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AFL-CIO Diversity Summit - A New Generation of Unions
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Sep 18, 2009 Posted by Joshua Jones
APRI was well-represented at the AFLCIO Diversity Summit on Sunday, September 12, 2009. Clayola Brown, President of APRI, brought the crowd to its feet as she spoke of the changes in the labor movement since that time. She told the group that opportunities created in the efforts to achieve full inclusion in leadership for people of color, women, disabled, and LGBT had resulted in this wonderful rainbow of people attending the Diversity Summit. Following crowd rousing remarks from President Brown, youth activist Audrey Medley participated on the panel which featured young organizers from unions and community groups. [Click below to read the full article]
A New Generation of Unions: Voices and Stories from the Diversity Summit