Portions, Chapter 1: The Seminary

Portions, Chapter 1: The Seminary

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“Dig that man with the crazy tan; he’s our Dan from the Irish clan.” Frankie Warner made that up. It was a poster of a big-eared, freckle-faced eighth -grader who was running for class president. It hung at the back of the class room in St. Anne’s Parish school, Queen...

Ellen Shortt Sanchez

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When I was a work study student with the Labor Center at Evergreen in the late 80s, I learned so much and went to so many places and knew we were in the heart of the struggle. Dan taught me about ‘Political Self Respect’ which has carried me far. Dan, Helen, Mary Rose...
Portions, Chapter 2: Seattle University

Portions, Chapter 2: Seattle University

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Seattle University was a new environment after the seminary, but I soon gathered my buddies in the Chieftain cafeteria. My Dad would drive me to school from Queen Anne Hill on his way to work. We left early so he could attend mass at St. Joseph’s before he went to...
Portions, Chapter 3: Family Ties

Portions, Chapter 3: Family Ties

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My Dad died in 1964. He had gone to Group Health Hospital up on 15th street to pass a gallstone. I saw him after it had passed. It was very odd to see my Dad in a hospital bed. He was a big man, strong, a worker. He was not meant to lie in a hospital bed. When I left...
Charting the Political Economy

Charting the Political Economy

by | Talks & Charts

Charting the Political Economy [a.k.a. Dan Leahy’s Book of Charts] (2019) Dan started teaching in the Masters of Public Administration (MPA) program at The Evergreen State College in the fall of 1984. Almost simultaneously, he began creating a Labor Education and...