You're invited to the Frances Perkins Center's 2nd Annual Garden Party

Saturday, August 14, from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM see details here.

The “Social Security Stories Project”
is an opportunity to join thousands of Americans in showing that you are part of how Social Security has transformed our country, our economy and our people – young and old.

Telling your story is simple. We’re looking for stories of 400 words or less or about three minutes of video.  All of the stories told as part of the “Social Security Stories Project” will be posted on our website and other social networking sites and some stories may be used in a book to be published later this year, which will also feature essays from today’s leading experts on Social Security, including historians and policy experts.

We want to hear your story! here

Read this and other stories "In the News" here

First woman to serve in a presidential cabinet, U.S. secretary of labor for Franklin Delano Roosevelt (and still the longest-sitting secretary of labor in U.S. history), Cornell University guest professor of industrial and labor relations, social worker, factory inspector, New York State commissioner of labor -- a pioneering woman in and ahead of her time, champion of the New Deal, close friend and advisor to FDR.

The Perkins family homestead on the Damariscotta River in Coastal Maine held a very special place in Frances Perkins's heart. She viewed it as a place of contemplation and refuge. With the advent of the Center, we are bringing her philosophy and the causes she fought for back to The Brick House, as it is known. The Center will provide a place for students, scholars, and policy makers to research and write about subjects related to and inspired by Perkins's dedication to improving the lives of working men and women.