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The Western Massachusetts Jobs with Justice Educational, Organizing, & Membership Conference
February 28, 2015 @ 10:00 am - 4:15 pm
Step It Up. We Won’t Back Down!
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/407439826097970/
After registering here, you will be taken to a donations page. Donations can also be made any time and at the conference. We suggest a sliding scale donation of $5 to $25 to cover costs. No one will be turned away for lack of a donation.
Can you or your organization sponsor the conference at the $100+ level or underwrite the conference at the $1000+ level?
Sarita is a nationally recognized expert on the economic and political issues affecting working people across all industries, particularly low-wage workers. She is widely recognized as a key leader and strategist in the progressive movement.
Tabling Opportunity for Progressive Organizations: Sliding scale donation requested: $10 to $50. Set up 8:00-9:00 AM. Send request to wmjwj@wmjwj.org.
Music by Ben Grosscup & Roxanne Langevine.
Schedule:
9:00-10:00 AM Registration. Tabling. Music. Schmoozing. Coffee/Tea.
10:00-11:00 AM Welcome. Keynote. Q&A.
11:10-12:40 PM Workshops:
- Low Wage Workers Rising: from Food Justice to the Fight for 15
- Keep Public Schools in Public Hands
- From the Bottom Up: Designing Housing to Meet Human Needs
- Organizing for Racial Justice
12:50-1:35 PM Lunch by Your Fairy Godmother. Membership Meeting.
1:45-3:15 PM Workshops:
- OURWalmart & the Right to Organize
- Resisting the Neo-Liberal University: Organizing Students and Workers
- Climate Justice: This Changes Everything
- Organizing for Gender Justice
3:25-4:15 PM Closing Plenary: Out Now’s Theatre of the Oppressed. Announcements. Next Steps.