Anne Burlak Timpson Labor Forum
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The Anne Burlak Timpson Labor Forum is a creation of the Massachusetts Communist Party USA. it was established in honor of party member Anne Burlak Timpson, who died in 2002.
History
The Anne Burlak Timpson Labor Forum will be held once a year, on or about International Women’s Day in March to address topics of importance and interest to workingwomen. The Red flame Award seeks to recognize and honor women active in labor and community struggles.
On March 11, 2005, United Farm Workers founder and vice-president emerita Dolores Huerta was the first recipient of the “Red Flame Award,” which was presented in a banquet and International Women’s Day celebration at Community Church of Boston.[1]
Personnel
Founding Committee;[2]
- Gary Dotterman
- Tess Ewing
- Sara Sue Koritz
- Judith LeBlanc
- Scott Molloy
- Kathleen Banks Nutter
- Rev. David Carl Olson
- Pat Reeve
- Laura Ross
- Tillyruth Teixeira
- William Timpson
- Kathryn Timpson Wright
