Podcasts about biennial convention

Tim Burga, President of the Ohio AFL-CIO, joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the state labor federation's 34th Biennial Convention in Cleveland. He also discussed Maureen O'Connor's work on Citizens Not Politicians and the importance of residents checking their voter registration before Ohio's Oct. 7 deadline. Phillip Mattera, Violation Tracker Project Director and Corporate Research Project Director with Good Jobs First, joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss a rise in child labor violations over the past decade and the organizations Violation Tracker.

In this episode of "Stage Black," host Daphne "Dee" Wright, U.S. Navy Veteran and VA Quality Management Program Analyst/Tort Claim Specialist, sits down with two distinguished members of the National Association of Black Military Women (NABMW), Beverly Bailey and Donna Kirwood. These veterans share their personal military journeys, discuss the significance of the NABMW, and highlight the upcoming 23rd Biennial Convention in Chicago. The discussion emphasizes the importance of preserving and sharing "Her Story," the unique experiences of Black women in the military. Beverly Bailey also shares an inspiring poem she wrote that honors the contributions and sacrifices of Black military women.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Pollster, American Pulse Research & Polling; Host, Political Trade Secrets Podcast; Political Strategist, Olson Strategies & Advertising. Twitter/X: @DustinOlson   GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Martha Jenkins was elected 1st vice president of the National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW) at the 42nd Biennial Convention in Oklahoma City and took office in January 2024. She is director of NFRW Region 4, which includes Kansas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. She also is the advisor to the NFRW Campaign and Legislation & Research committees, and the coordinator of the 2025 NFRW Biennial Convention Committee.   Martha has served three terms on the NFRW Executive Committee. She was president of the North Carolina Federation from 2003-2005. She also has served NFRW as chair of the Legislative Committee, vice chair of the Public Relations Committee, member of the Resolutions Committee, and a Sergeant-at-Arms.   GUEST 3 OVERVIEW: Jay W. Richards, PhD, is Director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family and the William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow in American Principles and Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation.   He is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and Executive Editor of The Stream. Jay is author or editor of more than a dozen books, including the New York Times bestsellers Infiltrated (2013) and Indivisible (2012); The Human Advantage; Money, Greed, and God, winner of a 2010 Templeton Enterprise Award; The Hobbit Party with Jonathan Witt; and Eat, Fast, Feast. He is also creator and executive producer of several documentaries, including three that have appeared widely on PBS.    

Ruby Manen of Wilson County (center) is the recipient Oct. 13 as one of “10 Outstanding Women” at a banquet to close the Texas Federation of Republican Women's 34th Biennial Convention in Irving. Manen is the longtime chairman of the Wilson County Republican Party.Article Link

President Debbie Larson of Lutheran Women in Mission (LWML) joins this episode of The Concordia Publishing House Podcast with host Elizabeth Pittman to give a preview of the upcoming LWML 40th Biennial Convention in June.  Learn more about Lutheran Women in Mission by visiting www.lwml.org. Show Notes: In this episode, listen as Debbie Larson, current president of Lutheran Women in Mission, gives an inside look at the upcoming convention in June and discusses what attendees should expect to experience.   Debbie also talks about life in the office of president of LWML, the impact of some of the missions during her time serving in the organization, and encouragement for young women who are looking to get involved. Questions Covered-Tell us a bit about LWML and why you love to do what you do.-Are there a few missions that have stuck out to you in your memory as unique or extra impactful?-How did you first get involved with LWML?-What have been some of the highlights of your time as president?-What does a typical day in the life of a Lutheran Women in Mission president look like?-If you're talking to young women or women who have not typically been involved in Lutheran Women in Mission, what would you say to them to encourage them to get involved?-What are your hopes and prayers for LWML as it moves into the future?-What closing thoughts do you want to leave with our listeners as they think about Lutheran Women in Mission and serving the church and being involved?About the GuestDebbie Larson has served as the president of Lutheran Women in Mission since 2019. She will complete her presidential term at the 2023 40th Biennial Convention and will see a new president elected to serve in the next term.  

