| Opening Remarks:
Michele Jolin, Senior Fellow at CAPAF and co-editor of Change for America
Mark Green, Founder and President of New Democracy Project and co-editor of Change for America
Featured Panelists and Discussants:
Michael S. Barr, Senior Fellow at CAPAF and a law professor at the University of Michigan
Rudy deLeon, Senior Vice President at CAPAF
Tom Donilon, former Assistant Secretary of State for public affairs under President Clinton
Maria Echaveste, Senior Fellow at CAPAF and lecturer at Berkley Law
Bracken Hendricks, Senior Fellow at CAPAF
Dawn Johnsen, former Acting Assistant Attorney General heading the Office of Legal Counsel under President Clinton
Jeanne Lambrew, Senior Fellow at CAPAF and an associate professor of public affairs at the University of Texas
Gayle Smith, Senior Fellow at CAPAF and Co-chair of the ENOUGH Project
Jessica Stern, Lecturer in public policy and faculty affiliate at Harvard
Michael Waldman, Executive Director of the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law
Sarah Wartell, Executive Vice President for Management at CAPAF
Judith Winston, Founder and Principal of Winston, Withers Associates
Location
Center for American Progress Action Fund
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Nearest Metro: Blue/Orange Line to McPherson Square or Red Line to Metro Center
click on the link below for more info on the speakers, directions, and to RSVP:
http://www.americanprogressact...
Afterwards:
Progressives Have a Mandate - Now What?
November 12, 2008, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
A light lunch will be served at 12:45 p.m.
Featured Speakers:
Rudy deLeon, Senior Vice President for National Security and International Policy, Center for American Progress Action Fund
Judy Feder, Board Member, Center for American Progress Action Fund; Professor, Georgetown Public Policy Institute
Bracken Hendricks, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund
Gene Sperling, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund
Moderated by:
Michael Ettlinger, Vice President for Economic Policy, Center for American Progress Action Fund
In the past week, countless organizations-including ours-have shown that the 2008 election delivered a clear mandate for progressive change. The electorate chose not just a candidate but an agenda of economic security and opportunity, affordable qualtiy health care for all, the transformation to a low-carbon economy, ending two wars, and a new strategy for sustainable security. But now the question is: how do we actually accomplish such ambitious change? With an ongoing financial crisis and the looming prospects of a long and deep recession and sustained deficits, can we tackle these short-terms crises while moving ahead simultaneouosly on so many big issues?
Please join the Center for American Progress Action Fund for an important discussion of the practical path forward and the role that the enormity of our challenges could play in making more ambitious change possible.
again, follow the link for more info:
http://www.americanprogressact...
and this one, partnered with folks from half in ten:
Strengthening Unemployment Insurance to Support Economic Recovery
November 14, 2008, 10:00am - 11:30am
Coffee will be served at 9:30 a.m.
Featured Speakers:
Maurice Emsellem, Policy Director, National Employment Law Project
Laura Fortman, Maine Labor Commissioner
Patricia Smith, New York Labor Commissioner
Paula Stein, Unemployed Worker
Moderated by:
Lisa Donner, Executive Director, Half in Ten campaign
Unemployment Insurance is a cornerstone of economic security and the first line of defense when jobs disappear, preventing families from falling into poverty, and infusing spending into the local economies hardest hit by unemployment. This safety net has never been more important than right now as Congress debates new measures to stimulate the economy: we have lost more than a million jobs since January, and the unemployment rate is likely heading to levels not seen since the serious recession of the early 1980s. But UI is falling behind its potential. Of special significance: many unemployed workers, especially lower income workers, never qualify for benefits; and limited extended benefits don't protect people from longer spells of unemployment in a difficult job market.
With economic recovery strategies at the top of the agenda for Congress and both the outgoing and incoming administrations, labor commissioners from Maine and New York and policy experts will discuss measures to strengthen the Unemployment Insurance program to help prevent a deep and prolonged recession and increased poverty.
http://www.americanprogressact...
lastly, for you guys in California, this one's in LA:
Election 2008: A New Administration, the LGBT Vote, & Proposition 8
November 13, 2008, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Williams Institute and the Center for American Progress Action Fund present a panel of experts discussing the outcome of Election 2008 and the implications for gay rights legislation. Confirmed panelists include:
• Jill E. Darling, Associate Director of Polling, Los Angeles Times
• Patrick Guerriero, Executive Director, Gill Action
• Geoff Kors, Executive Director, Equality California
• Patrick Sammon, President, Log Cabin Republicans & Liberty Education Forum
• Kenneth Sherrill, Professor of Political Science, Hunter College
• Brad Sears, Executive Director, The Williams Institute
• Winnie Stachelberg, Senior Vice President for External Affairs, Center for American Progress Action Fund
• Tobias Barrington Wolff, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania
For more information or to RSVP, call (310) 267-4382 or email Deseree Fontenot williamsinstitute@law.ucla.edu
Location
UCLA School of Law
Room 1347
Los Angeles, CA 90095
for more info on this event, see this link:
http://www.americanprogressact...
i'm not sure how much of these i can attend, certainly can't make it to the one in california. if i go, i'll bring back a report. |
