Community, Labor, and Care: Amy Chin on the Garment Industry Day Care Center
Tania Rispoli
30 March 2025The Revaluing Care Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute invites you to a talk by Amy Chin on the past and present of the Garment Industry Day Care Center. The event will take place on Tuesday, April 16, from 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM ET, at the Revaluing Care Lab in Durham and online.
In the class Women at Work, led by Dr. Tania Rispoli, Amy Chin, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Asian Studies at Vassar College, will present a talk on the Garment Industry Day Care Center as a site of community care, labor organizing, and immigrant family life. This talk reflects on the center’s legacy and its relevance in contemporary care infrastructures.
Tuesday, April 16, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM ET
Speaker:
Amy Chin – The Garment Industry Day Care Center, Then and Now
Location:
Revaluing Care Lab, C106, Bay 4, Smith Warehouse, 114 S Buchanan Blvd, Durham & Online
Please RSVP to revaluingcarelab@duke.edu to receive the pre-circulated readings and event details.
This seminar is funded through the Revaluing Care Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute.