UCORE CONFERENCE 2025

Join us for UCORE's 2025 summer conference.

This is an invite-only conference for educators working in caucuses and/or within their locals. UCORE is a national network of PreK-12 educator caucuses whose members share strategies, workshop challenges, and support each other as we work to transform our unions. Some UCORE caucuses have been active for more than ten years. Others are just getting started. Some hold leadership positions within their unions. Others are 'being the union they want their union to be.' If you'd like to invite educators you know in other districts or regions, please notify Barbara Madeloni (barbara[at]labornotes[dot]org).

It is always important to gather to learn from each other, but at this moment, when unions, public education, and the public good are under a profound assault, it matters more than ever to come together for support and strategizing.

More details, including the conference schedule and program, will be posted soon.

Location: This year's conference is in Boston and is hosted by Educators for a Democratic Union (Massachusetts Teachers Association) and will be held at the Boston Teachers Union, 180 Mt. Vernon Street, Dorchester.

Cost: Cost: Basic registration is $125.

If you are unable to pay the full $125, a $100 reduced fee option is available. You can choose that by selecting the "$100 - UCORE Reduced Fee" option from the drop down menu.

If you'd like to pay the $125 basic registration AND make an additional $50 contribution, please choose the "$175 - UCORE Solidarity Option."

Registration fees will go to conference meals and to help sponsor UCORE activists traveling long distances.

Scholarships are available for travel. Please fill out this form.

Applications for travel scholarships are due June 10, 2023. Applications will be reviewed by steering committee members and notifications will be sent by June 15.

Schedule: Registration for the conference begins Friday, July 11 at 3:00 p.m. The closing session will wrap up before 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 13
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Housing: There are two housing options available. Both options are for sharing rooms.

Option One: Doubletree Hotel (right next to BTU): $225 each person in double occupancy room for Friday and Saturday or $110 a night for each person for one night.

Option Two: UMass Boston dorms (within a five minute walk and accessible by public transportation): $125 for Friday and Saturday per person for double or triple room. $80 per person for one night.

REGISTRATION AND HOUSING:IMPORTANT In order to register for the conference and reserve housing there are two steps. ONE: use the drop down menu to register. Complete and pay for registration. TWO: then come back to this page and do a separate transaction to reserve housing. If you have any questions, contact barbara[at]labornotes[dot]org before registering.

Getting around: BTU, the Doubletree and UMass Boston are all accessible via public transit. Stay tuned for details about airport travel and other logistics.

See you in July,
The UCORE Steering Committee