CFP Revised and Call Extended for DC Special Issue on Labor and Unionization!!

Illinois at UDC ‘25
@victorpickard.bsky.social Janet Wasko @christina-ceisel.bsky.social @mandytroeger.bsky.social @johnnyrico.bsky.social Brian Dolber @andrew-kennis.bsky.social

That’s a wrap! Huge thanks to our amazing attendees for sharing their fantastic work and engaging in generative conversation, to our Steering Committee, and most importantly to our Local Organizing Committee at U WashTacoma for their dedication to the org and their incredible work.

Huge congrats to @sydneyforde.bsky.social for winning UDC's 2025 Brian Murphy Student Paper Award for her paper is "The Dialectics of Broadband" #udc2025

During lunch, many UDC attendees took the time to visit the powerful “Melting Ice” public exhibit, which chronicles the pain and struggle of those in the Northwest Detention Center, and the resistance and advocacy against the illegal and inhumane treatment the detainees are subject to.

Ready for UDC Day 2! Starting out today with a huge THANK YOU to our local organizing committee at University of Washington Tacoma for their hard work, amazing hospitality, and welcoming vibes #udc2025

Happening now: RICH MEDIA, POOR DEMOCRACY at 25
with @victorpickard.bsky.social Brian Dolber, Russell Newman
Allison Perlman, Molly Niesen, and Joe Torres #udc2025

Conference program is live! Check it out at www.democraticcomm.org (where you can also register if you still need to!)

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