LIFT Learning Days 2025: Full Schedule

Learning Days 2025
May 27-29, Minneapolis, MN

3:30pm CDT

Partnerships & CA Cohorts | Cohortes de colaboraciones y California

Tuesday May 27, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

Partnerships (Colaboraciones)
Arise Chicago & UAW
Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa & Building Trades
NJ Communities United & CWA Local 1037
ISAIAH & Education MN
WeCount! & LiUNA
Main People's Resource Center & Maine AFL-CIO
CTUL & Mpls Building Trades Council
Puget Sound Sage & MLK Labor
ROC-DC & UNITE HERE
NEW Houston & Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation

California
ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties
Imperial Valley Equity and Justice
Comité Cívico
UC San Diego Labor Center
Jobs to Move America
Center for Manufacturing a Green Economy
Partnerships for a Better San Diego

Tuesday May 27, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Stone Arch III

Grantees Only (solo para beneficiaries)

3:30pm CDT

SWO 1 Cohort | Cohorte de SWO grupo 1

Tuesday May 27, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

Stone Arch I

CAFE
Community Estrella
Georgia STAND UP
Jobs to Move America
MIRA
MS Workers' Center for Human Rights
MSBWR, National COSH
One Fair Wage
Stand Up Nashville
Tennessee For All
TIRRC
UFW Foundation
United for a Fair Economy
USW

Tuesday May 27, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Stone Arch I

Grantees Only (solo para beneficiaries)

3:30pm CDT

SWO 2 Cohort | Cohorte de SWO grupo 2

Tuesday May 27, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

Stone Arch II

Alabama Arise
Carolina Federation
Central Alabama AFT
EPI
Jobs with Justice
LACLA
Louisiana Budget Project
Louisiana Just Recovery Network
Louisiana Progress
National Black Worker Center
NDWA
NC A Philip Randolph Institute
New Orleans Worker Center for Racial Justice
North Carolina Justice Center
Operation Restoration
SC Progressive Network Education Fund
Durham Employment Network
Industrial Commons
People's Alliance Fund
True Transition
UE Research and Education Fund
UNITE HERE Education and Support Fund
Western North Carolina Workers' Center
Women's Rights and Empowerment Network

Tuesday May 27, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Stone Arch II

Grantees Only (solo para beneficiaries)

5:00pm CDT

Welcome & Opening Plenary | Bienvenida y plenario

Tuesday May 27, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT

Stone Arch Ballroom

Speakers

Rep. Ilhan Omar

Rep. Ilhan Omar represents Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, including Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs, and made history in 2019 as the first African refugee in Congress, the first woman of color to represent Minnesota, and one of the first two Muslim-American women elected... Read More →

raj s

consultant, Workers Confluence Fund

Listens and learns with and from communities in the trenches. Community and healing focused engagements.

Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou

President, Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou currently serves as the President of the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. She was elected President in 2015 after a decade of work on strategic campaigns and labor organizing.

Casey Hudek

Director, Workers Confluence Fund

Casey Hudek is the Director of the Workers Confluence Fund, a strategy table and resource hub of unions, community groups, and philanthropy partnering to build power for workers. Prior to joining Workers Confluence, Casey worked in various staff roles in Minnesota's labor movement... Read More →

Megan S Caswell (Megatron)

Organizer, ROC-MN/Unite Here! Local 17

I’ve been in the service industry for 25+ years, and I’ve been organizing and empowering service industry workers for 5+ years.

Rod Adams

Executive Director, New Justice Project

Rod Adams is committed to building economic power for Black and brown communities. Growing up in Chicago, he saw how poverty and crime affected people differently based on their race and these early experiences shaped his awareness of systemic disparities. Now, he is the founder and... Read More →

Tuesday May 27, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Stone Arch Ballroom

Bilingual (bilingüe)

6:00pm CDT

Reception | Recepción

Tuesday May 27, 2025 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT

Stone Arch Ballroom

Tuesday May 27, 2025 6:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Stone Arch Ballroom

7:30am CDT

Breakfast | Desayuno

Wednesday May 28, 2025 7:30am - 8:45am CDT

Stone Arch Ballroom

Wednesday May 28, 2025 7:30am - 8:45am CDT
Stone Arch Ballroom

9:00am CDT

Industrial Policies & Community Benefits Agreements | Políticas industriales & beneficios comunitarios

Wednesday May 28, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT

Stone Arch IV

Workshop on the intention of IRA, updates on where it is now, and how organizations are using public funds to leverage more funds for communities and better standards for workers.

Taller sobre la intención del IRA, actualizaciones sobre dónde está ahora, y cómo organizaciones están utilizando fondos públicos para obtener más fondos para comunidades y mejores estándares para trabajadores.

Speakers

Ben Beachy

Senior Fellow, Global Fund for a New Economy

Ben Beachy served in the White House Climate Policy Office until January as Special Assistant to the President for climate, industry, and community investment. He worked to advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s industrial strategy for the clean economy, including trade, investment... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Stone Arch IV

9:00am CDT

Understanding Philanthropy & Fundraising Skills | Entendiendo filantropía y habilidades de recaudación de fondos

Wednesday May 28, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT

North Loop

Philanthropy is often opaque. This workshop is an opportunity to peak behind the curtain and gain fundraising skills to increase organizational resources.

El sector de filantropía en muchas maneras es opaca. Este taller es una oportunidad para echar un vistazo tras las cortinas y adquirir habilidades de recaudación de fondos para aumentar recursos organizacionales.

Wednesday May 28, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
North Loop

9:00am CDT

Big Wins in Small(er) Places | Victorias grandes en lugares pequeños

Wednesday May 28, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT

Stone Arch III

Come join us for a riveting discussion of what it means to organize in places overlooked by traditional models, specifically rural and conservative communities. We will look at how to succeed but also what it means to defy expectations and assumptions.

Acompáñenos a un apasionante debate sobre lo que significa organizarse en lugares ignorados por los modelos tradicionales, en particular en comunidades rurales y conservadoras. Analizaremos cómo tener éxito, pero también qué significa desafiar las expectativas y las suposiciones.

Speakers

Pamela Wood

Development, Step Up Louisiana

27 year career in fundraising and philanthropy as a consultant for non profits and foundations.I've done extensive work in creating development strategies, programs, and departments for entities such as F.I.T., National Urban League, Gates Foundation, and The United Way. In my career... Read More →

Jordan Bridges

Organizing Director, The New Orleans’ Workers Center for Racial Justice

Jordan Bridges is a passionate catalyst for change. He skillfully blends artistic expression with advocacy to amplify marginalized voices and tackle systemic injustices. Through his creativity and advocacy, he inspires transformative action that resonates deeply, and sparks hope for... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Stone Arch III

Bilingual (bilingüe)

9:00am CDT

Seguridad y protección comunitaria parte 1 | Community Safety and Security Part 1

Wednesday May 28, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT

Stone Arch I

Este taller será en español (This workshop will be in Spanish)

Esta sesión de seguridad personal ofrece información práctica y orientación para comprender y mitigar las amenazas físicas (por ejemplo: tocando puertas, doxxing, vigilancia personal, riesgos de viaje), centrándose en medidas prácticas para protegerse y proteger su información. Dirigida a cualquier persona que desee fortalecer su seguridad personal y su conciencia situacional, esta sesión se centra en cómo operar en contextos sensibles.

This personal security session offers practical information and guidance on understanding and mitigating physical threats (for example: canvassing, doxxing, personal surveillance, travel risks) with a focus on actionable steps to protect yourself and your information. Open to anyone wanting to strengthen their overall personal security and situational awareness, this session focuses on operating in sensitive contexts.

Speakers

Masho Deen

Director of International Programs, Collective Security Group

Masho Deen is an experienced Operational Security Advisor with a background in humanitarian response, crisis leadership, and safety coordination for high-risk environments. She has led security efforts for U.S. disaster response teams globally, and brings a practical, people-centered... Read More →

Tara Arthur

Chief Executive Officer, Collective Security Group

Tara Arthur is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Collective Security Group (CSG), where she leads the delivery of high-performing, human-centered, holistic security solutions to clients worldwide. With over 15 years of experience in security risk management, coordination... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Stone Arch I

Bilingual (bilingüe)

9:00am CDT

When No(thing) Works: Reframing Resilience & Self-Care | Cuando nada funciona: replanteando la resiliencia y el autocuidado

Wednesday May 28, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT

Bryn Mawr

In conversation with your peers, explore how self-compassion, practice, and worldviews are an integral part of well-being during difficult times.

En una conversación con sus compañeros, explore cómo la autocompasión, la práctica y las perspectivas personales son partes integrales del bienestar durante tiempos difíciles.

