The Living Wage at Purdue Campaign is holding a speak out on Tuesday, January 24 from 4 - 6 PM at the Purdue Graduate Student Center (504 Northwestern Ave).
We're holding this speak out to bring together workers at Purdue who demand a living wage. It's unacceptable that the university continues to pay less than a $15/h living wage to thousands of staff, graduate workers, and undergraduate workers, who make the university run every day. We have the potential power to transform our lives, the university, and our community. Speaking out, sharing your personal story, and listening to coworkers’ stories are important steps to pulling more people into the movement and realizing our power.
Come share your story and bring your co-workers, colleagues, and friends! If you've been struggling to get by on less than a living wage, know you're not alone!
We'll start things off with opening remarks from featured speakers (see below). Then, the speakout will take the form of an open mic for any worker at Purdue to share why earning a living wage is important to them.
Featured Speakers
Tithi Bhattacharya is an Associate Professor of South Asian History and the Director of Global Studies. She is the author of The Sentinels of Culture: Class, Education, and the Colonial Intellectual in Bengal, Social Reproduction Theory: Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression and co-author of Feminism for the 99% A Manifesto, and on the editorial board of Spectre and Studies on Asia.
Marisa Yerace is a PhD student of Rhetoric and Composition, Assistant Director of Introductory Composition at Purdue, and Purdue Graduate Student Government Alternate Senator from the English Department.
David Sanders is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and member of the West Lafayette City Council. In 2022, he was a candidate for Indiana State Senator District 23. Dr. Sanders has served as Chair of the Purdue University Senate and is a National Council member of the American Association of University Professors.