Roger Newell Remembered on WPFW Today

Gloria Minott will host a special hour-long show on longtime labor and community activist Roger Newell today starting at 11a on WPFW 89.3 FM, featuring remembrances by Roger’s friends and colleagues. Newell (at right, holding banner) died unexpectedly on November 14 (11/16 UC). "There are few people I have met who shared such deep commitment to the struggles of working people,” said Bill Fletcher, Jr... 

“He was a staunch advocate for racial and economic justice and, as such, helped to build organizations which stood for such causes,” Fletcher added. OPEIU Local 2 member Bruce Wolf first met Newell at a Creative Organizing Conference, part of the annual Great Labor Arts Exchange. “We were sitting on a bench waiting for the afternoon session, and in a short time Roger was giving me a terrific lesson on internal organizing as utilized by the Teamsters. In a matter of minutes I had learned more than any conference I ever attended.” 
Roger Newell funeral arrangements, Viewing, Saturday November 29, 2014, Plymouth Congregational Church,  10 AM to 11 AM. Funeral 11:00 AM, 5301 North Capitol St. NE. Pastor, Rev. Graylan S Hagler.