The AFL-CIO’s Sideline the Filibuster/Voting Rights Week of Action continues today. Exploring the theme of Honoring Our Past and Protecting Our Future, the 2022 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference is set for Sunday and Monday; speakers include Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Sen. Jon Ossoff, actors Michael B. Jordan, Blair Underwood, Ruth Negga, Mykelti Williamson, Colman Domingo and musicians Yolanda Adams, Tom Morello, PJ Morton and Brittney Spencer will perform. The online 2022 MLK Gonna Take Us All Ball is set for Sunday at 8pm, and NoVA Labor will join Leesburg's 31st annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., March on Monday starting at 9:45am. This weekend’s online World House Documentary Film Festival includes these labor-themed films: At the River I Stand: The 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King; Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin; Love and Solidarity: Rev. James Lawson & Nonviolence in the Search for Workers' Rights; Reparations. Click here to register to receive an email with the full program and instructions on how to watch the films and join the webinar. Complete details in Calendar. Comments are closed.
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