{"id":3797,"date":"2018-09-06T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=3797"},"modified":"2018-09-05T23:38:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T03:38:14","slug":"events-for-those-in-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2018\/09\/06\/events-for-those-in-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Events For Those in Washington DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photo book release and a day-long journalist-research symposium<\/p>\n<h2>LIFE&#8217;S WORK, A Fifty Year Photographic Chronicle of Working in the U.S.A by Earl Dotter<\/h2>\n<p>Famed labor photographer Earl Dotter will launch his new retrospective book and exhibit of :<i>\u00a0LIFE&#8217;S WORK, A Fifty Year Photographic Chronicle of Working in the U.S.A.\u00a0<\/i>on Thursday, September 13th, from 4:30 pm until about 7 at the AFL-CIO Washington, DC headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>The book\u00a0demonstrates the breadth of Earl\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Dotter<\/span>&#8216;s work in occupational photography and how important his documentation is for improving working conditions across the United States. The 250 page retrospective book, just published by AIHA Press, will be available for purchase.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/t6R2wLU_B8jAgqpeR7YDxH-3fDP63It2-n0_tE2pXYMduSW-1oy6bmu57JkSChuEI483dTmqqlruFde-ux0OX_X2ox751Ziwr1rSlz8_qh3qm5F2Bx5-gux9-lXEoQJgnHkBZEmuttynwD5dyMXRY_JeZxtyGPAmjGo9_SD3syIMePn156aAChe21-3lYVNsI0VIP8wqoQBLbu_N9YcIdgQ=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/data\/000\/204\/311\/original\/Chemical--Worker-Removes-Vessel-Lid_-CA-Updated---Resized-600-300.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There will also be a discussion with Earl and AFL-CIO Health and Safety Director Peg Seminario.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m_3348742526390478726m_5247914782221434108m_5276025525128621677sub-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">LIFE&#8217;S WORK EXHIBIT AND BOOK RELEASE<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_3348742526390478726m_5247914782221434108m_5276025525128621677title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">A Conversation with Earl\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Dotter<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_3348742526390478726m_5247914782221434108m_5276025525128621677body-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018<br \/>\nExhibit opens at 4:30 p.m. \u2022 Program begins at 5:00 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Light reception to follow<\/em><br \/>\n<small>AFL-CIO \u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/?q=815+16th+St.+NW+%E2%80%A2+Washington,+D.C.+20006&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/maps.google.com\/?q%3D815%2B16th%2BSt.%2BNW%2B%25E2%2580%25A2%2BWashington,%2BD.C.%2B20006%26entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536246310502000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHGbYUnz_1LyXzvAmqUtcV9opOM4w\">815 16th St. NW \u2022 Washington, D.C. 20006<\/a><\/small><\/div>\n<p>Space is limited. RSVP <a href=\"https:\/\/u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net\/mpss\/c\/JQE\/ni0YAA\/t.2kf\/QgK2NvRfTX6NwwsxAPlEfA\/h0\/WQ-2BlIwq7W2eCmkkcwbDiBbbPwUfyzAVeutdE2lG-2FrPdyFrQspUIDwDspgp24F2TRchGct3g4nRgKSQocmBwa5qhu89tcV4hzhQg9wv2TwLAALfjpJRQtpSZ-2Fo2eo-2FA7GqTDKan9AdtoGCGUSnOF3AUCijIzDgIqSblFSX9lTB2aIK4EKjfQ6bO2hdrEVTcC1k6gICRF8a14eKR2WtETvWCYjEBCkFbCEoS4FeLZePeYgj6d-2F0qmMvcPrlPSm6KpOGizQ2EY8tUlp2Fs4xQT-2F9m8SoXSskVr8a1jcZ9TEASH0EeTAFGXLXHaYxc3nQi01DvnSvTd0GeMXR8mpVOuZ4-2BwSBul2nA55AHjco2nL06hbfY4U9s-2FQ23Kf1NKkVBSRsgl6CMY5-2BPwTp56BhcikxQK32u9tolbI-2Bt-2BVrYbIk-2Bw-3D\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Mind to Mind:\u00a0<strong>Researchers and reporters on America\u2019s workforce<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revealnews.org\/\">Reveal<\/a> from The Center for Investigative Reporting will bring together some of the best minds in journalism and labor (including me) at a symposium,\u00a0<strong>Mind to Mind 2018: Researchers and reporters on America\u2019s Workforce <\/strong>on\u00a0Fri, October 12, 2018 at American University.<\/p>\n<p>At this symposium, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, acclaimed researchers and academics from top universities will come together to discuss a wide variety of topics affecting America\u2019s workforce. Conversations will range from what&#8217;s happening with worker safety to\u00a0 #MeToo at the workplace to worker injuries at Tesla and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The symposium will also cover gender discrimination in the form of planning holiday parties at work to abuses at drug rehabilitation programs across the country.<\/p>\n<p>I will also be participating, talking about\u00a0<b>Workplace safety in the era of Trump<\/b>\u00a0and former OSHA Policy Director Deborah Berkowitz will also appear on a panel on\u00a0<b>Modern-day slavery: Unpaid work and abuse in rehab programs<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You can RSVP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/mind-to-mind-2018-researchers-and-reporters-on-americas-workforce-tickets-49183409903\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo book release and a day-long journalist-research symposium LIFE&#8217;S WORK, A Fifty Year Photographic Chronicle of Working in the U.S.A by Earl Dotter Famed labor photographer Earl Dotter will launch his new retrospective book and exhibit of :\u00a0LIFE&#8217;S WORK, A Fifty Year Photographic Chronicle of Working in the U.S.A.\u00a0on Thursday, September 13th, from 4:30 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-osha"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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