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CWAers, Activists Honor Dr. King with Renewed Fight for Justice

About 40 CWAers joined labor, community and civil rights activists for the AFL-CIO's annual conference on Civil and Human Rights that pays tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in actions and events.

CWA District 6 Vice President Claude Cummings addressed the nearly 1,000 participants who were organizing around the theme "Change the Rules, Be the Power."

CWA Executive Board members participating were Vice Presidents Linda Hinton (District 4) and Richard Honeycutt (District 3) and at large board members Carolyn Wade, Local 1040; Vera Mikell, Local 2205, and Anetra Session, Local 6327.

CWA activists from the National Women's Committee, National Committee on Equity and Human Rights and the Ad Hoc committee also attended. The conference ended with a parade and peace walk in Washington, D.C.

Workshops covered racial justice, gender justice, criminal justice, movement building and other subjects. In the "Hands Off My Voting Rights" session, CWA Director of Democracy Programs Tova Wang outlined the systematic attack brought by the 1 percent and corporate interests to hijack our democracy and block people from exercising their right to vote.

Wang also previewed a new analysis of how the attacks on unions, voting rights, and campaign finance laws are part of a concerted, anti-democratic effort. The report is the latest project of the Democracy Initiative Education Fund.

CWA and Every Voice Center co-authored the report, " Democracy at a Crossroads: How the One Percent Is Silencing Our Voices."

"This report explores how attacks on voting rights, campaign finance laws, and unions are taking place at every level of power – state legislatures, Congress, federal agencies and the Supreme Court – to shift power away from average Americans. Using this knowledge, advocates and activists will be able to understand what is at stake and fight back to build a democracy that is of, by, and for the people," Wang said.

Read more here.


CWA District 6 Vice President Claude Cummings addresses the 1,000 participants at this year's AFL-CIO conference on civil and human rights honoring Dr. King. Cummings leads CWA's civil and human rights work.