We won an award for the best history presentation at Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2019. The award is given at the kick off for the follow year. Join us for 2020!

We were glad to hear the inspiring talks at the Chicago Irish consulate 5th Friday Networking Breakfast. We were also glad to see the new exhibit there, titled Blazing A Trail: Lives and Legacies of Irish-American Women today. Mother Jones is among the women featured! Statue committee member Brigid Duffy made a presentation about our statue campaign, a short talk that was very well received. Here are some images of the event, including panels from the exhibit that was at the Chicago Irish consulate. Brian O'Brien, Ireland's Consul General for Chicago and the Midwest, Brigid Duffy, Mother Jones Statue Committee, Dolores Connolly, Mother Jones Statue Committee, Sara Keating, Ireland's Vice-Consul for Chicago and the Midwest — at Consulate General of Ireland, Chicago. Brian O'Brien, Ireland's Consul General for Chicago and the Midwest with Brigid Duffy, Mother Jones Statue Committee — at Consulate General of Ireland, Chicago. Mother Jones' comrade Elizabeth Gurley Flynn also featured at the exhibit — at Consulate General of Ireland, Chicago.

We were pleased to meet with Daniel Mulhall, Ireland's Ambassador to the US, and other Midwest organizations, for a talk on strategies and plans. The meeting took place at DePaul University, and we learned of how the Irish Emigrant Support program is also creating synergy between organizations. Especially pleased that Amb. Mulhall agreed to be honorary co-chair of our Mother Jones Statue Committee. Brian O'Brien, Ambassador Mulhall and Vice-Consul Sarah Keating. Other Midwest Organizations shared their commitments and projects. Daniel Mulhall, Ireland's ambassador, with Rosemary Feurer & Elliott Gorn of the Mother Jones Heritage Project — at Depaul University. Elliott Gorn with Ireland's Consul General Chicago/Midwest Brian O'Brien.

The Chicago premier of Mother Jones in Heaven with Vivian Nesbitt and John Dillon was a great success. A fantastic crowd and a fantastic performance by Vivian Nesbitt at the Irish American Heritage Center. The play was written by Si Kahn, and imagines Mother Jones in a pub, telling the bartender about her life. The songs were fabulous, and we had a rousing audience, including many union members. Chicago loves Mother Jones.

Mother Jones went mobile for the CTU strike, thanks to CTU member Les Plewa who built a rolling cart. Mother is living up to the hype that she follows injustice and inspires. She was all over thanks to Les. See the news articles below for more details about this struggle. She was also featured in several news article, including these two: Chicago Teachers Demand Affordable Housing as Strike Begins from Truthout

Members of our board were honored to meet with Ciaran Cannon, Irelands' Minister for the Diaspora and International Development today, with other organizations in the Midwest. Pictured: Judy Simpson, Margaret Fulkerson, Claran Cannan, Dave Rathke, Brian O'Brien, Consulate General of Ireland, Chicago and the Midwest, Elliott Gorn.

Our Mother Jones Chicago statue sculpture fundraising is off to a glorious start. Proud to accept a generous check from Sara Keating, Vice Consul General of Ireland for Chicago and the Midwest today for $36,000 for this project as a kickstart from our Emigrant Support Programme grant application. This project has wings!! We will be sharing more later. We also received a $9700 grant.for a St Louis project on Fannie Sellins, who was murdered 100 years ago. We’ll be updating on that later. Left to right members of statue committee: Helen Ramirez-Odell, Brigid Duffy, Elliott Gorn, Vice-consul Keating, Rosemary Feurer, David J. Rathke, Margaret Fulkerson.

Scenes from the Pullman: Women and Work Labor Day event on September 2, 2019. We had an exhibit that engaged quite a number of attendees. Many did not know that she was very involved with the Pullman 1894 struggle. I have uncovered new information about Mother Jones' involvement with Pullman, and it will be part of a new biography of her. Above: Brigid Duffy of Working Women's History Project performs Mother Jones at the Pullman Women & Work Labor Day Festival.

Mother Jones marching with Roofers Local 11 in the Annual Chicago Southeast Labor Day Parade and Rockford United Labor Parade.

Mother Jones Museum follows the philosophy of Mother Jones: we go with justice, and our home is our shoes! When Mt. Olive's small museum became a government-appointed board, and no longer wanted our exhibits, we were glad that Workers Education Society offered us a new home for these exhibits. Here is a selection of the images of the grand opening! The highlight is Lindsay Hand's original work of art, which we commissioned for the project.

Mother Jones Keeps travelling for justice, but we still are fundraising for a generator--help us raise $500 m Roofers Apprenticeship Training Loyola GEO strike Chicago Symphony Strike Chicago Symphony Strike UIC GEO strike

Pullman event today, co-sponsored by Mother Jones Heritage Project and Illinois Labor HIstory Society. David J. Rathke is a board member of Debs Foundation, and a Board member of @MotherJonesLives, and he is doing us proud with a talk today about the connections between Eugene Debs, the importance of place and memory (With an important tidbit about Mother Jones' role). Dave helped to arrange for Sara Nelson, AFA President, to speak about the meaning of Pullman. What a terrific commemoration event.