LiUNA Multi-Regional Conference | Chicago

I recently covered the Laborer's International Union's (LiUNA)  Multi-Regional Conference in Chicago. This 540,000-plus member union met to discuss organizing, health and safety on the job, plans for growth to a million members, build their share of the workforce, and signed an agreement of solidarity and cooperation with the 140,000-plus members of the International Union of Painter and Allied Trades. The energy and skill of these workers was infectious.

Thanks to Ed Rehfeld of LiUNA for the assignment, and to the hardworking men and women of LiUNA for their empowering righteous efforts to upbuild their lives and the nations of Canada and the United States.

Multi-faith vigil and prayer protest in DC

I attended and documented a multi-faith vigil and prayer protest in DC this evening (in the Columbia Heights Civic Plaza). It was one of many large gatherings in the city today protesting the unwarranted and unwanted invasion of the city.

Numerous faith-based groups - Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim & others - were represented in this Vigil of Prayer. It was sponsored by Jews United For Justice, Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church, Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice, The Festival Center, Congregation Action Network, and Washington Interfaith Network.

From the organizer's call to action:

"The overreach of the federal government has brought violence into our streets. Let us reclaim these spaces as sacred. Together, we will make it clear to the powers that be: we are not afraid. We will defend D.C."

Solidarity.

Ten rabbis (just a portion of who attended)