Speakers

Jen Racho

Mindfulness teacher, Consultant

Jen has been practicing Buddhist meditation and different forms of self-care for 20 years. She believes that individual and collective healing is integral to lasting systems change.

Wednesday May 28, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Bryn Mawr

Grantees Only (solo para beneficiaries)

10:45am CDT

Community Safety and Security Part 2 | Seguridad y protección comunitaria parte 2

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT

Stone Arch I

As organizations face common risks to their operational environment, also increasing is the targeting of organizations from a range of new threat actors. This session will provide practical information and a framework for how organizations can better understand and mitigate risks in an increasingly volatile threat environment.

A medida que las organizaciones se enfrentan a riesgos comunes en su entorno operativo, también aumenta el riesgo de ser atacadas por una variedad de nuevos actores de amenazas. Esta sesión proporcionará información práctica y un marco para que las organizaciones comprendan y mitiguen mejor los riesgos en un entorno de amenazas cada vez más volátil.

Speakers

Masho Deen

Director of International Programs, Collective Security Group

Tara Arthur

Chief Executive Officer, Collective Security Group

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT
Stone Arch I

10:45am CDT

Listening Across Generational Divides | Escuchar a través de las divisiones generacionales

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT

North Loop

An opportunity to learn more about how younger folks and elders are learning to win together. This intergenerational exchange is an exciting chance to think about and wrestle with the complication of age as a component of political alignment.

Una oportunidad para aprender más sobre cómo jóvenes y mayores están aprendiendo a ganar juntos. Este intercambio intergeneracional es una oportunidad emocionante para reflexionar y abordar la complejidad de la edad como componente de la alineación política.

Speakers

Nataly Camacho Morales

Organizer, Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance

Nataly Camacho is a dedicated advocate for immigrant justice, currently serving as an Organizer with the Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance (MIRA), a role she began in 2022. A DACA recipient, she was raised in Mississippi from the age of two and is a graduate of Clinton High School... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT
North Loop

10:45am CDT

Community Labor Partnerships | Colaboraciones entre los sindicatos y la comunidad

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT

Stone Arch IV

Conversation with labor and community leaders from Seattle and Minneapolis sharing learnings, best practices and challenges around community labor partnerships. Seattle is focused on stadium, worker, organizing, workforce and transit oriented development, Minneapolis is focused on the construction sector and immigrant worker organizing.

Conversación con líderes sindicales y comunitarios de Seattle y Minneapolis, quienes comparten aprendizajes, mejores prácticas y desafíos en torno a las alianzas laborales comunitarias. Seattle se centra en el desarrollo orientado a estadios, trabajadores, organización, fuerza laboral y transporte público; Minneapolis se centra en el sector de la construcción y la organización de trabajadores inmigrantes.

Speakers

Rigo Valdez

Seattle POI Coordinator, MLK Labor

Rigo Valdez, is currently on loan to MLK Labor, to Coordinate the Presidents’ Organizing Initiative (a partnership of National Unions and local labor movements to pilot new external organizing strategies) from UFCW Local 3000. He has been a Union Organizer for almost 30 years. In... Read More →

Merle Payne

Executive Director, CTUL

As Co-Director of CTUL since 2007, Merle coordinates the corporate campaigns that build power for worker voice, as well as overseeing the infrastructure of the organization. Merle has worked as an organizer since 2000, when he co-founded the Student Farmworker Alliance in Immokalee... Read More →

Kevin Pranis

Marketing Manager - MN/ND, LIUNA

Kevin Pranis is the Marketing Manager for the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) in Minnesota and North Dakota, where he has led legislative and organizing efforts to create high-quality clean energy jobs, combat wage theft and exploitation, and raise construction... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT
Stone Arch IV

Bilingual (bilingüe)

10:45am CDT

Organizando y defendiendo en ambientes anti-inmigrantes | Organizing and Advocacy in Anti-Immigrant Environments

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT

Bryn Mawr

Este taller será en español (This workshop will be in Spanish)

Este taller reúne a organizaciones que trabajan con trabajadores inmigrantes para reflexionar sobre los desafíos compartidos, intercambiar estrategias eficaces y fortalecer la solidaridad ante la creciente hostilidad anti-inmigrante. Juntos, los participantes identificarán oportunidades de acción colectiva y resiliencia.

