Labor Civil Rights Forum Speakers

Pierrette “Petee” Talley


Pierrette “Petee” Talley

Secretary-Treasurer, Ohio State AFL-CIO


Marc Bayard

Institute for Policy Studies’ Black Worker Initiative


Clayola Brown

President, A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), AFL-CIO


Harriet Applegate

Executive Secretary, North Shore Federation of Labor


Sybil Edwards-McNabb

President, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Ohio State


David Rusk

Founding President, Building One America


Marsha A. Mockabee

President and Chief Executive Officer, Urban League of Greater Cleveland


Ophelia Averitt

National Board Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)


Pastor Dale Snyder

Senior Pastor, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church


Melissa Cropper

President, Ohio Federation of Teachers


Terry McCafferty

Business Manager/ Financial Secretary-Treasurer, Pipefitters Local 120


André Washington

President, A. Philip Randolph Institute, Ohio