The Peggy Browning Fund Fall Newsletter 2021

6 On June 16, PBF recognized the careers of 3 leaders in the Washington, DC labor community in a virtual awards program. Fred Redmond, international vice president, Human Affairs for United Steelworkers; Patricia Shea, general counsel, Communications Workers of America and Barry S. Slevin, president, Slevin & Hart, P.C. received the Peggy Browning Award, presented annually to social justice champions who have distinguished themselves with passion and dedication to the rights and needs of workers and their families. 2020 Summer Fellow Jeff Wang shared his fellowship experience at CWA and noted, “I am very grateful for the financial support that donors and other supporters provide to the Peggy Browning Fellowship. Thank you. It is really important that students like me and working-class students, students of color, and everyone who’s interested in representing unions and workers are able to have this professional experience while not putting their own financial well- being excessively at risk.” Our awardees had many very powerful messages to share. One from Fred Redmond noted, “The importance that young lawyers play in this movement is not only necessary but essential in order for us to stand up and fight for workers. Those sharp, smart, articulate labor minds, which I don’t have. That mix of people with grass roots experience and with sharp legal minds is what makes the labor movement effective.” Pat Shea stressed, “CWA has had 84 Peggy Browning fellows over the years, and that’s an incredible number. They’re amazingly creative, they think out of the box, they have a new mindset, which I think is helpful for the union movement as a whole and it’s inspiring.” For Barry Slevin, “The Peggy Browning Fund is unique in its goal of trying to foster interest, educate, and direct young lawyers toward supporting and representing working people. Two of our associates at Slevin & Hart are former Peggy Browning Fellows, so we’ve had great experiences.” Washington, DC Awards Program Still Virtual With a Powerful Message Washington, DC Reception Sponsors Steward Communications Workers of America Laborers’ Int’l Union of North America Slevin & Hart, P.C. Ullico Inc. United Steelworkers Guardian Cheiron Gilbert & Sackman Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. Loomis, Sayles & Co., LP Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 100 UFCW Local 400 USW District 10 Awardees Fred Redmond, international vice president, Human Affairs for United Steelworkers; Patricia Shea, general counsel, Communications Workers of America and Barry S. Slevin, president, Slevin & Hart, P.C. “The Peggy Browning Fund, by supporting its fellows, really opens their minds and provides diversity for the profession,” stated Barry S. Slevin. “I just want to encourage all of those Peggy Browning fellows to please continue this work. You are not only helping the labor movement with your advocacy, but you are also helping our country become a better country and to fulfill its promise of freedom and justice for all of its citizens,” stressed Fred Redmond. “I think it’s really important that the unions and union side labor firms support the Peggy Browning Fund and contribute to it because, we’re training the whole next generation of union advocates,” shared Pat Shea. Summer Fellow Jeff Wang