Music, Art And Organizing

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

"You have to organize hearts as well as heads," says John McCutcheon, president of Local 1000 if the American Federation of Musicians. Labor organizers, activists and artists will converge on the National Labor College in June for the annual Conference on Creative Organizing and the Great Labor Arts Exchange, both held June 19-21. The Conference on Creative Organizing trains union staff, organizers and activists to use songs, chants, skits, game shows, costumes, theater, and other creative strategies. The Great Labor Arts Exchange is a gathering of union members, staff, officials, artists, labor educators, and youth who already use songs, art, poetry, theater, skits, posters, cartoons, and film to celebrate the rich culture of working people and to strengthen the union movement. Both events are sponsored by the Labor Heritage Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening the labor movement through the use of music, art and culture; and by the National Labor College. For more information and to register on-line, click here or call Peter Jones at 202-974-8040. Photos to download are available here.