Q: What do you get when you combine true stories of workplace mistreatment and struggles with 6 aspiring artists?
A: Shift in Progress… a not so comic book
Shift in Progress Book Launch
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
7:00pm – 10:00pm
AKA Autonomous Social Centre, 75 Queen Street
The launch includes a discussion on worker organizing and the intimate relationship between art and labour, with IWW Ottawa Chapter member and others, and the chance to make your own comic about your work experiences and struggles to change it.
Copies of the comic will be available for purchase. Doors open at 7pm. There will be coffee/tea and snacks (and good music of course).
About Shift in Progress:
Shift in Progress is a publication of the Edmonton branch of the Industrial workers of the World and collaboration of artists and workers, based on interviews with five young workers, detailing the oppression they face in the workplace and their struggles to transform it.
The goals of the “Not-So-Comic Book” project were: to empower young people to tell their stories about their workplace experiences, to create a common story that speaks directly to the community through an art form that is current and relevant to them, and to enable the community to make its voice heard in a broader context.
For more info about the comic, check out http://edmonton.iww.ca/
Email amanda.divito.wilson@gmail.com for more info.
