Clara Lemlich Awards

Dear Everyone,

My poem tonight is just this:

please join me

at my favorite night of the year:

The Clara Lemlich Awards.

Tuesday May 6, 2025 6-7pm

New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 West 64th Street
New York, NY

Fifteenth Annual Clara Lemlich Awards

Honoring unsung activists, women who have been working for the larger good all their lives, in the tradition of those who sparked so many reforms in the aftermath of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. This year we honor historianBlanche Weisen Cook and playwright Clare Coss, musician Bev Grant, poet Rashidah Ismaili, and author Rudean Leinaeng.

Presented by LaborArts & Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition

In person and live streamed.

Previous honorees
LaborArts.org/LemlichAwards

RSVP - bit.ly/LemlichAwards2025

Write to me if you want to volunteer.

Here’s last year’s ceremony: