Grassroots Rising Draws Big Crowd

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Following last month’s huge turnout for SiCKO (SiCKO Plays to Packed House 4/28/08 UC), another large crowd packed the AFL-CIO Friday to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a free screening of Grassroots Rising. “Asian American labor had been an important part of labor history and history in general,” said Director Robert Winn, who introduced the film and did a Q & A following the screening. The screening was sponsored by the DC Labor Filmfest, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) DC Chapter, and the DC Chapter of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF).