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Saturday, July 21, 2012 |
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| 8:30 – 10:00 | Registration | |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Welcome | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Workshops I | |
| Ballroom C | Educate NY Now! | |
| Capital Room | Criminal Justice in New York State | |
| Ten Broeck Room | Engaging Voters: Best Practices for Voter Contact | |
| Ballroom D | Telling Our Economic Story | |
| Beverwyck Room | The Strategy Salad: How to Build a Winning Plan | |
| Ballroom E | We’ve Got You Covered: The Fight for Quality, Affordable Health Care After the Supreme Court Decision | |
| Van Rensselaer Room | Elected Officials Only | |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | Break | |
| 12:45 – 1:30 | Ballroom A/B |
Lunch – Albany County District Attorney David Soares Special Guest Speaker Albany Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin Special Guest Speaker |
| 1:30 – 2:45 | Ballroom A/B |
Keynote Address: Tim Wise Racism, Criminal Justice and the Politics of Solidarity Plenary – Criminalizing Race: How Racism Drives Public Policy |
| 2:45 – 3:00 | Break | 3:00 – 5:00 | Workshops II |
| Beverwyck Room | Breaking: Progressive Groups Hold Newsworthy Press Conference | |
| Ballroom E | Teamwork! Managing Teams and Building Capacity | |
| Capital Room | Listening to New Yorkers: Our Strategy for Winning the Fight for Quality, Affordable Health Care | |
| Van Rensselaer Room | Elected Officials Only | |
| Ten Broeck Room | Putting Our Kids First: Early Childhood Education | |
| Ballroom D | Growing Student Power: Changing Public Higher Education in New York | |
| Pearl Street Room | Building a More Just Economy for All– How Did We Get Here and How Do We Move Forward Together? | |
| Ballroom C | On the Road to Full Gender Equality in New York state: the Movement for Transgender Rights | |
| 5:00 – 5:30 | Break | |
| 5:30 – 6:00 | Kelsey’s Bar |
Book Signing Authors Tim Wise and Richard Kirsch will be autographing copies of their latest works. Copies of their books will be available for purchase. |
| 5:30 – 6:30 | Kelsey’s Bar |
Cocktail Hour Light hors d’ouvres will be served. Cash bar available. |
| 6:45 – 7:15 | Ballroom A/B |
Keynote Address: Deepak Bhargava Change Takes Courage: How Our Communities Are Leading the Fight for Immigrant Justice |
| 7:15 – 8:30 | Ballroom A/B | Dinner |
| 8:30 – ??? | Ballroom C/D |
Progressive Fashion Show & Karaoke We’ve put together a fun, historical way to learn about the history of the progressive and labor movements. Join us as we take a trip back in time to learn about how our movement has grown strength. After, we’ll celebrate with karaoke and a party you won’t want to miss. Cash bar available. |
Sunday, July 22, 2012
| 7:30 – 8:30 | Capital Room | Interfaith Service |
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Pearl Street Room | Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Ballroom A/B |
Citizen Action At-Large Director Election Only dues-paying members of Citizen Action of New York are eligible to attend. |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Ballroom A/B |
Money in Politics Review of this year’s fight on Fair Elections and plans for making money in politics a key election issue. |
10:00 – 11:30 | Workshops III |
| Ballroom E | Fracking: Bad for the Environment, Bad for our Economy | |
| Capital Room | Fair Elections: Look Ma! Actual Donor Diversity! | |
| Beverwyck Room | An Economy that Works for All of Us | |
| Ballroom C | Implementing Social Media in Local Campaigns | |
| Ten Broeck Room | New York Suspended: The Fight to Keep Students in School | |
| Van Rensselaer Room | Power to the People: Recruiting Top Volunteers | |
| Ballroom D | Getting to Work: Neglected Neighborhoods in Transit Planning and the Consequences | |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Break | |
| 11:45 – 11:55 | Ballroom A/B |
New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli Special Guest Speaker |
| 11:55 – 1:00 | Ballroom A/B |
Plenary – It’s Our Economy: The Progressive Movement’s Fight Against Economic Injustice A plenary discussion about economic inquality, and what the progressive movement can do to diminsh it. Panelists include Deepak Bhargava, Camille Rivera (moderator), Senator Liz Krueger, Khalid Pitts, Colin Donnaruma, and Bhairavi Desai. |
| 1:00 – 2:00 | Ballroom A/B | Lunch |
| 2:00 – 3:30 | Campaign Meetings | |
| Ballroom C | Fair Elections | |
| Ballroom D | Federal Tax Policy | |
| Ballroom E | MoveOn.org Councils | |