2023 National Conference
The 12th annual LRAN conference was held in Washington, DC on June 7-8.
2023 Conference Program Read more about the conferenceLRAN National Conference Archive
See information about past conferences below.
See information about past conferences below.
The 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