Joel and Special Guest Host Representative Beth Bernstein, take the show on the road and onto the STAGE with this special live episode at the The League of Women Voters Biennial Convention! Hear about increasingly hateful and isolationist nature of politics and the damage it's doing to our government.  In this riveting interview, your hosts talk to esteemed representative Rita Allison and dig into controversial upcoming legislation and court rulings, Judicial reform, private school vouchers, SC as an abortion destination,  republican's presidential race to the bottom,  becoming a moderate republican, running for lieutenant Governor, and then they take a deep dive into education policy in South Carolina. Get your latest Statehouse update and hear firsthand the rationale behind some of the legislature's controversial bills. Join Senators Sheheen and Lourie in this week's episode where they take a deeper look at upcoming legislation and lawmakers' actions in S.C. Keep up to Date with BITBR: Twitter.com/BITBRpodcastFacebook.com/BITBRpodcasthttps://bourboninthebackroom.buzzsprout.com

Ohio AFL-CIO President Tim Burga joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast and discussed the role organized labor plays in getting the union vote out to the polls. He also talked about the Intel groundbreaking ceremony and the 33rd Biennial Convention of the Ohio AFL-CIO.   Kevin Sage, President of the East Central Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council, appeared on the AWF Union Podcast and discussed Amendment 1, a proposed amendment to the Illinois Constitution on the November ballot that would establish employees' collective bargaining rights.

Dan and Ryan talk with author Greg Finke about his book “Joining Jesus—Show Me How.” Listen as they discuss how Jesus discipled his followers, how God changes us when we disciple others, and how we can start down the path of disciple-making.   Greg will be a speaker at the CLB's Biennial Convention on June 11. Find out more information and register here: https://www.clba.org/bc22/

Luke and Ryan talk with author Greg Finke about five simple and effective mission practices that any Christian can engage in to be a part of God's redemptive work in their communities.    Greg will be a speaker at the CLB's Biennial Convention on June 11. Find out more information and register here: https://www.clba.org/bc22/

Mike and Ryan talk with author Greg Finke about his book “Joining Jesus on His Mission” and how Christians can experience freedom in thinking differently about their calling to be a part of God's redemptive work in their communities. Greg will be a speaker at the CLB's Biennial Convention on June 11. Find out more information and register here: https://www.clba.org/bc22/

Thank you so much for listening to the Bob Harden Show, celebrating over ten years broadcasting weekdays on the internet – providing you news and commentary rooted in the principles of individual liberty, personal responsibility, limited government and the rule of law. On Thursday's show, we visit with Pastor Rick Stevens, Co-Founder of the Florida Citizens Alliance, about the Governor's executive order placing parents in charge of quarantining their children for COVID, and we discuss school boards in Florida who violate the “Sunshine Law” in making decisions. We visit the President of the National Federation of Republican Women, Ann Schockett, about their 41st Biennial Convention in Orlando this week. Seton Motley, the Founder and President of Less Government, and I discuss the absurd taxes proposed by Democrats to pay for “climate change.” We also visit with the former Mayor of Naples, Bill Barnett. Please join us for tomorrow's show. We have terrific guests including William Yeatman, the Director of Health Studies at the Cato Institute, Michael Cannon, and Professor and author, Larry Bell. Please join us live at 7 a.m. on this website, or you can access the show anytime on podcast platforms (iTunes, TuneIn, Spotify, and Stitcher, and ChoiceSocial).

Welcome to Forward Together with ONA, a podcast from the Ontario Nurses' Association. ONA Provincial President Vicki McKenna and First Vice-President Cathryn Hoy discuss the status of ONA member contracts, COVID-19 and vaccination policies, the ONA elections, and the upcoming 2021 Biennial Convention.

NATCA charter member Brad Burtner retired from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Jan. 3, 2008 after three decades of working traffic at four different facilities. Like many other retirees, Burtner headed to Florida, but he didn't hang up his headset or put away his Union membership card. Instead, two days later, Burtner started a new chapter as a Federal Contract Tower (FCT) controller at Pompano Beach ATCT (PMP). Four years later, he worked to organize the controllers to choose NATCA to represent them, adding to a growing list of the Union's FCTs, which currently totals 116. That same year, Burtner started his six years of service on NATCA's National Organizing Committee. In late 2019, it was something Burtner did on the job that has earned him a new round of respect and admiration. NATCA this year is excited to announce the addition of a new category for FCT saves to join the nine geographic regions in the 16th annual Archie League Medal of Safety Award program. The first FCT winner is Burtner and NATCA will be honoring him and his fellow 2020 award winners on Aug. 11 at the 18th Biennial Convention in Houston. “I still enjoy my job and I like the camaraderie at work,” said Burtner who also serves as both PMP FacRep and Southern Region Alternate Vice President representing FCTs. “Everybody gets along great. It's fun to work there.”

