San Diego Progressive Labor Summit 2018
San Diego Progressive Labor Summit 2018 is a one-day event, bringing together members of the San Diego Labor community with left-of-center activists and leaders to build stronger understanding, knowledge, skills, and partnerships in tackling the broader social challenges we are facing today. Within the context of the current political climate, it is more important than ever that we are able to build strong, authentic, non-transactional relationships that allow us to move forward together in solidarity, as we strive towards greater justice for the communities we serve and represent. While many of us have collaborated and interacted tangentially - and are even members of both organized Labor and the Democratic Party - the new political landscape requires us to be more intentional and strategic than ever in order to create the changes we seek. This second annual summit will build on the work begun last year, to help us strengthen our foundation for that work.
Public. Hosted by Carol Kim, Tom Lemmon, Jim Miller, Bernadette Butkiewicz, Fayaz Nawabi, Lucas O'Connor, Rick Bates, Gretchen Newsom.
General Session Speakers:
- Daraka Larimore-Hall - Labor & the Left plus Janus vs. AFSCME
- Juana Melara, Unite Here Local 11: #MeToo and the Labor Movement
- Emiliana Sparaco, SEIU 221 & Terra Lawson-Remer, Flip The 49th
- Union member panel, moderated by Alexis Olbrei
- Keynote: Fred Ross Jr., IBEW 1245
- State Legislative Priorities - Cesar Diaz, CA State Building Trades & Caitlin Vega, CA Labor Fed; moderated by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez-Fletcher
Breakout Sessions:
- Economic Development policies - Lucas O’Connor & Kyra Greene
- Public Education - Anthony Saavedra and Lindsay Burningham
- Labor 101 - Bernadette Butkiewicz, Ricardo Ochoa, and Nate Fairman
- From Virginia to San Diego: Capitalizing on the Anti-Trump Moment - Tom Wong & Katelyn Hailey
- Union Hugs from Union Thugs: Combatting Stereotypes of the Labor Movement - Steve Smith, CA Labor Fed
- Immigration Policies & Enforcement - Nathan Fletcher, Mark Lane, Katia Myers, & Dave Myers
- Planning & Organizing Actions - Ellen Montonari & Ismahan Abduhalli
- Affordable Housing & Homelessness - Murtaza Baxamusa & Michael McConnell
- Getting Into the Trades: Constructions Unions & the Community - Kevin Alvin, Christina Marquez, Sean Ellis, & Tom Lemmon
- Policy Advocacy: Moving Legislation Through Local Government - Rick Bates & Erin Demorest
- Intersections: San Diego’s Transit Future - Gretchen Newsom, Jack Shu & Cori Schumacher
- You Won, You’re at the Table, Now What?: Negotiations 101 - Keith Maddox & Brigette Browning[1]