The Harry Bridges Project
The Harry Bridges Project is dedicated to introducing the public to the life and ideas of Harry Bridges and his impact on our lives today. Bridges was an extraordinary labor leader and social visionary whose life and work encompassed all of the important issues and events of his day, including immigration, depression-era policies, red-scares, McCarthyism, the cold-war and labor issues. His story provides a springboard into understanding those times and realizing their significance today, as we face parallel issues of globalization, the growing gap between rich and poor, increasing governmental surveillance and the war on terror. His life inspires people to come together in their communities, discover their own history and take charge of their own lives. By engaging in dialogue and debate about these issues we can move beyond the fears and limitations that they can create. His life has also inspired us to discover the stories of other radical, and largely misunderstood, figures in American history, from the "Father of American Labor Arbitration" Sam Kagel to the amazing singer and activist Barbara Dane. The circle grows.[1]
Project Board of Directors
As of 2014;[2]
Officers
- Matt F. Erieg – Chair, Chief Operating Officer Operating Engineers Funds, Inc.
- Ian Ruskin – Treasurer, Director, The Harry Bridges Project
- Kenneth Sackman - Attorney, Gilbert and Sackman (Retired)
Members
- Dan Brin - Managing Editor, Bleiweiss Communications, Inc.
- Kathleen Dowdey - Producer/Director, Early Light Productions
- Fred Glass - Communications Director, California Federation of Teachers
- Shelley Kessler - Executive Secretary-Treasurer San Mateo County Central Labor Council
- Steven Poster- Director of Photography
- Dr. Shigueru Tsuha - Executive Director, Dolores Huerta Labor Institute
- Gene Vrana - Director of Educational Services, ILWU (Retired)
- Haskell Wexler (Emeritus) - Director/Cinematographer
Project Advisory Board
As of 2014;[3]
- Aris Anagnos - Human Rights Activist
- Ed Asner - President, Quince Productions, Actor
- Elaine Bernard - Executive Director, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School
- Robert Cherney - Professor of History (retired), San Francisco State University
- Leigh Curran - Artistic Director, The Virginia Avenue Project
- Carolyn Doggett - Executive Director, California Federation of Teachers
- Sarah Nash Gates - Executive Director, School of Drama, University of Washington
- US Representative Janice Hahn - 36th Congressional District
- Elaine Tyler May - Regents Professor, University of Minnesota, Past President, Organization of American Historians
- Diane Middleton - Diane Middleton Foundation, Attorney
- Nancy Powers- JD, Investment Consultant
- Robert Remar - Leonard Carder, LLP
- Stephen Rohde - Attorney, former President, ACLU of Southern California
- Terry Saunders - Saunders and Mock Productions, President, American Film Foundation
- Harvey Schwartz - Curator, ILWU Oral History Collection
- Pete Seeger - Musician
- Stanley Sheinbaum - Publisher, New Perspectives Quarterly
- Sarah Spitz - Radio Program Producer
- Suzanne Thompson - Producer
- Janet Walden - President and CEO, Center for Collaborative Solutions
- Marcus Widenor - Associate Professor, Labor Education and Research Center, University of Oregon
- Kent Wong - Director, UCLA Labor Center
References
- ↑ Welcome to the Harry Bridges Project
- ↑ [ http://www.theharrybridgesproject.org/directors.html The Harry Bridges Project Board]
- ↑ The Harry Bridges Project Advisory Board