Erroneous Autonomy:
A Conversation on Solidarity & Faith

June 15, 2015
9:00a.m. – 3:00p.m.

AFL-CIO
815 16th St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006

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 Co-Sponsored by The Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies and the AFL-CIO.

For those unable to attend the event in person, the event will be live-streamed.  Stay tuned for more information.

Schedule:

9:00 Registration

9:30 Welcome:

• Professor Maria Mazzenga, Interim Director, Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies
• Mr. Damon Silver, Director of Policy and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO

9:40 Introduction:

• Mr. Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO

9:50 Keynote Address:

• Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington

10:30 Response:

• Rev. Clete Kiley, Archdiocese of Chicago & UNITEHere

10:45 Coffee Break

11:00 Panel Discussion: Solidarity: The Theological Antidote to Libertarianism

• Rabbi Jack Moline, Executive Director, Interfaith Alliance, Sources of Solidarity in Judaism
• Professor Meghan Clark, St. John’s University, Catholic Understandings of Solidarity
• Professor James Bratt, Calvin College, DeKuyper, Pluralism & Solidarity
• Rev. Lisa Sharon Harper, Senior Director for Mobilizing, Sojourners, Solidarity in the Civil Rights Movement and Beyond

12:30 Lunch

1:15 Panel Discussion: Solidarity Across Borders

• Professor Hosffman Ospino, Boston College, Solidarity in Latino Culture
• Professor Stephen Schneck, Catholic University, Solidarity & Public Policy
• Ms. Cathy Feingold, AFL-CIO, Solidarity & the International Labor Movement
• Rev. Evelio Menjivar, Our Lady, Queen of the Americas, Labor & Church Solidarity in the Immigrant Community

2:45 Concluding Remarks:

• Professor Stephen Schneck, Director, Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies
• Mr. Damon Silver, Director of Policy and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO

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