Program

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SCHEDULE (subject to change)

DAY ONE

7:30 – 9:00 Registration, Exhibitors & Breakfast

9:00 – 10:10 Welcome & Keynote Speakers

Keynote Speakers:

10:10 – 10:30 Break

10:30 -12:30 Workshop Block I

12:30 – 2:00 Lunch, Facilitated Discussions, Exhibitors, One-on-One Consulting

2:00 – 2:20 Break

2:20 – 4:20 Workshop Block II

4:20 – 5:30 Break, Facilitated Discussions,One-on-One Consulting, Networking

5:30 – 7:30 Reception

Unwind, relax and connect with new and old friends at this casual reception.

DAY TWO

7:30 – 9:00 Breakfast & Exhibitors

9:00 – 10:10 Plenary Session: Debate

10:10 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 12:30 Workshop Block III

12:30 – 2 Lunch, Exhibitors, One-on-one Consulting, Facilitated Discussions

2 – 2:20 Break

2:20 – 4:20 Workshop Block IV

4:20 – 4:40 Break

4:40 – 5:30 Closing Plenary

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Saru Jayaraman and Attica Woodson Scott will share more about their work and vision for how we continue to successfully build and sustain our movements in this particular political moment.

Saru Jayaraman is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC-United) and an Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College. Founded by Saru and displaced 9/11 workers, ROC now 8000 members in eight affiliates nationwide. Saru co-edited The New Urban Immigrant Workforce, (ME Sharpe, 2005). Saru is a graduate of Yale Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She was profiled in the New York Times “Public Lives” section in 2005, and was named one of Crain’s “40 Under 40” in 2008, 1010 Wins’ “Newsmaker of the Year,” and one of New York Magazine’s “Influentials” of New York.

Attica Woodson Scott was appointed as the District 1 representative to Louisville Metro Council in October 2011. District 1 spans the west and southwest areas of Jefferson County. She served as Coordinator of Kentucky Jobs with Justice from 2004-2012. Attica previously served as an Adjunct Faculty member at Bellarmine University from 2009-2011 having recently taught a course on “Social Networking for Social Justice.” In 2005, she was selected to serve as a Forum Fellow for the Courier-Journal and featured in “People to Watch” in Louisville Magazine, and was awarded the 2011 national “Woman of Vision” honor by the Ms. Foundation for Women.

DEBATE

More details coming soon!