An interview with ONA President Vicki McKenna, who shares highlights of the recent Biennial Convention, along with priorities for the new year.

An interview with ONA President Vicki McKenna, who provides a recap of ONA's meeting with Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott, and gives us a sneak preview of the upcoming Biennial Convention.

In 1917, a munitions ship exploded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, devastating the city and shattering the lives of its citizens. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll follow the events of the disaster, the largest man-made explosion before Hiroshima, and the grim and heroic stories of its victims. We'll also consider the dangers of cactus plugging and puzzle over why a man would agree to be assassinated. Intro: In 1989 an unmanned Soviet MiG-23 flew all the way from Poland to Belgium. In 1793 architect Sir James Hall fashioned a model of Westminster Abbey from rods of willow. Sources for our story on the Halifax explosion: John U. Bacon, The Great Halifax Explosion, 2017. Laura M. Mac Donald, Curse of the Narrows, 2005. Ken Cuthbertson, "The Horrors of the Halifax Explosion," Queen's Quarterly 125:4 (Winter 2018), 510-529. Joseph Scanlon, "Dealing With Mass Death After a Community Catastrophe: Handling Bodies After the 1917 Halifax Explosion," Disaster Prevention and Management 7:4 (1998), 288-304. Jesse N. Bradley, "The December 6, 1917, Halifax Explosion Was the Largest Man-Made Non-Nuclear Blast in History," Military History 19:5 (December 2002), 16. Chryssa N. McAlister et al., "The Halifax Disaster (1917): Eye Injuries and Their Care," British Journal of Ophthalmology, 91:6 (June 2007), 832-835. Meagan Campbell, "The Luckiest Man in Canada," Maclean's 130:2 (March 2017), 14-15. Marc Wortman, "A Newly Discovered Diary Tells the Harrowing Story of the Deadly Halifax Explosion," Smithsonian.com, July 14, 2017. Canadian Encyclopedia, "Halifax Explosion" (accessed 12/24/2018). "Halifax Explosion," Nova Scotia Legislature (accessed 12/24/2018). Bertram Chambers, "Halifax Explosion," Naval Review 8 [1920], 445-457. https://books.google.com/books?id=oKtAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA445 "The Work of Rehabilitating Halifax," Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine 64:2 (Jan. 15, 1918), 18. "The Halifax Disaster Brings the Hazards of War Close to American Citizens," Current Opinion 64:1 (January 1918), 4-6. "The Halifax Disaster of December 6, 1917, in Its Relation to Blindness," Proceedings, American Association of Instructors of the Blind 24th Biennial Convention, 55-58. Will Ashton, "Tales of a Forgotten Disaster: Before Hiroshima, There Was Halifax," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 3, 2018, D-6. Ian Austen, "The Halifax Explosion and Au Revoir to Hi: The Canada Letter," New York Times, Dec. 8, 2017. Steve Hendrix, "Two Ships Collided in Halifax Harbor. One of Them Was a Floating, 3,000-Ton Bomb," Washington Post, Dec. 6, 2017. Ian Austen, "Century After Halifax’s Great Explosion, City Marks Anniversary," New York Times, Dec. 6, 2017. Dean Jobb, "The Halifax Explosion Still Reverberates," Globe and Mail, Dec. 2, 2017, 27. Brett Bundale, "The Silence After the Blast: How the Halifax Explosion Was Nearly Forgotten," Canadian Press, Nov. 30, 2017. "Survivors Mark Halifax Explosion," North Bay [Ontario] Nugget, Dec. 7, 2005, A8. "Halifax Bomb Likely Relic of 1917 Explosion Bomb Found in Harbour Probably Came From Munitions Ship That Triggered Massive Halifax Explosion," [Moncton, N.B.] Times & Transcript, April 27, 1999. Graeme Hamilton, "Lost in a Flash: The 1917 Halifax Explosion," [St. Catharines, Ontario] Standard, Dec. 6, 1997, D12. "The Halifax Explosion," New York Times, May 23, 1995. "'Unholy Horror' of the Halifax Explosion," Ottawa Citizen, Dec. 6, 1992, E12. "Capt. Francis Mackey; Pilot of Vessel in the 1917 Halifax Explosion Dies," New York Times, Jan. 1, 1962. "Halifax Blast