On Aug. 26, two days before the official dedication of the historic Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C., the AFL-CIO and The King Center will host a national symposium to explore how far we have come in fulfilling King’s dream of a nation of economic equality and justice for all people.

Watch a live webcast of this important symposium on jobs, justice and the American dream. Click here Friday morning at 9 a.m. to join the  webcast. Also, check out the live Twitter feed during the symposium on the AFL-CIO website and follow the events on Twitter with the hashtag #jobsjustice.

Two panels of experts, workers, political leaders and activists will talk about the steps we need to take as a nation to make King’s dream a reality. Martin Luther King III, president of the King Center will make remarks along with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler and Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker.

The first panel will discuss the threat that a lack of jobs presents to the economic progress for which King fought most of his life. Civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), will highlight the panel on “Jobs and the American Dream,” which begins at 9 a.m. ET. Bob Herbert, distinguished fellow at Dēmos and an award-winning journalist, will moderate the panel, which also will include David Lomax, a member of the Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) , Cincinnati, Ohio, school teacher and AFT member Kathleen Hofmann, along with Sarita Gupta,executive director of Jobs with Justice and Harvard professor Bruce Western, who has studied the effect of unions on economic inequality.

The second panel at 11 a.m. ET on “Justice and the American Dream” features Mary Frances Berry, the former chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. She joins moderator Maria Elena Salinas of Noticiero Univision. Other panelists include Mahlon Mitchell of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, an affiliate of the Fire Fighters (IAFF), DREAM activist Isabel Castillo, Kurston Cook, the AFL-CIO young worker coordinator  and Rea Carey, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Panelists will explore the contrast between Dr. King’s vision of a just America and the current challenges around economic and social justice.