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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
Co-Sponsored by the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies and the AFL-CIO.
Schedule:
9:00 Registration
9:30 Welcome:
- Professor Maria Mazzenga, Interim Director, Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies
- Mr. Damon Silvers, 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
- Ms. 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 Silvers, Director of Policy and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO
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