EARNConversations 2021
We are excited to continue EARNConversations again this year and provide a week-long series of virtual discussions that lift up state and local policy research from across the Network and provide you with the ideas and resources you need to better advocate for racial, gender, and economic justice. This is a pivotal moment during which […]
State of the National Economy
Click Here to Register for EARNCon! How can we achieve more equitable workplaces and labor market outcomes? By forcing through better policies, say EPI economists. In this session, EPI economists and researchers share their take on the current state of the economy and project where they we’re headed. Economist AMA (Ask Me Anything) breakouts will enable participants […]
Economic Recovery & Worker Justice for All: Growing the Economy Through Antiracist Policy
Click Here to Register for EARNCon! Speakers Kyle Moore (Moderator), Economist, Economic Policy Institute Alex Camardelle, Director of Workforce Policy, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Angela Hanks, Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Labor Rigo Valdez, Presidents’ Organizing Initiative Coordinator at the Martin Luther King, Jr. County Labor Council Session Description […]
How We Organize, How We Win: State-Level Action to Gain Labor Rights and Build Worker Power
Click Here to Register for EARNCon! Speakers Jennifer Sherer (Moderator), Senior State Policy Coordinator for EARN Worker Power Project, Economic Policy Institute Valerie Collins, Attorney, Towards Justice April Sims, Secretary Treasurer of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO Ed Muir, Deputy Director Research & Strategic Initiatives, American Federation of Teachers Session Description Working people […]
Data Bootcamp: Intro to STATA
This session is for people who may have some experience using data, but have never used Stata or microdata before. Click Here to Register for EARNCon! This session is for people who may have some experience using data, but have never used Stata or microdata before. Attendees will learn the basics of using Stata for […]
Data Bootcamp: Intro to R
Click Here to Register for EARNCon! Attendees will learn the basics of using R for microdata analysis. This session is for people who may have some experience using data, but have never used R or microdata before.
Data Bootcamp: Next Steps in Stata
This session is for people who may have some experience using data, but have never used Stata or microdata before. Click Here to Register for EARNCon! Attendees will learn how to effectively use Stata to answer a research question using microdata. The lesson will build on concepts learned in First steps in Stata, and attendees who don’t […]
Data Bootcamp: Next Steps in R
This session is for people who may have some experience using data, but have never used R or microdata before. Click Here to Register for EARNCon! This session uses R to analyze American Community Survey microdata. The lesson will build on concepts learned in First steps in R, and attendees who don’t join that session should already have […]
Pre-conference Session: EARN Executive Directors’ Strategy Meeting
The Westin Cleveland Downtown 777 Saint Clair Avenue Northeast, Cleveland, OH, United StatesThe Executive Directors’ Strategy Meeting is an opportunity for leaders from the network to strengthen relationships; learn about their peers’ work; learn about EPI’s projects and plans for EARN; and strategize together on how we can drive progressive economic and racial justice policymaking at the state and local level.
Pre-conference Session: Data Bootcamp
The Westin Cleveland Downtown 777 Saint Clair Avenue Northeast, Cleveland, OH, United StatesIn this session, participants will use CPS data to perform analyses in statistical software packages Stata and R.
EARNCon 2022
The Westin Cleveland Downtown 777 Saint Clair Avenue Northeast, Cleveland, OH, United StatesDuring EARNCon, attendees will discuss the most pressing issues confronting workers leading into 2023, ranging from wages and labor standards to climate. The conference will provide a launch point for research and policy development that centers workers, communities of color, and women and serves to advance legislation that improves labor standards and strengthens worker power.
EARNCon Plenary: Welcome and introductions, Keynote address: Liz Shuler, and Panel discussion: Rebuilding worker power and civic engagement in Ohio
The Westin Cleveland Downtown 777 Saint Clair Avenue Northeast, Cleveland, OH, United StatesDuring this plenary, speakers will welcome EARN groups to the conference and set the stage for what is to come. Panelists will discuss the history of the labor movement in Cleveland and draw parallels between unionization campaigns in Ohio and the rest of the country.
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