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Robert J.S. Ross to Speak During Sweatshop Awareness Week
 Worcester, MA -
As a part of Sweatshop Awareness Week at Assumption College, Dr. Robert J.S. Ross of Clark University will present a lecture entitled, “Slaves to Fashion: Sweatshops in Global Context,” on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. in the La Maison Francaise Auditorium.
Dr. Ross received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1963, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1966 and 1975, respectively. He has been a professor of Sociology at Clark since 1972. He is Director of the International Studies Stream and among the founders of Clark’s program in Urban Development and Social Change. Ross is the author of Slaves to Fashion: Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops (2004), a provocative and accessible history of the sweatshop.
Organized by Students Advocating Change (SAC), Sweatshop Awareness Week will be held from Monday, April 3 through Friday, April 7, 2006. Events scheduled for the week include:
Monday, April 3 - Free T-Shirts and Fair Trade Chocolate Fundraiser - 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. - Info. Booth, Hagan Campus Center
Wednesday, April 5 - Letter Writing Campaign and Fair Trade Chocolate Fundraiser - 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. - Info. Booth, Hagan Campus Center
Thursday, April 6 - Film: The High Cost of Low Price (20-minute documentary on Wal-Mart) - 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. (multiple viewings) - Hagan Campus Center Hall
Friday, April 7 -
Sweatshop Representation/Recreation (students from SAC will pose as sweatshop workers making bracelets and necklaces) - 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. - Charlie's (Hagan Campus Center)
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