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2025 Great Labor Arts Exchange
Location
Silver Spring Civic Building
719 Ellsworth Dr
Silver Spring, MD 20910
USA
Registration Info
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About this event
GLAE schedule-at-a-glance (UPDATED 06.17).pdf
GLAE schedule, including workshops & plenaries-website (UPDATED 06.17).pdf
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egister.
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Accommodations: see below for details on hotels and local housing.
Come join other like-minded activists at the Great Labor Arts Exchange! Amazing workshops, music, song sharing and contest!
Song & Poetry Contest Categories
$200 prize in each category – pick yours and enter!
- The “Bread and Roses” Best Labor/Social Justice Poem
For poems that speak to peace, justice, and union solidarity.
- The Talkin’ Union / Hip-Hop Piece
An original hip-hop performance addressing labor and justice.
- The Jon Fromer “String-Buster” Ballad
Bring the passion with a powerful original ballad.
- The Joe Glazer Best Union Song
Celebrate solidarity and labor history in song.
- The Julie McCall Best Parody
A sharp, funny, repurposed song with a political punch.
Enter Contest
ACCOMODATIONS
Hotels
Courtyard By Marriott, 8506 Fenton St, Silver Spring (0.2 mi), 301-589-4899.
Travelodge By Wyndham 8040 13th St, Silver Spring (1.2 mi), 301-244-8907. Note that while this is the least expensive, it may not meet your personal standards.
Doubletree By Hilton, 8777 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring (0.5 mi), 301-589-0800.
Holiday Inn Express, 7990 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring (1.1 mi), 301-565-3444.
Local housing: If you would like to stay with a local host -- or are a local person interested in hosting a visiting GLAE attendee -- please contact Hetty Scofield at either maryfran1913@gmail.com or 301-233-2174.
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