Religion and Labor: Moral Vision from-for the Grassroots

Labor leaders and scholars from around the world are gathering for a two-day symposium in Syracuse, New York, to explore how the moral resources within religious traditions can invigorate struggles for labor justice. The symposium will bring together ethicists, theorists, theologians, historians, and others to foster a dialogue intended both to deepen scholarly conversations around these issues and to promote greater intellectual depth for faith-based labor organizing.

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Friday, April 10
Syracuse University, Hall of Languages 500

Panel 1: 10:30am-12:00pm-THE RELIGIOUS ETHICS OF WORK
Gerald Beyer (Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, Villanova University)
Jon Malesic (Associate Professor of Theology, King’s College, PA)
Elliot Ratzman (Assistant Professor of Religion, Temple University)
  Moderator: Gretchen Purser (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University)

Lunch: 12:00-1:00pm

Panel 2: 1:00-2:30pm- RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND WORKER POWER
Joerg Rieger (Wendland-Cook Professor of Constructive Theology, Southern Methodist University)
Ken Estey (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College)
Jennifer Leath (Visiting Lecturer in Women’s Studies and Religious Ethics, Harvard Divinity School)
  Moderator: Kevin Ahern (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Manhattan College)

Break: 2:30-3:00pm

Panel 3: 3:00-4:30pm- ORGANIZING, PRAYING, LITIGATING
Jung Mo Sung (Professor of Religious Studies, Methodist University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Melissa Snarr (Associate Professor of Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt Divinity School)
David L. Gregory (Dorothy Day Professor of Law, St. John's University)
  Moderator: John Burdick (Professor and Chair of Anthropology, Syracuse University)

Break: 4:30-5:00pm

Roundtable: 5:00-6:30pm- GRASSROOTS RELIGION AND LABOR ACTIVISM
Janel Bailey (National Organizer, Interfaith Worker Justice)
Kaaren Anderson (Senior Minister, First Unitarian Church of Rochester, NY)
Sara Niccoli (Executive Director, New York State Labor-Religion Coalition)
Mark Spadafore (Political Organizer, Service Employees International Union 1199)
  Moderator: Tiffany Steinwert (Dean of the Chapel, Syracuse University)

Sponsored by the Syracuse University Labor Studies Working Group, the Syracuse University Religion Department, the McDevitt Center at Le Moyne College, the Department of Religious Studies at Le Moyne College, the Lectures Committee at Le Moyne College, the Economics Department at Le Moyne College, the Political Science Department at Syracuse University, the Anthropology Department at Syracuse University, the Social Science Program at Syracuse University, and other academic units.

If you have questions, please ask Prof. Vincent Lloyd (vwlloyd@syr.edu) or Prof. Fred Glennon (glennon@lemoyne.edu).