Labor in Illinois

We invite you to a memorial honoring Archie Green-union man, laborlore scholar, folklife advocate, and master teacher-the evening of Monday, September 14, 2009, in the Wagner Education Center, School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois, 504 East Armory Street, Champaign. The formal program will run from 7 to 9 pm, with a reception and refreshments afterward.
Presenters include:
Stephen Wade, performer, writer, and folk music scholar, "How Archie Taught Us to Learn from Music"
Mike Munoz, Bay Area pile driver and union historian, "Archie as Trade Unionist"
David Taylor, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, "Archie Green and the Founding of the American Folklife Center"
David Roediger, Department of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Labor Music as History Lesson"
For more information as it becomes available, please go to www.ler.illinois.edu/archiegreen.html . There you can also contribute your own reflections and memories of Archie.
The memorial for Archie is free and open to the public.

Cindy King
Assistant to the Director
SocioTechnical Systems Program
School of Labor and Employment Relations
504 East Armory Avenue, Room 123
Champaign, IL 61820
217/333-2384
clking@illinois.edu