Recalled," New York Times, Dec. 7, 1955. "Joseph Quirk; Halifax Explosion Survivor Had Many Escapes From Death," New York Times, Jan. 15, 1940. "Prince of Wales Sees Halifax Ruins," New York Times, Aug. 19, 1919. "Commander Wyatt Held," New York Times, March 21, 1918. "Appeal for Halifax Blind," New York Times, Jan. 27, 1918. "Halifax Buries 200 Dead," New York Times, Dec. 18, 1917. "Fund for Halifax Blind," New York Times, Dec. 16, 1917. "Halifax Death Roll Is Fixed at 1,266," New York Times, Dec. 13, 1917. "Halifax Appeals for $25,000,000 to Aid Victims," New York Times, Dec. 10, 1917. "Americans Escape Death at Halifax," New York Times, Dec. 10, 1917. "Prevented Second Halifax Explosion," New York Times, Dec. 10, 1917. "German Citizens of Halifax Are Being Arrested," Berkeley (Calif.) Daily Gazette, Dec. 10, 1917. "Halifax Now Counts Its Dead at 4,000," New York Times, Dec. 9, 1917. "Richmond an Appalling Waste After Explosion and Fires," New York Times, Dec. 9, 1917. "Fragments Hurled 5 Miles," New York Times, Dec. 9, 1917. "The Halifax Horror," New York Times, Dec. 8, 1917. "Blizzard Adds to the Halifax Horror," New York Times, Dec. 8, 1917. "Carried 2,800 Tons of Explosives," New York Times, Dec. 8, 1917. "Call Scene Worse Than Battlefield," New York Times, Dec. 8, 1917. "Halifax Thought of German Shelling as Shock Came," New York Times, Dec. 7, 1917. "Disaster in Halifax Kills Thousand People," Daily Alaskan, Dec. 6, 1917. "Dead and Dying Line Streets of Halifax After an Explosion," Alaska Daily Empire, Dec. 6, 1917. "100 Years After the Great Halifax Explosion," Morning Edition, National Public Radio, Dec. 6, 2017. Listener mail: Stacey Leasca, "So Many Cacti Are Getting Stolen From Arizona's National Park, They're Being Microchipped," Travel + Leisure, March 24, 2018. Wikipedia, "Saguaro" (accessed Dec. 23, 2018). Snopes, "Death by Saguaro," Feb. 8, 2015. "Plant of the Week: Saguaro Cactus," University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Dec. 12, 2008. "Ariz. Man in Intensive Care After Being Pinned by 16-Foot Cactus," CBS News, June 22, 2012. Matthew Hendley, "Yuma Man Crushed by 16-Foot Cactus Lands in 'Ripley's Believe It or Not,'" Phoenix New Times, Sept. 13, 2013. Wikipedia, "Liquid-Crystal Display" (accessed Dec. 24, 2018). Mentour Pilot, "Which Pilot Sunglasses to Buy," Oct. 5, 2017. Captain Joe, "Why Pilots Can't Wear Polarized Sunglasses," Sept. 7, 2017. Kyle Wiens, "iPhones are Allergic to Helium," iFixIt.org, Oct. 30, 2018. "Does Helium Break iPhones," iFixit Video, Nov. 2, 2018. "MEMs Oscillator Sensitivity to Helium (Helium Kills iPhones)," Applied Science, Nov. 18, 2018. Listener Callie Bunker, her Christmas tree ship sweatshirt, and Chicago's commemorative plaque. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Peter Bartholomew. Here are two corroborating links (warning -- these spoil the puzzle).  You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

Episode 19 explores the Hospital Employees Union 30th Biennial Convention as Carlos sits down with Jennifer Whiteside, Secretary-Business Manager of the HEU and Shawna Lockhart, HEU activist and Care Aid to discuss the HEU's 'Care Can't Wait' campaign which is advocating Government to provide the necessary funding to ensure that care homes in British Columbia are meeting minimum staffing guidelines and that care home operators are held accountable to ensure funding supports secure, stable staffing - not more profits for administration.  

Editorial director & interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy, interviews Carol Huston, immediate past-president of Sigma Theta Tau International at the association's 40th Biennial Convention in Indianapolis, October 31 to November 4.

Editorial director & interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy, interviews Carol Huston, immediate past-president of Sigma Theta Tau International at the association's 40th Biennial Convention in Indianapolis, October 31 to November 4.