Contact Ellen to invite her to speak.
Events
Sunday, December 8, 2024
New York Jewish Book Festival
Panel: Translating Yiddish Women Writers,
with Anita Norich
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
New York, NY 10280
Friday, November 15, 2024, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Friendship Heights Village
“Working 9 to 5” book talk
4433 South Park Avenue
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Temple Sinai
“We Are Here,” with Esther Foer
3100 Military Road
Washington, DC 20015
In person and on Zoom.
Register here.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 4-5 pm ET (via Zoom)
Yiddish Book Center Arts & Culture Initiative
“A Few Words about Translation from Yiddish”
Monday, October 7, 2024, 11 am ET (via Zoom)
Executive Support Media
Screening of “Still Working 9 to 5” and panel discussion
Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 11 am ET (via Zoom)
Seniors Taking Action
Zoom link here.
Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 7 pm ET (via Zoom)
New York Labor History Association
“New Trends in Organizing”
Panel discussion with Eric Blanc and Patrick Cate
Register at DebBergen514@gmail.com.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 6:30 pm PT
ERA Coalition Fundraiser & “Still Working 9 to 5” Hollywood Film Premiere
honoring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton
Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center
Renberg Theatre
1125 N. McCadden Pl.
Hollywood, CA
Get tickets.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 6 pm ET (via Zoom)
Workers Circle Labor History Month Celebration
“The Movement and the Movie” with Ellen Cassedy
Register here.
Monday, April 29, 2024, 8:30 pm ET (via Zoom)
Actors Equity screening of “Nine to Five” (1980 film)
Introductory remarks
Friday, March 29, 2024, 12 noon ET (via Zoom)
Working 9 to 5
Friday Power Lunch podcast
Network NOVA
Register here.
Thursday, March 28, 2024, 10:50 a.m. (via Zoom)
Penn State University Labor Studies Class
State College, PA
Monday, March 25, 2024, 8:30 p.m. ET (via Zoom)
Labor Solidarity Movie Night: “9to5: The Story of a Movement”
Actors Equity Union
Sunday, March 24, 2024, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Conversation with Mattie Kahn, author of
Young and Restless: The girls who sparked America’s revolutions
Home of Susan Wagner
New York, NY
Friday, March 22, 2024, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Women’s History Month book talk
AFSCME DC 37 Women’s Committee
New York, NY
Friday, March 15, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Author Talk
Scarsdale Public Library
54 Olmsted Rd, Scarsdale, NY 10583
Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 6:30 p.m.
“9 to 5,” the Hollywood movie
Introduced by Kati Marton
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY
Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 1:30 p.m. (on Zoom)
Oakland University
Rochester, MI
Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
Working 9 to 5
Harvard Trade Union Program
Cambridge, MA
Monday, December 4, 2023, 12:30 p.m.
Red Wine & Blue Podcast: The Suburban Women Problem
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
“Working 9 to 5”
Community Organizing Class with Dr. Ashley Adams
New York University
New York, NY
Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 6:00 p.m.
Attend on Zoom or in person!
“Working 9 to 5”
Cornell ILR
570 Lexington Avenue,12th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Register to attend in person: email ad838@cornell.edu
Register here to attend virtually.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 7-8:30 pm ET (on Zoom)
“Working 9 to 5”
The Labor School at Penn State
Via Zoom: Register Here!
Monday, October 23, 2023, 8:00-9:00 pm ET (on Zoom)
Evanston, IL Book Group
Thursday, October 12, 2023, 11:00 a.m.
“Working 9 to 5”
Massachusetts AFL-CIO Convention
Encore Boston Harbor Casino
1 Broadway
Everett, MA 02149
Friday, October 6, 2023, 6:00 p.m.
“The Movement Behind the Movie”
Fashion Institute of Technology
Feldman Building (Middle of 27th Street between 7th & 8th Avenues)
New York, NY 10001
Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. (Zoom)
Sweep Salon with Red, Wine & Blue
“Behind the Scenes of 9 to 5: How Workplace Rights for Women Became a Blockbuster Movie”
Register here.
Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, 6:00 pm
9to5 50th Anniversary Celebration
District Winery
385 Water Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
Register here.
Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, 12 noon – 1 p.m. (Zoom)
Women Connect Livestream, with Antoinette Klatzky
“Women, Work, and Speaking Up”
Register here.
Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, 6:30 p.m. (in person)
“How the Bread and Roses Women Inspired the Women Office Workers Movement (and the movie!)
