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New Name and a New Website: The Partnership for Worker Education

A New Name After 32 years, we changed our name from Labor/Management Workplace Education to The Partnership for Worker Education.  As with all of our work, we shared the idea with many of our partners; we received only positive feedback.  As we enter our fourth decade, our new name better communicates our directions and priorities: partnerships and workers. A New Website...

Building Bridges Showcase Event: 750 Attendees, 90 Staff Exhibitors

Building Bridges draws on the power of solidarity and creative expression to bring people together and create a bridge across difference.  Our second annual Building Bridges Showcase Event featured an exhibition of worker art, displays by immigrant workers, the Building Bridges Art Installation, workshops, performances and great food. We doubled the number of...

EV Day Test Drive and Workshop a Big Hit

UMass Electric Car Drive and Ride Day draws crowds of interested UMass and off-campus participants at a day-long event on April 24, 2019, during Earth Day week.  Electric Vehicle test drivers, including UMass Amherst Chancellor Subbaswamy, took more than 160 rides in some of the newest electric vehicles on the market.  They experienced the future of transportation behind the wheel of...