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LRAN National Conference Archive

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Past Years Conferences

2024 National Conference

The 14th annual LRAN conference was held in Portland, OR on June 20-21.

2024 Conference Program

2023 National Conference

The 12th annual LRAN conference was held in Washington, DC on June 7-8.

2023 Conference Program Read more about the conference

2022 National Conference (In Person and Virtual)

The 11th annual LRAN conference was held in person at Morehouse College in Atlanta and virtually on June 21st & 22nd.

2022 Conference Program Conference presentation videos

2021 National Conference (Virtual)

The 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 videos

2020 LRAN National Conference (Virtual)

May 14-15, 2020 Virtual, in combination with the Jobs With Justice National Conference

2020 conference program

2019 LRAN National Conference

June 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 conference

2018 LRAN National Conference

May 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 conference

2017 LRAN National Conference

June 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 program

2016 LRAN National Conference

June 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 coverage

2015 LRAN National Conference

June 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 program

2014 LRAN National Conference

June 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 program

2013 LRAN National Conference

June 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 program

2012 LRAN National Conference

June 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 program

2011 National Conference

June 9th, 2011 Host: Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor