Join us for a STEP Seminar with Kevin Pranis, Marketing Manager of Great Lakes Regional Organizing Committee (GROC) for the Laborers’ International Union of North America, and Aaron Rosenthal, Research Director at North Star Policy Action, for a conversation about the intersection of energy and workforce across various dimensions.
STEP Seminars are free and open to the public. Lunch is provided for in-person attendees; please RSVP to help us order accurately! A zoom link will be sent to registrants who wish to join virtually.
About the Speakers:
Kevin Pranis is a Marketing Manager for the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) responsible for overseeing LIUNA’s growth programs in Minnesota and North Dakota. Kevin represents LIUNA in energy and utility cases before public utility commissions in Minnesota and North Dakota, and leads the union’s legislative and regulatory efforts on clean energy, clean fuels and infrastructure development. Kevin chairs Minnesota’s Clean Transportation Standard Working Group, and serves on Governor Tim Walz’s Advisory Council on Climate Change and the board of the Workers’ Confluence Fund.
Aaron Rosenthal is the Research Director for North Star Policy Action. Prior to joining North Star, Aaron received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota, was an Assistant Professor at Simmons University, and served as the Senior Research Specialist at the Council on Criminal Justice. He has published a book and several articles on public policy and inequality, with his writing appearing in outlets ranging from The Washington Post to MinnPost.