Penn South Coop Community
343 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY, Room 8A
Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. ET (via Zoom)
“Working 9 to 5: A women’s movement, a labor union, & the iconic movie”
Oseh Shalom congregation and Jews United for Justice-MD
Register for the Zoom link.
Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, 3:00 p.m. ET/12 noon P.T.
Panel: “Everything Old (in Yiddish) Is New Again: Trends in Recent Translation of Yiddish Fiction”
with Sheryl Stahl, Mindy Liberman, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Association of Jewish Libraries Nice Jewish Books
Register: https://buff.ly/47L1a9R
Monday, July 31, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
“Working 9 to 5”
Wellfleet Public Library
55 W. Main Street
Wellfleet, MA 02667
Masks recommended.
Tuesday, July 25, 2023, 8:15 p.m.
“The Unsilencing: Organizing Working Women and Translating Women Writers”
Great Jewish Books Summer Program
Yiddish Book Center
Amherst, MA
Tuesday, June 27, 2023, 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. (via Zoom)
9 to 5: The Movement to Win Fair Treatment on the Job
Red, Wine, and Blue
Register here.
Thursday, June 15, 2023, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. (via Zoom)
“Women in Exile: What Yenta Mash Has to Tell Us”
Yiddish Book Center public program
Free. Register here.
Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 9:00 a.m.
OPEIU National Convention
Downtown Sheraton
Philadelphia, PA
Monday, June 5, 2023, 10:30 a.m. ET (via Zoom)
Working 9 to 5
Markers for Democracy
Zoom link here.
Friday, May 19, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
“Julia Reichert: The People, United”
Museum of Modern Art
11 W. 53 Street, New York, NY 10019
Screening of “9 to 5: The Story of a Movement”
Tix here.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023, 6 p.m.
Awards Ceremony
Midwest Academy 50th Anniversary
Capitol View 400
444 North Capitol St NW
Washington, D.C., 20001
Tickets here.
Monday, May 1, 2023, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies
& the College of Liberal Arts present:
The 2023 Policy Across Disciplines Lecture
“Working 9 to 5”: lecture, book signing, & reception
Campus Center Ballroom C
UMass Boston campus
In-person and virtual
Register here.
Saturday, April 29, 2023, 5 p.m.
“Working 9 to 5” Book Talk
Hudson Valley Books for Humanity
67 Central Ave
Ossining, NY 10562
Thursday, April 27, 2023, 5:30 p.m. (in person and on Zoom)
“Working 9 to 5” Book Talk with campus unions
Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations
50 Labor Center Way, Room 115
New Brunswick, NJ
Register here.
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. (in person and on Zoom)
“Working 9 to 5” Book Talk
School of Industrial Labor Relations
Ives Hall 115
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
In-person and virtual. Zoom link here.
Sunday, April 23, 2023, 3:00 p.m.
“Di Froyen: Treasures from the Trove of Yiddish Women Writers”
Stokes Hall
Haverford College
370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041
Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 2:00-3:30 p.m. (ET) (via Zoom)
“La Lucha Continua: 9 to 5, the Story of a Movement”
with Kim Cook
Democrats Abroad Barcelona
Register here.
Saturday, April 1, 2023, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
“Working 9 to 5” Book Talk
Home of Susan Schewel
Philadelphia, PA
Info: ellen@ellencassedy.com
Friday, March 31, 2023, 5:00 p.m.
“Working 9 to 5 Then and Now”
Philadelphia Coalition of Labor Union Women
22 S. 22 St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
cluw.philly@gmail.com
Thursday, March 30, 2023, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
“Working 9 to 5”
Lexington Public Library
Lexington, MA (Zoom)
Register here for Zoom link.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
“Working 9 to 5”
Oakland University
Rochester, MN (Zoom)
Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
“9 to 5: The Story of a Movement”
Documentary film and discussion
Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island
Smithfield, R.I. (Zoom)
Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 7:00 p.m. ET
“Working 9 to 5”: Women’s History Month
Communications Workers of America (Zoom)
Register at: bit.ly/townhallwithellen
Monday, March 20, 2023, 12 noon ET
“Working 9 to 5”: Women’s History Month
AFSCME (Zoom)
Register here.
Sunday, March 19, 2023, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
“Working 9 to 5” Book Talk
Home of City Councilwoman Gale Brewer
New York, NY
Info and RSVP: ellen@ellencassedy.com
Thursday, March 16, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
“Working 9 to 5”
Falmouth Jewish Congregation
Falmouth, MA (Zoom)
Open to the public.
Register at: www.falmouthjewish.org
Monday, March 13, 2023, 6:00-7:00 p.m. PT
“Working 9 to 5”
San Diego Coalition of Labor Union Women
San Diego, CA (Zoom)
Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
“Working 9 to 5”
University of Massachusetts Labor Studies Program (Zoom)
Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 12 – 1:30 p.m.
“Working 9 to 5”
IATSE Women’s History Month Celebration (Zoom)
Thursday, February 23, 2023, 1:00 p.m.
“Working 9 to 5” with Kim Cook
Osher Labor History Course taught by Bill Barry (Zoom)
Thursday, February 16, 2023, noon – 1:00 p.m.
“Working 9 to 5”
Radcliffe Circle 90 (Zoom)
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
“Working 9 to 5”
9 to 5 National Association of Working Women staff meeting (Zoom)
Thursday, January 26, 2023, 1:00 p.m.
“Working 9 to 5”
AFSCME Retirees Book Club (Zoom)
Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
“Yenta Mash: Master Chronicler of Exile”
Yiddish Book Center Librarians Training Program
Amherst, MA
Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
“Working 9 to 5”
Brooklyn Lifelong Learning Book Club (Zoom)
Tuesday, December 20, 2022, 11 pm PT
“Yenta Mash: Master Chronicler of Exile”
Fishl’s Yiddish Group (on Zoom)
Thursday, December 8, 2022, 7 pm
“Working 9 to 5” book talk
Harvard Book Store
1256 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Thursday, December 8, 2022, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Celebrating Women’s Leadership in the Labor Movement: Past, Present, Future
Greater Boston Central Labor Council Women’s Committee
City Hall Pavilion
1 Court Street
Boston, MA
Thursday, December 1, 2022, 7:30 pm
“Still Working 9 to 5” screening
Hamptons Doc Fest
Sag Harbor, NY
Tickets here.
Monday, November 7, 2022 (virtual)
“Still Working 9 to 5” film screening
Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System
With Camille Hardman
Friday, November 4 – Sunday, November 6, 2022
“Di Froyen”: Celebrating the Women of Yiddish Literature
Saturday, Nov. 5, 10:00am – 11:15am
Translators’ Roundtable: Yiddish Women Writers You Should Know
Featuring Mindl Cohen, Ellen Cassedy, Allison Schachter, & Jordan Finkin
Wednesday, October 26, 2022, 12 noon ET (virtual)
“Working 9 to 5”
Gathering for 9 to 5, SEIU Local 925, and friends
hosted by SEIU International
Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 7 p.m. ET (virtual)
“Working 9 to 5”
Metro DC Coalition of Labor Union Women
Monday, October 24, 2022, 10:30 ET (virtual)
“Oedipus in Brooklyn,” by Blume Lempel
Brooklyn Lifelong Learning
Sunday, October 9, 2022, 7 pm ET (virtual)
“We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust”
Bolton Hill Book Club (Baltimore)
Wednesday, September 14, 8 p.m. EST (virtual)
Bookwoman Bookstore Austin, TX, interview with Alice Embree
Here’s the link. You can just show up.
Saturday, September 10, 4-6 pm
“Working 9 to 5” book event
At the home of Jim Feldman and Natalie Wexler
3750 Oliver St., NW
Washington, DC 20015
Thursday, September 8, 7:30-8:30 pm
“Working 9 to 5” book event
Lost City Books
2467 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20009
202-232-4774
I’ll be interviewed by Kristin Mink of the Center for Popular Democracy, Democratic nominee for Montgomery County Council District 5.
Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 7 p.m. EST (virtual)
A Room of One’s Own Bookstore, Madison, WI
“Working 9 to 5,” with Ciara Fox of the Fight For $15
Register on Crowdcast here.
Wednesday, July 27, 2022, 7 p.m. EST
Yiddish Abortion Stories
Workers Circle Zoom Session
Join Eve Jochnowitz and others (including Ellen Cassedy)
for a multi-media hour of reading in English and Yiddish
(no knowledge of Yiddish necessary)
Register here. Free.
Friday, June 24, 2022
Nantucket Film Festival (click for tickets)
“Morning Coffee: Women Behind the Words” panel discussion, 9:00 -10:00 a.m.
Sister Ship Cafe
29 Centre Street
Nantucket, MA 02554
“Still Working 9 to 5” screening, 4:30 p.m.
Dreamland Studio
17 S. Water Street
Nantucket, MA 02554
Monday, June 20, 2022, 7 p.m. (virtual)
Yiddish Literature and Reproductive Rights with Ellen Cassedy
Moishe House Somerville and Boston Workmen’s Circle