With Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha, East Side Freedom Library, UMN Labor Education Services, PoliGraphix, Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia, New Brookwood Labor College

In collaboration with community and labor organizations, I will paint a series of portraits of low‐wage worker leaders ‐‐ mostly people of color and immigrants ‐‐ with the aim of (1) encouraging workers to see themselves as leaders, individually and also in solidarity with each other, (2) bridging the “formal” and “informal” labor movements (unions vs. other working class organizing efforts), (3) expanding the base of these organizations as well as strengthening the commitment of current members, and (4) helping to envision, think through, and develop what “class struggle” can look like in the current historical moment. Supplementary projects ‐‐including a group art exhibit, a poster and/or animated storytelling series, and inter‐organizational discussions‐‐ will bring in other artists, inform the broader context of grassroots struggle today, and repurpose these portraits for direct action organizing needs.