Building Worker Political Power in a Time of Crisis
Schedule of Events
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Monday, 6/8, 6:00 p.m. EDT
Leading the Fight for Change
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- Keynote Address: CWA President Chris Shelton
- Welcome: CWA District 4 Vice President and Legislative-Political Committee Chair Linda L. Hinton|
- CWA’s Legislative Priorities: CWA Government Affairs Director Dan Mauer
- Q&A
Tuesday, 6/9, 6:00 p.m. EDT
Bye, Bye Mitch: How We Will Win Back the U.S. Senate Majority for Working Families
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- Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley: Introductory Remarks
- Panel Discussion with CWA Activists
Wednesday, 6/10, 12:00 p.m. EDT
Broadband for All: Universal Access and Good Jobs for our Communities
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- Brian Thorn, CWA Strategic Research Associate
- CWA Activists
Wednesday, 6/10, 5:00 p.m. EDT
Building Power to Help Dismantle Racism
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- Ian Haney Lopez, author of Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America
- CWA Activists
- Maurice Mitchell, Executive Director of the Working Families Party
- People’s Action Leader TBD
Wednesday, 6/10, 7:00 p.m. EDT
Dispatch from the Frontlines: Gambling with Workers' Lives
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Hosted by the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center
- Featuring an activist from Maximus working to organize with CWA
- Member of Congress TBD
Thursday, 6/11, 7:00 p.m. EDT
Why we must elect Joe Biden as President
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Roundtable
- CWA President Chris Shelton
- CWA Activists
Friday, 6/12, 12:00 p.m. EDT
Responding to the Crisis: Expanding Paid Leave, Unemployment Benefits and Workers’ Rights
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Panel Discussion
- CWA Secretary-Treasurer Sara Steffens: Moderator
- Representative Ro Khanna
- New York State Senator Jessica Ramos
- Heidi Shierholz, Senior Economist/Policy Director, Economic Policy Institute
- Jocelyn Frye, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress