

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Lessons from the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike and beyond
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 19 Jan, 2026 at 09:30 am
- **Event Description**: Come to the Martin Luther King Jr. day workshop on 1/19/26
Mobilize workers’ un-tapped power to stop Trump: 
Lessons from the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike and beyond

Centering the inspiring lessons from the historic 1968 coming together of Black Civil Rights and labor leadership in a powerful force for change, this workshop will explore how workers of all colors can unite today to use their power, including a General Strike. Speakers will engage participants in discussion of organizing strategies to reverse cuts to education, SNAP, healthcare and other vital programs, and to stop the Trump regime’s racist attacks on DEI and immigrants, trans rights and reproductive freedom.

Speakers: Gabriel Prawl, President of A. Philip Randolph Institute, Seattle Chapter; Ahmed Mumin, Executive Director of the Seattle Rideshare Drivers Association; Linda Averill, shop steward in Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 587; Salvador Castillo, leader in Wash. Federation of State Employees, Local 1495; Mahailah Adams, young activist and service worker in a non-union shop

Hosted by: A Philip Randolph Institute, Seattle Chapter, Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity, and Seattle Rideshare Drivers Association
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/seattle/lessons-from-the-1968-memphis-sanitation-strike-and-beyond/200029523445750
- **Event Categories**: workshops, martin-luther-king-day, koningsdag
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029523445750?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=seattle-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Seattle
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Garfield High School
- **lat**: 47.605757344211
- **long**: -122.30161088397
- **full address**: Garfield High School, 400 23rd Ave,Seattle, Washington, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity (https://allevents.in/org/organized-workers-for-labor-solidarity/27372004)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 19 Jan, 2026 at 09:30 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Garfield High School, 400 23rd Ave,Seattle, Washington, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, martin-luther-king-day, koningsdag
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Lessons from the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike and beyond ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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