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Berger-Marks Foundation Provides Grant For Women

May 16, 2013

The Peggy Browning Fund has received a grant from the Berger-Marks Foundation to fund a new PBF Summer Fellowship this year!
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New York Awards Reception Most Successful To Date!

April 22, 2013

The 2013 New York Awards Reception raised more funds in support of Peggy Browning Fellowships than any event in our history!
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Upcoming Events

2013 DC Reception

June 24, 2013

AFL-CIO Lobby and Gompers Room
815 Sixteenth Street
Washington, DC
5:30 pm - Networking, Open Bar and Buffet
7:15 pm - Awards Presentation

 Honoring:
James Boland, President, Int'l Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers

Nancy Schiffer, Retired General Counsel, AFL-CIO

Sponsors (As of June 14, 2013)

Steward
Int'l Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
Ullico, Inc.
United Auto Workers

Guardian
Laborer's Int'l Union of North America
United Mine Workers of America

Fellow
AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust
Altshuler Berzon LLP
Communications Workers of America
The Marco Consulting Group
O'Dwyer & Bernstein LLP
Trade Street Residential, Inc.

Advocate
American Realty Advisors
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Nat'l Labor Office
Bricklayers & Allied Craft Workers ADC of New Jersey
Bricklayers & Allied Craft Workers Ohio-Kentucky ADC
Bricklayers & Allied Craft Workers Local 5 NY
Bricklayers & Allied Craft Workers Local 5 PA
Bricklayers & Allied Craft Workers Local 13 Nevada
Building and Construction Trades, AFL-CIO
Eberts and Harrison, Inc.
James and Hoffman, PC
Katz, Friedman, Eagle, Eisenstein et al
O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, LLP
Segal Company
Sherman, Dunn, Cohen et al
Slevin & Hart, PC
Washington Teachers Union

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2013 Chicago Reception

November 07, 2013

Teamster City Auditorium
200 S. Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60607
6:00 pm - Networking, Open Bar and Buffet Dinner
7:30 pm - Awards Presentation

Honoring:
James M. Sweeney, President-Business Manager
IUOE Local 150

Karen G.J. Lewis, President
Chicago Teachers Union

J. Peter Dowd, Esq.
Dowd, Bloch & Bennett

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Leadership Circle

The Leadership Circle is comprised of members who strongly support the mission of the Peggy Browning Fund with annual leadership-level gifts. Leadership Circle donors receive benefits commensurate with each gift level and are recognized at all annual events, the National Law Students Workers’ Rights Conference and in our newsletter.

To learn more about the benefits of becoming a member of the Leadership Circle, contact
Rhonda Gelman Kelley, CFRE, at rkelley@peggybrowningfund.org or call 267-273-7994.

2013 Leadership Circle Members

Leader

USW

Champion

AFL-CIO
Bernstein and Lipsett, PC
Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters
Joseph Lurie
Robbins, Geller, Rudman & Dowd
Service Employees Int'l Union

Benefactor

AFSCME
AFT
American Income Life
Express Scripts
Galfand Berger, LLP
Int'l Assoc. of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Mehri & Skalet, PLLC
Pitta & Giblin LLP

Defender

Amalgamated Transit Union
Calibre CPA Group
Cohen, Placitella & Roth, PC
Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP
Kennedy, Jennik & Murray, PC
Nat'l Football League Players Association
Quinn, Connor, Weaver, Davies & Rouco, LLP
Sheet Metal Workers Int'l Association
Patrick J. Szymanski, Esq.
United Food & Commercial Workers

(See Next Page for Patron Listing)

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Featured Photo Gallery

2013 New York Reception

 2013 New York Reception Awardees Dick Adelman, Esq., Susan Davis, Esq. and Héctor Figueroa, President, SEIU 32BJ2012 Peggy Browning Alumna, Wendy LaManque, speaking about her Summer Fellowship Experience  Fred Klein, Esq., of Klein, Zelman & Rotharmel introducing Dick Adelman 2013 New York Awardee Dick Adelman Dick Adelman receiving the Peggy Browning Award from Gwynne Wilcox, Levy Ratner, PC and PBF Board member Dick Adelman congratulated by Larry Engelstein, Executive VP, SEIU 32BJ with Mary Kay Henry, President, SEIU and Héctor Figueroa, 2013 Awardee and President, SEIU 32BJ Lynn Rhinehart, General Counsel, AFL-CIO and PBF Board member introducing Susan Davis 2013 New York Awardee Susan Davis Susan Davis receiving the Peggy Browning Award from Gwynne Wilcox, Levy Ratner, PC and PBF Board member Mary Kay Henry, President, SEIU introducing Héctor Figueroa 2013 New York Awardee Héctor Figueroa Héctor Figueroa receiving the Peggy Browning Award from Gwynne Wilcox, Levy Ratner, PC and PBF Board memberA View of the crowd at the 2013 New York Reception  Héctor Figueroa, Mary Kay Henry and Joe Lurie, PBF President Vinny Alvarez, President, NYC Central Labor Council and Mary Kay Henry, President, SEIUPeggy Browning Fellows and Alumni – Zubin Soleimany, Megann McManus and Ian HayesGeorge Padilla, VP NY Hotel Trades Council and Vito Pitta, Esq., Pitta & Giblin PBF Alumna Ivia Guobadia and Bruce Levine, Esq. of Cohen, Weiss & Simon Nancy Kaleda, Deputy Director and Marva Wade, RN, Second VP of the NYS Nurses Association  PBF Advisory Board Member Gene Eisner and Hezikiah Brown

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2013 Philadelphia Awards Reception

2013 Peggy Browning Awardee Rick Bloomingdale, President, PA AFL-CIO, PBF Executive Director Mary Anne Moffa, PBF President Joe Lurie and Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Liz McElroy  2013 Awardee Rick Bloomingdale, President, PA AFL-CIO  Awardee Rick Bloomingdale, President, PA AFL-CIO and Mary Anne Moffa, PBF Executive Director  Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Liz McElroy introducing awardee Rick Bloomingdale  Ryan Boyer, Business Manager, Laborers District Council Metro Philadelphia and vicinity  Ryan Boyer, accepting for Sam Staten, Jr. with Mary Anne Moffa, PBF Executive Director and Joe Lurie, PBF President  Vance Chandler and Calvin Edwards, LIUNA Local 332, Ryan Boyer, Business Manager, Laborers District Council Metro Philadelphia and vicinity  2013 PBF Fellows Matt Tokarsky and Katrina Liu meet Awardee Rick Bloomingdale  John Mulholland, Jr., 2012 Peggy Browning Fellow, speaking about his Summer Fellowship experience   Guests Alaine Williams, Ben Eisner, Sam Spear, Lauren Frankel and Bruce Ludwig Joe Felici of Keystone Outdoor Advertising and Stephen Pollack of Montgomery, McCracken meet 2013 PBF Fellows Iveliz Crespo and Katrina LiuHost Committee member Stuart Davidson, center, with 2011 PBF Alumni Andrew Gniewek and Jerry Jordan, President, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers   Host Committee member Gail Lopez HenriquezPBF 2003 Alumni Martin Milz of Spear Wilderman and William Smith of Sheet Metal Workers Local 19  Jerry Jordan, President, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers with Stuart Davidson of Willig, Williams & Davidson and Ted Kirsch, President, AFT Pennsylvania  Irene Lehne, Drexel University Earl Macke School of Law with 2013 PBF Alumni Matt Tokarsky  2013 PBF Philadelphia Fellow Bryce Mesa, Robert Miller and Steve Wigrizer of Wapner Newman and Gerald McHugh of Raines McCarthy  2013 PBF Philadelphia Fellows Katrina Liu and Iveliz Crespo  2013 Peggy Browning Fellow Danielle Newsome at the Philadelphia Awards Reception  

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2012 National Conference

PBF's Tim Cravens and Karen Shore welcome students Martín Klein and Samantha Schnoerr to the 2012 National Law Students Workers' Rights Conference at the Maritime Institute in Maryland.Peggy Browning Fellow Nick Kreitman reported on his Summer Fellowship Experience at the Communications Workers of American in Washington, DC.Peggy Browning Fellow Megan Walker shares her Summer Fellowship experience at Community Justice Project of Pittsburgh at the Conference Fellows' Wrap-Up Workshop.(L to R) Ceilidh Gao, David Matulewicz and Ray Burke discuss their Summer Fellowships with PBF's President and Founder, Joe Lurie.Peggy Browning Fellows at the Wrap-Up Workshop.Friday Evening Program - Organized Labor and Worker Issues in the 2012 Election - panel and discussion featuring (L to R) Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times, Dorian Warren, School of Int'l and Public Affairs, Columbia University, Karen Ackerman, 2012 Progressive Congress Table and Pat Szymanski, PBF Board member, Change to Win General Counsel, and discussion moderator.Friday panel discussion speaker, Steven Greenhouse, labor and workplace reporter for The New York Times.Friday panel speaker Dorian Warren, Associate Professor in the Dept. of Political Science at the School of Int'l and Public Affairs at Columbia University.Karen Ackerman, Director of the 2012 Progressive Congress Table talks with students at the conference.Friday panel with Steve Greenhouse, Karen Ackerman, Dorian Warren and Pat Szymanski.(L to R) PBF Board member Gwynne Wilcox, Esq., Steve Greenhouse, PBF President Joe Lurie and PBF Advisory Board members and conference facilitators Sandy McNair and Jessica Drangel Ochs.Facilitators of the workshop, The Rewards of Labor Law Practice, Paula Sawyer, Deputy Regional Attorney for the NLRB, Baltimore office; Sandy McNair of Schwarzwald, McNair & Fusco in Cleveland, Ohio and Norm Gleichman, Deputy General Counsel, SEIU.A student at the Saturday morning workshops.Marley Weiss, Professor of Law at the University of Maryland School of Law and PBF Advisory Board member facilitating the workshop, Globalization and Labor Rights.Facilitating the workshop, Protecting/Organizing Immigrant Workers, are Ana Avendano, Director of Immigration and Community Action, AFL-CIO; Sarah Rempel, Policy Attorney with Centro de los Derechos del Migrante and Natalie Patrick-Knox, Immigration and Workers' Rights Campaign Organizer for Jobs with Justice.Students at the Saturday workshops.Facilitators of the second workshop entitled, Protecting/Organizing Immigrant Workers, are Jennifer Angarita, Co-Founder of United We DREAM and Nat'l Worker Center Partnership Coordinator, AFL-CIO; Katchen Locke, Associate General Counsel, SEIU; and Andrea Zuniga DiBitetto, Legislative Representative for the AFL-CIO.Workshop facilitators for Sports and Labor Law are Sean Sansiveri, Special Counsel to the National Football League Players Association; Dave Prouty, Chief Labor Counsel for the Major League Baseball Players Association and Sean Brandveen, Counsel to the National Basketball Players Association.Students in the conference workshops.Facilitators of the Public Sector Labor Law workshop Jason Walta, attorney at the National Education Association's Office of the General Counsel and Danielle LeClair, Director of the Public Employee Department of LIUNA.Networking at the conference are students Ezi Ukegbu and Brady Francisco-Fitzmaurice.

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2012 San Francisco Reception