This workshop brings together organizations working with immigrant workers to reflect on shared challenges, exchange effective strategies, and strengthen solidarity in the face of rising anti-immigrant hostility. Together, participants will identify opportunities for collective action and resilience.

Speakers

Iris Mercado

Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition

charlotte noss

Worker Center Program Director, NELP

Charlotte Noss is the director of the worker center program at NELP, where she supports worker centers nationwide and brings over fifteen years of experience advocating for workers, immigrants, and organizers. Before joining NELP, she served in a range of legal and organizing roles—including... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT
Bryn Mawr

Bilingual (bilingüe)

12:00pm CDT

Depart Hotel | Salir del hotel

Wednesday May 28, 2025 12:00pm - 12:30pm CDT

Off-Site (fuera del predio)

12:30pm CDT

Field Trip | Salida de Campo

Wednesday May 28, 2025 12:30pm - 8:00pm CDT

12 PM Depart Hotel (salir del hotel)
12:30 PM Lunch (almuerzo)
1:30 PM Rotating Concurrent Workshops at 3 Locations (Talleres rotativos simultáneos en 3 ubicaciones):

Special Note: Please be thoughtful in the space. We want to ensure that it is taken in with reverence and respect. It’s in a neighborhood. It is the site of an active protest. It is not a tourist destination. What happened there and in its aftermath transformed the entire neighborhood and the entire City of Minneapolis Nota especial: Por favor, sean considerados en este lugar. Queremos asegurarnos de que se reciba con reverencia y respeto. Está en un barrio. Es el sitio de una protesta activa. No es un destino turístico. Lo que sucedió allí y sus consecuencias transformaron todo el barrio y la ciudad de Minneapolis.

Pillsbury House
History of Pillsbury House and hear from local George Floyd Square leaders as well as ongoing community organizing efforts (Historia de Pillsbury House y escuchar de líderes locales de George Floyd Square, tambien aprender sobre los esfuerzos continuos de organización comunitaria).

CTUL
CTUL is a worker-led organization where workers organize, educate and empower each other to fight for a voice in their workplaces and in their communities (CTUL es una organización dirigida por trabajadores donde los trabajadores se organizan, se educan y se empoderan unos a otros para luchar por una voz en sus lugares de trabajo y en sus comunidades).

George Floyd Square
Tour through the area around where George Floyd was murdered, which is both a memorial site and a living neighborhood, with a focus on the historic community. (Recorrido por el área alrededor del lugar donde fue asesinado George Floyd, que es a la vez un sitio conmemorativo y un vecindario vivo, con un enfoque en la comunidad histórica).

5 PM Break (receso)
5:30 PM Depart (salir)
6 PM Dinner at United Labor Centre (cenar en United Labor Centre)
7:30 PM Travel to Hotel (regresar al hotel)

Speakers

Marcia Howard

President, Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59

Marcia Howard is a 29 year English teacher at Roosevelt High School in South Minneapolis, MN. She has been one of the key leaders in the George Floyd Square occupation and is the President of the teacher chapter of Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59.

Wednesday May 28, 2025 12:30pm - 8:00pm CDT

Off-Site (fuera del predio)

5:30pm CDT

Travel to Dinner | Viajar a cena

Wednesday May 28, 2025 5:30pm - 6:00pm CDT

Off-Site (fuera del predio)

6:00pm CDT

Dinner at United Labor Centre | Cena en United Labor Centre

Wednesday May 28, 2025 6:00pm - 7:30pm CDT

Off-Site (fuera del predio)

7:30pm CDT

Return to Hotel | Regresar al hotel

Wednesday May 28, 2025 7:30pm - 8:00pm CDT

Off-Site (fuera del predio)

7:00am CDT

Optional Morning Movement | Movimiento matutino opcional

Thursday May 29, 2025 7:00am - 7:30am CDT

Bryn Mawr

Thursday May 29, 2025 7:00am - 7:30am CDT
Bryn Mawr

7:30am CDT

Breakfast & Hotel Checkout | Desayuno y dejar la habitación

Thursday May 29, 2025 7:30am - 8:45am CDT

Stone Arch Ballroom

Thursday May 29, 2025 7:30am - 8:45am CDT
Stone Arch Ballroom

9:00am CDT

Welcome & Announcements | Bienvenida y anuncios

Thursday May 29, 2025 9:00am - 9:15am CDT

Stone Arch Ballroom

Thursday May 29, 2025 9:00am - 9:15am CDT
Stone Arch Ballroom