others. Invited faculty will participate in special workshops and breakout sessions to get collaborate and learn new strategies for teaching labor studies.
This year's Retreat will be held at LA Valley College. For more information contact Kenadi Le at 213-763-7152 or email kle@dhli.org.
Lesson Plan: The Environment, Jobs and Change (The Green Economy)
Lesson Title: The Environment, Jobs and Change
Course: Economics 1; Geography 2; Sociology 2
Expected Learning Objectives: Students will be able to:
1. Participate in conversations, discussions, and group activities
2. Speak clearly and ask questions
3. Review the current state of the energy/climate change crisis in the United States.
4. Synthesize, analyze, evaluate and summarize information gathered from films and readings on climate change.
5. Identify problems, issues, and questions regarding climate change and the green economy.
6. Evaluate a problem, facts, assumptions, issues, and values about climate change.
7. Identify and assess different proposals to solve the climate change and renewable energy crisis.
8. Apply problem-solving techniques to the identified issue(s) of climate change.
9. Organize ideas and communicate orally and in writing the problems and possible solutions to the climate crisis.
10. Create a plan of action to resolve the issue they identify about climate change.
DHLI December 2009 Newsletter
“GREEN ECONOMY LESSON PLAN” NOW AVAILABLE!
A lesson plan on the green economy is now available as a downloadable pdf at http://www.dhli.org/resources/lesson-plan-environment-jobs-and-change-gr...
The 2nd Biennial Labor Scholars Retreat March 6, 2010 at LAVC
Featuring invited speakers historian Nelson Lichtenstein, urban theorist Mike Davis, labor scholar and activist Bill Fletcher, and icon Dolores Huerta.
An opportunity for LACCD faculty and several of the top labor scholars in the country to meet and discuss ideas around teaching labor in the classroom. Space will be limited to 30 LACCD faculty.
Last retreat led to the creation of our nationally acclaimed “Primer on Teaching Labor Studies.”
Authors of Groundbreaking Study on Workplace Violations Speak!
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