Choose your path to get involved as you reconnect with, learn from, inspire and serve ILRies on campus, in your city and around the world through:
- Social Events – Meet old and new friends at fun local events
- Professional Development & Networking – Build your network as you upskill with established and emerging leaders in the field; meet, advise and learn from current ILR students and recent graduates through student/alumni programs and mentoring opportunities
- Academic Exploration – Learn the latest on trending topics from ILR faculty and experts
- Service Projects – Give back with other ILRies
Contact ILRAA President, Melissa Gradie ’10, to get more involved!
Events
See more ILRAA eventsHugo L'Huilier, Columbia University
The ILR Labor Roundtable is an annual event that brings together a wide range of representatives from labor leadership, unions, and social justice organizations to campus for dynamic, in-depth conversations with students. Through these discussions, students gain exposure to current trends in the labor movement and the fundamental role that it plays in bringing about social change. This event is open to all students. Please register by logging into your existing Handshake account to attend. Speakers include: Shirley Aldebol, Council Member, District 13; Chair, Committee on Civil Service and Labor, New York City CouncilKathryn Cernera, President, Ithaca Teacher's AssociationIsaiah Gutman, Organizer, UAWCollin Heatley, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, CGSU OrganizerBruce Levine, Labor & ERISA Attorney, Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLPGlenna Li, Strategic Researcher, 32BJ SEIUAbigail R. Levy, Deputy General Counsel & Executive Secretary, NYC Office of Collective BargainingBill Zoda, Director of Collective Bargaining, The News Guild of New YorkMore to come! This event is co-sponsored by the ILR Worker Institute ILR Career Development.
Since 2016, the China labor collection at Kheel Center in the ILR School’s Catherwood Library, has amassed a vast audio-visual archive consisting of photographs, films, brochures, oral interviews, poetry, and other materials on labor in the People’s Republic of China between the years 1993-2023. This exhibition is a curation of this invaluable collection, made available for the first time to the Cornell and greater Ithaca community. Come and learn about the multifaceted lives of China’s workers: their struggles, their efforts to determine their own working conditions through strikes and protests, and their self-expression in the form of documentation, poems, videos and more. Acknowledgements: Cornell Kheel Center, ILR School; Department of Asian Studies; The East Asia Program; Department of History of Art & Visual Studies; the China Asia Pacific Studies Program; and the Asian Labor Institute Sat, Nov 14 1 p.m.: Exhibit opens 5 p.m.: Opening Reception 6 p.m. : Opening Roundtable: “Thirty Years of Chinese Labor” (with Eli Friedman, Kevin Lin, Shaoling Ma, Xiangzi, and A-Gan) For more information and a full list of events, please see the main event page.
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Career Transition Initiative (CTI)
The ILRAA Board of Directors launched a Career Transition Initiative (CTI) in January 2024 to support alumni who are reentering the workforce, navigating a layoff, or pivoting in their career. To date, the CTI has offered complimentary headshots and alumni mixers in six cities and 12 skill-building webinars.
Complimentary Headshots: Look for an email announcement about where the ILRAA will host the next round of free professional photographs with Bitanga Productions.
Watch the Webinars: The CTI webinars equip alumni with practical tools and tips to navigate their career transitions. Watch them here!
- May 15, 2025 – Building a Culture of Emotional Wellbeing
- January 30, 2025 – Career Mapping with moderator Harry Catalani, Kristin Chen, and JR Keller
- November 19, 2024 – Purposeful Paths: Inside Non-Profit Leadership w/ Angela Cheng-Cimini, Anna Kawar, and Debra Stern
- September 17, 2024 – Landing the Job 404: Resume and Interview Tips for the Mid-level and Senior Professionals with Korn Ferry
- Insights on Workforce Reentry
- Job Search
- Networking
- Interviewing
- Layoffs 101 & Employment Agreements
- Thought Leadership & Personal Branding
- Navigating Workplace Conflicts
- Build Your Strengths and Find Your Flow
- Managing Mental Health at Work
Share Your Skills: Do you have skills, experiences, or resources to share with alumni in career transition? Tell us about your career-transition talents HERE! The ILRAA Board hopes to create new webinars, develop mentorship opportunities, host networking events and much more to support alumni. We hope you’ll consider sharing your time and talents!
Get Involved: The ILRAA Board encourages you to:
- Join our upcoming events!
- Connect with us on LinkedIn, and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok!
- Ask questions, share your feedback, plan events – there are endless possibilities! Reach out to the ILRAA Board at cornellilraa@gmail.com.