The North Bay Central Labor Council will sponsor the Fifth Annual Labor and Social Action Summer School June 21-22 at Sonoma State University.
Bill Fletcher who is currently the Executive Director of TransAfrica Forum in Washington, D.C. and was former assistant to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney will be part of a panel discussion kicking off the Labor and Social Action School on Friday evening June 21. The discussion topic will be " The New Corporate Tyranny and the Challenge to Progressive Politics." Joining Bill will be Medea Benjamin, Founding Director of Global Exchange, and internationally recognized leader and organizer for economic justice and human rights.
Stephanie Luce, Assistant Professor at the Labor Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will also be a panelist. Stephanie has been involved in the living wage movement for the past six years and is the co-author of " The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy."
A plenary session "Successful Organizing Models for Social Change" will open the School on Saturday, June 22 followed by fifteen workshops. Workshop topics will include Common Sense Economics, Labor Organizing in a Changing World, How to Build Progressive Coalitions, Working With the Media, Living and Minimum Wage Campaigns, Organizing Low Wage Workers, Campaign 2002:Local Electoral Coalitions, Sexual Orientation and Organizing, and Immigration Rights.
Peter Olney former Organizing Director for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and currently the Associate Director for the Institute For Labor and Employment at UC Berkeley, will be among the thirty-five presenters from the Bay Area as well as around the nation and Sonoma County.
The cost for the entire conference including lunch, appetizers, and the keynote is $55 with limited scholarships available. Cost for only Friday's keynote panel and discussion is $5-$10 sliding scale-no one will be turned away. Spanish translation for the keynote and selected workshops will be provided.
College credit is available from Office of Extended Education, Sonoma State University at (707) 664-2394 or check the web at www.sonoma.edu/exed. For further information call (707) 545-7349 ext. 219 or e-mail Tulaabu@aol.com. A schedule of workshops can be found at http://northbayclc.home.mindspring.com.
