2024 National Conference
The 14th annual LRAN conference was held in Portland, OR on June 20-21.
2024 Conference ProgramSee information about past conferences below.
The 14th annual LRAN conference was held in Portland, OR on June 20-21.
2024 Conference ProgramThe 12th annual LRAN conference was held in Washington, DC on June 7-8.
2023 Conference Program Read more about the conferenceThe 11th annual LRAN conference was held in person at Morehouse College in Atlanta and virtually on June 21st & 22nd.
2022 Conference Program Conference presentation videosThe 10th annual LRAN conference was held virtually on June 16th & 17th. Keynotes: RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum and Michael Foster, Organizer, RWDSU Midsouth Council
Conference presentation videosMay 14-15, 2020 Virtual, in combination with the Jobs With Justice National Conference
2020 conference programJune 12, 2019- June 13, 2019 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Host: The Social Justice Institute at Case Western Reserve University Keynote: Sara Nelson, International President, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO
2019 conference program Read more about the conferenceMay 31 - June 1, 2018 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Host: Vanderbilt University Divinity School Keynote: Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
2018 conference program Read more about the conferenceJune 8, 2017 - June 9, 2017 Howard University, Washington, DC Host: Howard University Political Science Department Keynote: Princess Moss, Secretary-Treasurer, National Education Association
2017 conference programJune 24, 2016 - June 25, 2016 DePaul University's Loop Campus in downtown Chicago, IL. Host: DePaul University Labor Education Center Keynotes: Karen Lewis, President, Chicago Teachers Union and Tefere Gebre, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO
2016 conference program Read the media coverageJune 15-16, 2015 Georgetown Law Center, Washington, DC Host: Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor Keynote: Guy Standing, Author of The Precariat, and Professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
2015 conference programJune 16, 2014 - June 17, 2014 Georgetown Law Center, Washington, DC Host: Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor Keynotes: Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers and Theda Skocpol, Professor of Government and Sociology, Harvard University
2014 conference programJune 18–19, 2013 Georgetown Law Center Host: Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor Keynote: Rich Trumka, AFL-CIO President
2013 conference programJune 11, 2012- June 12, 2012 Georgetown University, Washington, DC Host: Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor Keynote: Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Warmth of Other Suns
2012 conference programJune 9th, 2011 Host: Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor