Community, Labor & Collective Action: A Panel Discussion & Exhibit Opening

• Event Date: Friday, May 1, 2026
• Time: 1:00 pm–3:00 pm (CDT)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Age: All
• Cost: Free and open to all. No registration required.

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Community, Labor & Collective Action is a panel discussion and exhibition opening organized by the Non-Tenure Faculty Coalition (NTFC). The panel, facilitated by Rachel Fein-Smolinski, will feature representatives from campus and community labor organizations including CU Immigration Forum, SEIU, AFSCME, UFO, Starbucks Workers United, CFA, and GEO.

Discussion will cover organizing histories, collective bargaining, current member priorities, and ways to act in solidarity. The panel (1:00 pm–2:00 pm) will be followed by a Virtual Reality presentation in the Hundley Central Core Gallery and a reception with food and refreshments in the main lobby (2:00 pm–3:00 pm), celebrating the opening of Ten Years of Solidarity: An NTFC Local #6546 Retrospective.

This event also features an AI tool developed by Dr. Somi Lee that invites visitors to discover what kind of museum visitor they are. The tool is designed to measure visitor engagement and experience. Your responses are not collected to train any AI model.