Black/Afrikan: Labor History and Union Leadership

A photo collage showing African American U.S. citizens peacefully protesting and holding signs.
When
Feb 11, 2025
12:00 PM–1:30 PM

Join us in celebrating Black History Month with a special talk by undergraduate scholar Christina Marie Green. Discover the history and significance of labor unions through her insightful projects and work experience. Learn about her impact on social change and labor justice. As a bonus, attendees can participate in a hands-on D.I.Y. activity to create custom labor movement slogan buttons from national and international unions. The event is free and open to the public with snacks and beverages.

Christina Marie Green is a senior undergraduate at UC San Diego majoring in Political Science: Race, Ethnicity, and Politics and minoring in African American Studies. She plans to pursue a career in education equity, civil rights law and community organizing. Christina currently works at the UC labor union American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) 3299 focusing on housing affordability, labor/employee rights and class equity. She founded The Poverty Project: Uprooting Class and Racial Discrimination in Student Housing, designed to engage students in activism focusing on racial justice to address the student housing crisis. Moreover, she works at the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties serving as an advocate advancing policy action on criminal justice, housing/homelessness and education equity reform.

Recently, she was awarded as one of three 2024 University of California (UC) Student Regent Finalists and the UJIMA Network Black History Month Scholarship by UC San Diego and the Black Diaspora and African American Studies (BDAAS) Program.

Don’t miss the related exhibit, Black/Afrikan: Labor History and Union Leadership, on display February 1-28 in Geisel Library, 2 West.

Contact:
Scott Paulson
ucsdlibrary@ucsd.edu