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Appreciating Diversity Film Series--Waging Change screening from

10/9-10/18 with Q and A on Oct. 14th at 5 PM with filmmaker and Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage

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Presented by Women Make Movies, One Fair Wage & Social Action Media

About this Event

A film screening and virtual discussion examining issues of economic, racial, and gender justice for restaurant workers.

During Labor Week 2020, the second week of September, Women Make Movies, One Fair Wage, and Social Action Media will be hosting a virtual screening of Abby Ginzberg's new film WAGING CHANGE, which examines the relationship between economic, racial, and gender justice for restaurant workers.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Abby Ginzberg (filmmaker), Saru Jayaraman (president, One Fair Wage), Nikki Cole (National Policy Campaign Director, One Fair Wage), and Cheadza Kundidzora (restaurant worker).

Event Co-Sponsors:

National Women’s Law Center

Workplace Fairness

Arkansas Community Organization

EPI (Employment Policy Institute)

National Employment Law Project

Institute for Women’s Policy Research

North Carolina Justice Center

Reel Work Film Festival

Workers Unite Film Festival

DC LaborFest

CEPR Center for Economic and Policy Research

Louisiana Budget Project

West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy

SEIU USWW

Following the film's premiere a DOC NYC, where it had a sold out crowd, we are bringing the film to the Bay Area.  Buy your tickets and mark your calendars for what promises to be an informative and important afternoon.  Please tell your friends about the screening!
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Please come support the Bay Area artists, activists and funders who helped bring Waging Change to the big screen

Waging Change will be one of six feature documentaries by women, featured in the Nevertheless Film Festival, based in Ann Arbor, MI.  Now taking place online, the Nevertheless program will be accessible to everyone across the United States. Films will be available to watch anytime between July 9-12.

The Q and A with director Abby Ginzberg will be on Sunday July 12th at 12 noon PT/3 pm ET

25% of all ticket sales will be donated to the non-profit organization, Michigan One Fair Wage. Tickets cost $6. Thanks to Zingerman's for sponsoring this screening.

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Tuesday, May 19, 7p: Waging Change
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A compelling look at the unfair employment practices suffered by millions of workers in America's tipped economy. Shines a light on an American struggle hidden in plain sight: the women-led movement to end the federal tipped minimum wage for restaurant workers.
Intro by filmmaker Abby Ginzberg; Q&A with Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage and Nikki Cole, National Policy Campaign Director

Waging Change is also being presented by the Utah Film Center on April 14, 2020 at 7 pm MT/9PM ET as a livestream event followed by a discussion with the filmmaker, Abby Ginzberg, and one of the stars of the film, Saru Jayaraman, immediately following the film.

Live Stream + Q&A w/ Filmmaker on April 14 at 7 PM MT/9 PM ET* *Hosted by the Utah Film Center

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This screening is co-presented by the Berkeley FILM Foundation and features a post-film discussion with the filmmaker.

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Waging Change shines a spotlight on the challenges faced by restaurant workers trying to feed themselves and their families off tips by intertwining stories of individuals such as Wardell Harvey of New Orleans with the growing movement to end the tipped minimum wage. Featuring Saru Jayaraman, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the film documents the movement to raise the federal tipped minimum wage for restaurant servers and bartenders and end sexual harassment. Documentary. Directed by Peabody award winner Abby Ginzberg. 65 minutes.

Post-film discussion with Peabody award winning director Abby Ginzberg, and Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage, Co-Founder of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United), and Director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley.

• The Broad Theater 636 N Broad St, New Orleans, LA 70119

Tickets: https://www.patoisfilmfest.org/tickets/waging-change

Omaha Film Festival

Aksarben Cinema - #6 2110 S 67th Street, Omaha, NE

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Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Eaton Hotel, Crystal Room 1201 K Street NW Washington, DC 20005

6p Tasting with High Road Chefs from around the country

6:30-8:30 Film Screening and Discuss

Post- screening discussion with Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage, Fatima Goss Graves, President of National Women's Law Center, both of whom are featured in the film) and filmmaker, Abby Ginzberg.

Free Screening but RSVP Here

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Please join us for a screening of Waging Change - a film by Peabody award winner, Abby Ginzberg, documenting the campaign to end the subminimum wage for tipped workers and ensure all workers receive a full minimum wage with tips on top. With America facing the highest level of income inequality in the nation's history, Waging Change presents a timely depiction of the plight of the nation's lowest-wage workers and their fight to receive a livable wage and not have to rely on tips. Here in New York, Governor Cuomo just announced that he would enact a full One Fair Wage for tipped workers in NY state except restaurant workers - the workers with the highest rates of sexual harassment featured in this film. Following the film's premier at DOC NYC to a sold-out crowd, Waging Change is beginning its national tour on the morning of February 24th at the Ford Foundation and that same evening here in Albany at the State Capitol Albany Room. Join us for refreshments, film screening, and panel discussion with the filmmaker, several of the film's main characters, and other notable panelists!

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Please join us for a screening of Waging Change - a film by Peabody award winner Abby Ginzberg, documenting the campaign to end the subminimum wage for tipped workers and ensure all workers receive a full minimum wage with tips on top. With America facing the highest level of income inequality in the nation's history, Waging Change presents a timely depiction of the plight of the nation's lowest-wage workers and their fight to receive a livable wage and not have to rely on tips. Following the film's premier at DOC NYC to a sold-out crowd, Waging Change is beginning its national tour at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice with a screening and panel including the filmmaker, several of the film's main characters, and other notable panelists. Join us for breakfast, film screening and panel discussion!

Post screening Q and A with Saru Jayaraman, President, One Fair Wage and director, Abby Ginzberg