Register Now for the Great Labor Arts Exchange
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Register today for the Great Labor Arts Exchange and Conference on Creative Organizing, June 17–19 at the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Md. The early registration deadline is May 31.
Over three days, more than 100 union and social justice activists will participate in programs that combine union mobilization and outreach with songs, skits, art, poetry, theater, posters, cartoons and film.
For more than three decades, the Labor Heritage Foundation has sponsored the Great Labor Arts Exchange to celebrate the rich cultural heritage of working people and served as a forum that brings together talented labor artists, activists, cultural workers, educators and students.
Sign Up For Southern School for Union Women
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Sign up now for the Southern School for Union Women at the National Labor College (NLC) in Silver Spring, Md., August 19–22. The school is open to union and community activist women who support the advancement of women in the union movement.
The Southern School is sponsored by the National Labor College, United Association for Labor Education (UALE) and the Tennessee AFL-CIO. Union and nonunion women workers come together over four days to learn, teach, and inspire each other to make a difference in their unions and communities.
Limited scholarships are available. To request a registration brochure or for more information, contact Elise Bryant at ebryant@nlc.edu or Barbara Miller at bmiller@nlc.edu or call the National Labor College at 301-431-5449.
Great Labor Arts Exchange Hits the Road
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For the first time in more than three decades, the Labor Heritage Foundation took the Great Labor Arts Exchange on the road. This year the Exchange brought its special blend of culture and the arts to Detroit June 18-21. AFSCME Local 25 is hosting the Great Labor Arts Exchange at its offices, 600 West Lafayette in Detroit.
For four days, some 100 union and social justice activists are participating in programs that combine union mobilization and outreach with songs, skits, art, poetry, theater, posters, cartoons and film. For three decades, the Great Labor Arts Exchange has celebrated the rich cultural heritage of working people and served as a forum that brings together talented labor artists, activists, cultural workers, educators and students.
Labor Heritage Foundation Chairwoman Elise Bryant says the Great Labor Arts Exchange reflects the important role that art plays in the union movement.
New Website Highlights Labor’s Art Heritage
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| On the Labor Heritage website, you can find information on events such as the Great Labor Arts Exchange, which features artists such as Chris Bricker, a member of the Screen Actors. |
For nearly 30 years, the Labor Heritage Foundation has worked to preserve and promote knowledge of the cultural heritage of the American worker through the arts, including music, poetry, written works, theater and artistic works.
Labor Heritage’s creative, user-friendly new website opens up the world of labor arts for labor activists and art lovers alike with the power to draw a new generation of artists.
At www.laborheritage.org, you’ll find many of the familiar services and some new ones. The main feature is a slide show with information about such popular events as the Great Labor Arts Exchange and Conference on Creative Organizing, the Joe Hill Award and a new Shades of Youth in Labor, where young people speak out on issues such as poverty and injustice.
Labor Heritage Foundation Chairwoman Elise Bryant says the website reflects the important role that art plays in the union movement.
Art displays the heart, soul and passion for equality and justice in the union movement. Union members learned long ago that life is more than work. We not only need bread, we need roses, too. Every successful progressive movement in the United States has been led by song. But we’re not just focusing on the past; we’re also introducing the new artists who are producing art for the union, peace and justice movements.
