2024 Creating Change Scholarship Opportunity!
OUTreach, the UFCW constituency group for LGBTQ+ and allies, is offering scholarships to our union members to attend the Creating Change Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana from January 17-21, 2024. The Creating Change Conference is organized by the National LGBTQ Task Force. It is the foremost political, leadership and skills-building conference for thousands of committed people to develop and hone their skills and share victories. Scholarship recipients will learn from a broad range of social justice issues and develop skills to bring back to their workplaces and local unions. Past session topics include labor, gender equality, community organizing, criminal justice, immigration, racial justice and more.
In the past OUTreach Executive Board members have participated as one of the leading workshop presenters, putting our union, UFCW, as a key advocate for the working class and a key voice on labor issues at this conference. In a time where the labor movement and everything we have fought for is under attack, OUTreach’s dedication to organizing social and economic justice for all workers and ensuring full equality for LGBTQ+ workers at work and in their union reflects our union’s commitment to building a resilient working class that is not divided by hate.
Providing these scholarships to UFCW members is a crucial step in recruiting and developing our own rank-and-file leadership within our union and in the broader movement. It is with this vision in mind that OUTreach offers scholarships to UFCW members to join our contingent at next year’s conference. Apply today, and you could participate in the nation’s foremost political, leadership, and skills-building conference for the LGBTQ+ movement. Attendees engage in a mix of day-long institutes, keynote presentations, annual awards, and more than 100 workshops and caucuses.
If you have any questions or want to learn more about OUTreach, please contact Chris Knight at cknight@ufcw1776.org. For additional information about the conference, please visit: www.thetaskforce.org.