(L to R) Peter Pusateri, Secretary Treasurer, IBEW Local 1269; Pat Szymanski, PBF Board member and Host Committee Chair; Joe Lurie, PBF President; Duane Beeson, awardee; Geoff Piller, Managing Partner, Beeson, Tayer and Bodine and Host Committee; Burt Boltuch, Host Committee and Rome Aloise, Host Committee Chair.Awardee Duane Beeson of Beeson, Tayer and Bodine.(L to R) Carlos Borba, Trustee, Teamsters Joint Council 7; Pat Szymanski, PBF Board and Host Committee Chair; Daniela Conde and Selby Abraham, PBF 2012 Fellows.(L to R) Rhonda Gelman Kelley, PBF Director of Development and Marketing; Susan Sachen, California Labor Federation Campaign Director and Rome Aloise, Teamsters International Vice President.2012 Peggy Browning Fellow and student speaker, Meghan Clair.Pat Szymanski, PBF Board member and Host Committee Chair.Rome Aloise, International Vice President, Teamsters, accepting the Peggy Browning Award for Art Pulaski.Pat Szymanski, PBF Board member and Host Committee Chair, presenting Art Pulaski's award to Rome Aloise.Geoff Piller, Managing Partner, Beeson, Tayer & Bodine and Host Committee member, introducing Duane Beeson.Awardee Duane Beeson of Beeson, Tayer & Bodine accepting the Peggy Browning Award.Pat Szymanski presenting the Peggy Browning Award to Duane Beeson.Guests at the 2012 San Francisco reception.Barry Hinkle and Conchita Lozano-Batista, Host Committee members.Teamsters Local 601 and Cannery Council table.Dale Brodsky of Beeson, Tayer & Bodine with Burt Boltuch of the Host Committee.(L to R) Charles Lavery and Jolsna John of IUOE Local 3 and Esther Aviva of Beeson, Tayer & Bodine.Top row: Larry and Julie Lund of Teamsters Local 948 - Seated: Luis Diaz and Diane Flores of Teamsters Local 480 with Sylvia Lovato, Trustee of the Cannery Council and President of Teamsters Local 948.(L to R) Alan Biller, Host Committee Member Bob Morales, Secretary Treasurer, Teamsters Local 350 and Teague Patterson of Beeson, Tayer & BodineHost Committee members Barry Hinkle and Conchita Lozano-Batista of Weinberg, Roger and Rosenfeld with Ruben Garcia, Peggy Browning Fund Advisory Board and Host Committee member.Host Committee members Chris Hwang and Lindsay Nicholas, PBF '08, of the Leonard Carder firm with Mary Anne Moffa, PBF Executive Director and Gilbert Deanda of the Northern California Carpenters' Regional Council.

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2012 DC Reception

DC Reception awardees from left: Sam Chilia, Int'l Secreatary Treasurer, IBEW(for Ed Hill); Richard Resnick, General Counsel, IBEW; Josh Javits, awardee; George Cohen, Director of FMCS; Wilma Liebman, awardee; Gene Orza, retired, MLBPA; Dennis Walsh, PBF Board Chair and Joe Lurie, PBF PresidentFrom left: Sam Chilia, Int'l Secretary Treasurer, IBEW, accepting the Peggy Browning Award for Ed Hill and Dennis Walsh, PBF Board ChairFrom left: Wilma Liebman accepting the Peggy Browning Award from Dennis Walsh, PBF Board ChairGeorge Cohen, Director of the FMCS with Josh Javits accepting the Peggy Browning Award from Dennis Walsh, PBF Board ChairWilma Liebman during her acceptance speechGene Orza, retired COO of Major League Baseball Players Association introducing Wilma Liebman.From left: Joe Sellers, Secretary Treasurer, Sheet Metal Workers; Judith Dávila, 2012 PB Fellow; Danielle Blanks, 2012 PB Fellow; Rachel Kaplan, 2012 PB Fellow; and Pat Riley, General Counsel, Sheet Metal Workers Andrea Zuniga DiBitetto, 2007 PB Fellow and Legislative Affairs Specialist for the AFL-CIO, speaking of the importance of a Peggy Browning FellowshipFrom left: Julie Cantor, 2012 PB Fellow; Marcella Coyne, 2012 PB Fellow; discuss issues with Michael Bearse, 2011 PB Awardee and General Counsel for LIUNAFrom left: George Cohen, Director of FMCS, and Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIOFrom left: 2012 PB Fellows Carter Meader and Erin MedeirosFrom left: James Hoffa, President, Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters; Pat Szymanski, PBF Board member and General Counsel of Change To Win and Ken Hall, Secretary Treasurer of the TeamstersFrom left:  Fred Feinstein, PBF Advisory Board member; 2012 Fellows Danielle Blanks and Rachel Kaplan with Lynn Rhinehart, General Counsel, AFL-CIOFrom left:  PBF Board Chair Dennis Walsh talks with 2012 PB Fellow Eric Sader and Mike Manley of the TeamstersFrom left:  PBF President Joe Lurie with Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIOFrom left: PBF Board member Pat Szymanski talks with 2012 PB Fellows Jessica Harris and David Feinstein.From left: Bridget O'Connor, General Counsel for the Bricklayers Union with Joe Lurie, PBF PresidentFrom left: 2011 PB Fellow Raul Garcia with 2012 Fellows Kyle deCant and Marcella CoyneFrom left: Mark Pearce of the NLRB discusses issued with 2012 PB Fellow Randal SmithFrom left: 2012 PB Fellow Melanie Benesh with Joni Jacobs from Murphy Anderson PLLC

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