Friday, October 30, 2015 – 12:15pm – 1:30pm
Executive Private Dining Room, Campus Center
Lunch will be served
“Restoring the historic relationship between the labor movement and civil rights in the fight against segregation and inequality”
Paul Scully, Building One America
Building One America’s purpose is to fight for and promote a fully inclusive society that provides equal access to middle class opportunity and security for all Americans regardless of race, class, or ethnicity.
In a society where rising economic inequality and persistent racial segregation allow a small number of privileged individuals and exclusive communities to horde the re
sources of our regions and our national economy, BOA fights for a fair share and a fair chance for all American families, workers, and their communities.
BOA’s strategy is to build non-partisan, multi-racial grassroots power at a regional, state, and national level among leaders of people-based institutions, including religious congregations, labor unions, universities, schools, and local government t
o advance infrastructure investment, tax reform, fair housing, and fair school funding to end economic and social isolation, reduce disparities in wealth and income, expand middle class opportunity and promote jobs and sustainable economic growth.
By bringing together these groups and fighting for this agenda, BOA seeks to restore and rebuild the powerful and historic alliance between organized labor and the civil rights movement to fight for both racial justice and middle class opportunity for all Americans.
