LCIP National Conference 2023
Build an Independent Working-Class Party: Break the grip of the two-party system NOW!
Labor and Community for an Independent Party (LCIP) is holding a national conference on Saturday, May 13, 2023. Join us for the day on Zoom, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Pacific Time.
Early Registration is recommended as space is limited:
Click Here to Register: LCIP Conference 2023
We have confirmed an amazing group of panelists/speakers. Our panelists will address issues and topics such as why US labor unions should get on board with LCIP in making a clean break from the Democratic and Republican Parties and in building an independent working-class political party, the importance and role of the Black liberation struggle in organizing an independent working-class political party, and the urgency of addressing immigrant rights legislation in the US. You don’t want to miss this!!
LCIP does not take money from corporate donors; our events and activities are completely funded by individual donations from working-class supporters like you. Please consider making a one-time or recurring donation to help our organizing efforts. Thank you!
LCIP Conference Agenda
May 13, 2023 – 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(all times are Pacific Time) [titles and organizations listed for id purposes]
10:00 AM – 10:55 AM: Opening session:
- Welcome: Facilitator-Coral Wheeler, LCIP Continuations Committee
- Opening Remarks:
- Connie White, LCIP Los Angeles and LCIP Continuations Committee
- Jim Lafferty, Executive Director Emeritus, Los Angeles Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild
- Jonathan Martin, Progressive Party Builders
- Q&A
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Panel #1: “The Importance of Building Independent Black Political Power within the US Working-Class Labor Party Movement”
Panelists
- Facilitator-Lisa Knox, Immigration Attorney, Bay Area LCIP, and
LCIP Continuations Committee - Nnamdi Lumumba, Co-Convenor, Ujima Peoples Progress Party (UPP), and
LCIP Continuations Committee - Khalid Raheem, Chair, New Afrikan Independence Party (NAIP), and LCIP
Continuations Committee - Shafeah M’Balia, Black Workers for Justice
- Q & A/Discussion
12:05 PM – 1:05 PM: Panel #2: The USA Labor Movement and its Role in Building an Independent Working-Class Political Party in the USA
Panelists
- Facilitator-Millie Phillips, Labor Fight Back Network and LCIP Continuations
Committee - David Van Deusen, President, Vermont AFL-CIO
- Desiree Rojas, Chair, Sacramento Chapter of the Labor Council for Latin
American Advancement (LCLAA), and LCIP Advisory Committee - Diamonte Brown, President, Baltimore Teachers Union
- Ron Kaminkow, General Secretary, Railway Workers United (RWU)
- Q & A/Discussion
1:10 PM – 2:10 PM: Panel #3: The Struggle for Immigration Rights is a Part of the Working-Class Struggle for Independent Political Representation
Panelists
- Facilitator-Desiree Rojas, Chair, Sacramento Chapter of the Labor Council for
Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), and LCIP Advisory Committee - Lisa Knox, Immigration Attorney, Bay Area LCIP, and LCIP Continuations
Committee - Luis Angel Reyes Zavalza, Immigration Attorney, San Francisco
- Esperanza Cuautle, Immigration Rights Advocate/Organizer
- Guillermo Medina Reyes, Immigration Rights Advocate/Organizer
- Q & A/Discussion
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM: Closing Session/Plenary
Panelists
- Facilitator-Connie White, LCIP Los Angeles and LCIP Continuations Committee
- Alan Benjamin, Former Executive Board member, San Francisco Labor Council,
and LCIP Continuations Committee - Nnamdi Lumumba, Co-Convenor, Ujima Peoples Progress Party (UPP), and
LCIP Continuations Committee - Lisa Knox, Immigration Attorney, Bay Area LCIP, and LCIP Continuations
Committee - Q & A/Discussion
3:20 PM – 4:00 PM: Closing Remarks: Summary and Next Steps
- Connie White, LCIP Los Angeles and LCIP Continuations Committee
Symptom: 1.7 MILLION voters in 33 states and D. C. cast ballots, in 2016, without voting for a president.
Solution: We — political, trade union, and community activists from different political backgrounds — have decided to constitute ourselves as the Labor and Community for an Independent Party (LCIP). Join Us.
#Break2PartyGrip