2026 Judith Ann Schiff Women’s History Program Film Series: When We Fight
Sunday, February 1 at 2:30-4 PM
Buley Library at SCSU, 377 Fitch Street, New Haven, CT, Ground Floor/Lower Level (Park at 377 Fitch Street lot, behind the Library)
When We Fight, Award Winning documentary about the 2019 teacher’s strike in Los Angeles, (38 minutes) followed by a discussion of the issues and results, led by a panel of local educators, including a former New Haven Public School Teacher, Helene Sapadin, current NHPS high school teacher Rayna Walters, who is also an SCSU EdD student, and Gladys Labas. Associate Professor. Educational Leadership & Policy at SCSU. Registration not required.
Each screening in this winter film series portrays some of the amazing women who have and continue to fight for workers’ rights, and raises the issues faced by women as clerical workers, factory workers, and teachers from around the nation. It serves as a prelude to the 4th Annual Judith Ann Schiff Women’s History Program, A Wonderful Struggle, on March 1, 2026, 2:00 pm, at the New Haven Museum, which will focus on local Jewish women involved in labor organizing and unions.
Presented by The Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven, The New Haven Museum, Hilton C. Buley Library of Southern Connecticut State University, Whitney Center, and the Ethnic Heritage Center.
This film series is sponsored by the Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven.
