Thursday, July 9, 2009

9:00 am – 5:00 pm                   APALA National Executive Board Meeting

Friday, July 10, 2009

8:30 am                                    Welcome/Opening of Convention

                                                Rozita Lee, President, APALA Nevada Chapter

                                                Maria Somma, APALA National President

Danny Thompson, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Nevada State AFL-CIO 

10:00 am                                  Keynote Speaker

                                                D. Taylor, Secretary-Treasurer, Culinary Workers Union 
                                                226 

10:45 am – 12:15 pm                 Plenary Session: Student and Worker Solidarity

Facilitator: John Delloro, Executive Director, Delores Huerta Labor Institute

Sandra Lane, Student Labor Action Project, UCSC Student Labor Action Project

Van S. Nguyen, Healthcare Equality Project, SEIU

Christine Petit, President, UAW 2865

Agnes Suarez, AFSCME 3299

12:15 pm – 1:00 pm                  Lunch

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm                    Workshops

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm                    Speaker

                                                Honorable Warren Furutani, 
                                                California Assembly Member, 55th District
 
                                                Plenary: Employee Free Choice Act

                                                Facilitator: Raahi Reddy, Chief of Staff, SEIU 721

Greg Cendana, Vice President, United States Student Association

Guy Fujimura, Secretary-Treasurer, ILWU 142
Ted Pappageorge, Staff Director, Culinary Workers Union Local 226

Angie Wei, Acting Chief of Staff, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO 

5:00 pm                                    APALA Nominations

5:30 pm                                    Convention Adjourns

6:30 pm – 9:00 pm                    Convention Gala Awards Dinner
                                                Emcee: Rozita Lee, President, APALA Nevada Chapter 
                                                Welcome Speaker: Greg Junemann, President, IFPTE

Keynote Speaker: Eliseo Medina, Executive Vice President, SEIU

                                                Generations Rising Award -United States Student  
                                                Association                                               

                                                Vincent Foo Award - SEIU 521 APALA Caucus

                                                Philip Vera Cruz Award - Johanna Hester, Director of
                                                Organizing and Field Services, UDW, AFSCME 3930

                                                Art Takei Award-Victor Uno, Business Manager, IBEW 
                                                595 

Saturday, July 11, 2009

8:30 am                                   Credentials Committee Report
                                               Rules Committee Report

9:15 am – 10:30 am                  Plenary Session: DREAM Act

                                               Facilitator: Kent Wong, Director, UCLA Labor Center

                                               Matt Finucane, Senior Liaison for Minority Community
                                               Outreach, NEA
                                               Tracy Lai, Civil and Human Rights Committee, AFT

                                               Stephanie Solis, UCLA Labor Center

                                               Cynthia Swann, NEA 
                                               Tam Tran, Brown University

                                                Plenary Speaker:

                                                Yoon-il Auh, Deputy Provost, National Labor College 

10:30 am – 12:15 pm                Workshops

12:15 pm – 1:00 pm                  Lunch

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm                    Plenary: Green Jobs

Facilitator: Maria Somma, National President, APALA

Ian Kim, Green-Collar Jobs Campaign Director, Ella Baker Center

Roger Kim, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Charmaine Manansala, Senior Legislative Officer- OCIA,   U.S. Department of Labor

Michael Yee, Treasurer, IBEW 3
Stephanie Zawistowski, National Project Director, Blue Green Alliance

2:45 pm – 4:00 pm                    Workshops

4:15 pm - 4:45 pm                     Plenary Session: Political Refugees -the New 
                                                 Exploited Workers in America

5:00 pm                                    Convention Business

                                                 Resolutions Report, Committee Chair

                                                 Election of At-Large National Executive Board Members 

Sunday, July 12, 2009

7:30 am – 9:30 am                    APALA Elections

                                                Balloting for APALA National Executive Board Officers

                                                Election of Officers

9:00 am                                   Plenary Reconvenes

                                               Committee Reports
                                               Swearing in of APALA National Officers and Executive
                                               Board Members
                                               Closing Remarks

11:00 am                                  Convention Closes

                                                APALA National Executive Board Convenes

Maria Somma, MD Rep. Kris Valderrama (D-26) and Jon Melegrito

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