CONFERENCE, SEMINAR, AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

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Kenneth Burt, Harvey Englander and Fernando Guerra at the Pat Brown Institute's annual conference in Los Angeles. Burt chaired the panel discussing legislative reapportionment.


Pat Brown and Armando Rodriguez
Governor Pat Brown with educator Armando Rodriguez. The early CSO and GI Forum activist is one of the political pioneers featured in Burt's The Search for a Civic Voice: California Latino Politics, as the state's first Latino educational consultant in the mid 1960s. He went on to serve four US presidents.(Courtesy Armando Rodriguez)

 

Garment Workers as Bridge Builders, Latinos and Jews: A Conference on Historical and Contemporary Connections, UC Irvine Center for Research on Latinos in a Global Society and the American Jewish Committee, University of California, Irvine, January 23, 2006.

The Rise of Latino Politics in an Ever Changing State, 1904-2005, Pacific Coast Branch-American Historical Association, Corvallis, Oregon, August 5, 2005.

American Labor and Cold War, Bay Area Labor History Workshop, Berkeley, September 12, 2004.

Jobs and the Economy, Center on Politics, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley, September 8, 2004.

Governance: Barriers to Responsible Leadership and Representation, 11th Annual California Policy Issues Conference of the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, November 6, 2003.

Strategies for Progressive Unity, Labor and Social Action Conference, Sonoma State University, October 25, 2003.

Latino Political Influence, on Air Talk with Larry Mantle on FPCC, recorded live at Marymount College, April 10, 2003.

The Tony Rios and Bloody Christmas Police Beatings: A Turning Point in the Legal Relations Between Latino Los Angeles and Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles History Group, The Huntington Library, December 9, 2002.

The Role of the Catholic Church in the Community Organizing in 1940s Los Angeles and Its Implication For Today, Seminar, Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), Catholic Pastoral Center, Sacramento, November 9, 2002.

Labor and Community Coalitions in 1940s and 1950s California, Labor and Social Action Summer School, Sonoma State University, June 21, 2002.

The Origins of Latino Political Power in California, Harris Seminar, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley, May 14, 2002.

Vice President Henry Wallace and the Linking of Latino and Latin American Struggles, Southwest Labor Studies Association, California State University, Los Angeles, May 10, 2002.

The Origins of Latino Political Power in California, Harris Lecture, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley, May 14, 2002.

Education and Technology, panelist, Can Technology Solve California's Problems? UC Berkeley/Sacramento Program at the Institute of Governmental Studies," State Capitol, January 8, 2002.

Diverse Populations, Diverse Needs: A New Vision for Higher Education, moderator, California Public Policy Conference of the Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Institute of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, November 15, 2001.

Coalitions and the Emergence of Latino Politics in 1940s, Phi Alpha Theta, History Department, California State University, Sacramento, March 15, 2001.

Reflections on Bert Corona, Memorial, University of San Francisco, February 24, 2001.

Jewish Unions and Their Legacy in Los Angeles, Jewish Studies, California State University, Long Beach.

California Workforce 2000-2010: Labor Shortages, Immigration and Living Wages, panelist, California Public Policy Conference of the Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Institute of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, November 15, 2000.

State and Local Elections: Grow Your Own Candidates, Labor and Social Action Summer School, Sonoma State University, July 8, 2000.

Workers in a World Crisis: The Jewish Labor Committee and the Fight Against Hitler, Southwest Labor Studies Association Conference, California State University, Long Beach, May 5, 2000.

The Battle For Standard Coil: The United Electrical Workers, the Catholic Labor Institute and the Cold War in East Los Angeles, Labor and the Cold War, Center for Recent United States History, University of Iowa, February 19, 2000.

Redistricting & Representation: Conflict or Confluence? moderator, California Public Policy Conference of the Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Institute of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, November 10, 1999.

Electoral Politics, Labor-Neighbor and Grassroots Organizing, Labor and Social Action Summer School, Sonoma State University, July 10, 1999.

The Battle For Standard Coil: The United Electrical Workers, the Catholic Labor Institute and the Cold War in East Los Angeles, Southwest Labor Studies Association Conference, San Francisco, April 30, 1999.

Paycheck Protection Proposals, moderator, Southwest Industrial Relations Conference, Industrial Relations and Research Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 14, 1998.

Latinos and Landslayt: Music from Eastside Labor Traditions, Yiddishkayt Festival and Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, October 24, 1998.

The Jewish Labor Committee and the Workmen's Circle in California, Founding Conference, Workman's Circle Historical Society, South San Francisco, May 3, 1998.

Mexican Americans and the Post-World War II Liberal Impulse, Western History Association, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 17, 1997.

Labor and Community Organizing: Reflection on CSO's Fiftieth Anniversary, moderator, Southwest Labor Studies Association Conference, Los Angeles, May 3, 1997.

Immigrants in Los Angeles: Economic Mobility and Political Power, California Studies Conference, Long Beach, California, February 10, 1996.

Labor's Role in the Enactment of the Fair Employment Practices Commission, Bay Area Labor History Workshop, San Francisco, November 19, 1995.

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