LaborFest

Schedule:

10:00 am - 12:00 pm: San Bruno Mountain Wilderness Walk

Meet at 10:00 AM at the San Bruno Mountain Watch office (44 Visitacion Ave. Suite 206 in Brisbane)
To get there by car, follow Bayshore Boulevard to Brisbane

Walk with David Schooley
Labor unionists and environmentalists both confront the same commercial interests. In 1968, David Schooley chained himself to a bulldozer at the foot of the San Bruno Mountain. The activism of David and many other community members was crucial in protecting much of the mountain, allowing for the creation of the public park where working people can find tremendous beauty and peace nearby the cities where they live and work.

You are invited to walk with David on the mountain and learn about the history of this remarkable refuge for endangered butterflies and rare native plants.

Limits to 10 people
To sign up-call: 415-467-6631
or email: info@mountainwatch.org

Location: San Bruno Mountain Watch Office

11:00 am - 1:00 pm: Celebrate Revolution Day On Woody Guthrie's Birthday Month

With Jimmy Kelly and others
The woody Guthrie sing-along on July 14th 2024 will celebrate the works of one of America's greatest Singer songwriters on what would've been his 109th birthday!

Location: Town Clock, Santa Cruz at the corner of N Pacific Ave. and Water St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060

12:00 pm - 3:30 pm: Immigration and Labor – Angel Island Events

(Presentation)

Angel Island Immigration Station has an important history in California of immigration and labor. Many immigrants from around the world were held at the station and screened with many discriminatory rules particularly against Chinese and Asians. It also was the location of the deportation trial of ILWU leader Harry Bridges. This history will be part of this LaborFest event.

12:00 PM:
The Harry Bridges Trials
A  Talk By Harvey Schwartz, ILWU historian, about the 1939 Bridges deportation hearing on Angel Island.

ILWU International historian Harvey Schwarz will present on the history of the 1939 Harry Bridges deportation trial at Angel Island. He will discuss the ramification of that trial and what was driving it.

1:00 PM:
Labor and California As A Slave State
by Jean Pfealzer, Professor Emeritus  

Jean Pfealzer, author of California: A Slave State and Driven Out The Forgotten War against Chinese Americans will discuss the history of slavery in California including the role of Angel Island in the importation of Chinese women and other workers who were forced into slave labor. She will also talk about the Chinese railroad workers which lead the first strike in California.

2:00 PM
History of discrimination against Chinese and the growing xenophobia

SFSU Professor Russell Jeung, SFSU Asian American Studies and is co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate will speak about the history of discrimination against Chinese and the growing xenophobia and attacks on Asians in the United States.

Location: Angel Island