This past weekend, more than 1,000 participants attended the 2016 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference, the largest edition of the conference yet. This year's theme was Change the Rules, Be the Power, and here are some social media highlights of the conference.
.@AFTunion Sec-Treas Loretta Johnson receives the #1uMLK Drum Major for Justice award to thunderous applause pic.twitter.com/Vvt2h2tCU9
— Liz Shuler (@lizshuler) January 18, 2016"No woman should fear for her life going into a health center in America. We're better than that." @CecileRichards #1uMLK
— Planned Parenthood (@Latinos4PP) January 15, 2016"When it comes to racism, labor can't be in the middle of the pack, it has to be in the front of the pack" @RichardTrumka #1uMLK
— Carmen Berkley (@CarmenSpinDiego) January 15, 2016.@PPact @CecileRichards : Paid leave, child care, prenatal care, quality ed are the things we need when raising a child. #1uMLK
— Amaya Smith (@amayajsmith) January 15, 2016"I spent 20 years as a union organizer, and that's what made me who I am today."-@CecileRichards #1uMLK
— PP Black Community (@PPBlackComm) January 15, 2016Starting off the the @AFLCIO conference with a powerful performance by the Duke Ellington School of Arts #1uMLK pic.twitter.com/BxQaIplT90
— Ella Baker Center (@ellabakercenter) January 15, 2016@steelworkers Ruben Montez Demerian Palmer from @USWlocal5632 & Kevin from USW Local 9446 in remembrance #1uMLK pic.twitter.com/IvkyV6BiTi
— USWLocal5632 (@USWlocal5632) January 15, 2016