The day began with plenary speaker Josh Pacewicz (Sociology, Brown University) who spoke on Rust Belt Populism during the 2008 and 2012 elections and continued with a discussion by Michael Zweig and Sherry Linkon on working-class voters and the Trump election. The day ended with a Presidential Plenary led by past-presidents Christie Launius and Tim Strangleman, president-elect Terry Easton, and current president Michele Fazio.
Josh Pacewicz on “Trumpism Before Trump”
“Liberal Arts Defenders”
Cory Halaa on Organizing the Midwest
President-Elect Terry Easton
Michael Zweig on Working-Class Voters
Marc DiPaolo, filmmaker
Film screening of “Exit Zero” – winner of the 2016 Studs Sterkel Award
Sherry Linkon on media representations of the Working Class since the Trump Election
Preparing for the Presidential Plenary Panel
Mara Fridell talking about Labor History in the Midwest
