Please join us... *SOCIOLOGY LECTURE SERIES* DATE: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 TIME: 4:15—5:30pm LOCATION: Sociology Conference Room 1631HW *PLEASE JOIN US TO WELCOME FORMER** HUNTER SOCIOLOGY MAJOR…* *CAROLINE LY* *Department of Sociology, Yale University* Title of talk: *The Brotherhood: Firefighting Culture and Organizational Duress* This is a study of firefighting in four municipalities which focuses on how firefighting is experienced within changing realities of public sector work in the United States. Ly did extensive ethnographic observation and informal interviews with work crews of differing sizes and locations. -- Thomas DeGloma Assistant Professor Associate Editor, *Symbolic Interaction* Department of Sociology Hunter College, CUNY 695 Park Avenue, 16th Floor Hunter West New York, NY 10065 Phone 609.576.2297 Fax 212.772.5645 http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/sociology/faculty/thomas-degloma The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. -Stephen Biko Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes. -Maggie Kuhn When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. -Jimi Hendrix