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EARNCon is headed to “The Big Easy” in 2024!

We are thrilled to host EARNCon in New Orleans this year from September 11 – 13, 2024. New Orleans has a rich history, one that is inextricably tied to racial, economic, and social justice movements. For example, on November 8, 1892, 30,000 factory and dock workers in New Orleans called for a general strike to demand a union. These workers were later joined by musicians, clothing workers, clerks, utility workers, streetcar drivers, and printers. Importantly, Black and white workers came together to demand a union, pushing back against efforts to divide workers by race. The success of these workers remains an inspiration for broad-based, multi-racial organizing in the South as we see organized labor and their allies, including EARN groups, continue to make inroads today.

As we prepare to convene in New Orleans, LA, we are coming with a fighting spirit like that which animated the workers in their call for a general strike in 1892. We come with a dedication and continued commitment to realize racial, economic, and gender justice not just in the South but every state across the country.

The conference will include discussions on:

  • Supporting worker organizing
  • Immigration and migrant worker rights
  • Policies to support children, families, and early childhood education
  • Coalition building within and across states
  • Leveraging federal funding to advance equity and create good jobs

SEPTEMBER 11th – 13th, 2024

Loews New Orleans Hotel 

300 Poydras St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Book your Loews New Orleans hotel room here.

 

EARNCon 2024 – Agenda Summary
Agenda is subject to change

DAY 1: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
12:00 – 7:00 PM Registration
1:00 – 4:00 PM Data Bootcamp: State of Working X-a-thon
1:00 – 4:00 PM Organizing Bootcamp: Building Power Outside the Statehouse
1:00 – 4:00 PM EARN Executive Directors Meeting
5:00 – 7:00 PM Opening Plenary Session and Dinner: Welcome to NOLA
7:00 – 9:00 PM Welcome Reception
 

DAY 2: Thursday, September 12, 2024
7:30 – 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 AM Plenary Session: Advancing Equity in Child Care: State Progress in Expanding Access and Affordability
10:15 – 11:30 AM Workshop Sessions:

  • Affordable Housing
  • States in the Red: Strategies and Tactics to Respond to Harmful Copycat Bills in Red States
  • Exploring the Power of Procurement
  • EARN Advancing Econ Justice for Children & Families Cohort meeting
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch/Break
1:00 – 2:30 PM PREE Plenary Session: The Anti-DEI Backlash
2:45 – 4:00 PM Workshop Sessions:

  • Defending Public Schools
  • State and Local Strategies for Empowering Immigrant Workers
  • Black Cities/Black Mobility
  • EARN Worker Power Project Cohort Meeting
4:15 – 5:30 PM FLEX/Open House Sessions:

  • Open House with EPI’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE)
  • Comms 101: A guide to everything from email marketing to Instagram graphics
  • Open House with EPI’s Development Team
  • Microdata 2.0: Office Hours with EPI Researchers
  • Networking Time
DAY 3: Friday, September 13, 2024
7:30 – 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 – 9:45 AM Workshop Sessions:

  • Reproductive Justice & Abortion Rights
  • Fighting for Worker Technology Rights in the Era of AI
  • Defense/Offense for Racial Equity
  • EARN in the South Cohort Meeting
10:00 – 11:15 AM Workshop Sessions:

  • How to Fight (and Win) against Child Labor Rollbacks
  • Stories + Data = Change
  • Translating Federal Infrastructure & Clean Energy Investments into Good Jobs
  • How the Contemporary Economy Shapes the Fight for the Minimum Wage
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Lunch
12:30 – 2:00 PM Closing Plenary Session: Seizing the Organizing Moment

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