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| + | [[Take Back America]] is the old name for [[America's Future Now!]] which is the annual conference of [[Campaign for America's Future]]. | ||
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=About= | =About= | ||
[[Image:Tba-obama.jpg|thumb|300px|Sen. [[Barack Obama]] speaks at the {{#switchtablink:2007|2007}} Take Back America Conference]] | [[Image:Tba-obama.jpg|thumb|300px|Sen. [[Barack Obama]] speaks at the {{#switchtablink:2007|2007}} Take Back America Conference]] | ||
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=2003= | =2003= | ||
| + | The 2003 Take Back America Conference was held in Washington, D.C. from June 4-6 and was sponsored by [[Campaign for America’s Future]] and the [[Institute for America’s Future]]. | ||
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| + | ==Speakers== | ||
| + | The following is a list of the 129 speakers who spoke at the 2003 Take Back America Conference.<ref>[http://www.ourfuture.org/node/13211 Our Future website: Take Back America 2003 Speakers] (accessed on June 17, 2010)</ref> | ||
| − | = | + | <div style="column-count:4;-moz-column-count:4;-webkit-column-count:4"> |
| + | *[[Eric Alterman]], Author ''"What Liberal Media?"'' | ||
| + | *[[Tom Andrews]], National Director, [[Win Without War]] | ||
| + | *[[Nan Aron]], President, [[Alliance for Justice]] | ||
| + | *[[Fred Azcarate]], Executive Director, [[Jobs with Justice]] | ||
| + | *[[Brook Ballentine]], Kansas City Coordinator, [[Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition]] | ||
| + | *[[Ras Baraka]], Deputy Mayor, Newark, New Jersey | ||
| + | *[[Benjamin Barber]], Principal, [[The Democracy Collaborative]] | ||
| + | *[[Tom Barry]], Co-Director, [[Foreign Policy in Focus]] | ||
| + | *[[Bob Baugh]], Director, Industrial Union Council of the [[AFL-CIO]] | ||
| + | *[[Cornell Belcher]], President, [[Brilliant Corners Research]] | ||
| + | *[[Rick Bielke]], Communications Director, [[Public Campaign]] | ||
| + | *[[Ron Blackwell]], Director, Corporate Affairs, [[AFL-CIO]] | ||
| + | *[[Joan Blades]], Co-Founder, [[MoveOn.org]] | ||
| + | *[[Jeff Blodgett]], Executive Director, [[Wellstone Action]] | ||
| + | *[[Becky Bond]], Producer, [[Working Assets Online]] | ||
| + | *[[Heather Booth]], Organizer | ||
| + | *[[Robert Borosage]], Co-Director, [[Campaign for America's Future]] | ||
| + | *[[Wes Boyd]], Co-Founder, [[MoveOn.Org]] | ||
| + | *[[Deb Callahan]], President, [[League of Conservation Voters]] | ||
| + | *[[David Cantor]], Vice President, [[Lake Snell Perry and Associates]] | ||
| + | *[[Dan Carol]], [[Carol/Trevelyan Strategy Group]] | ||
| + | *[[John Cavanagh]], Co-Founder, [[United for Peace and Justice]], Director, [[IPS]] (not specified what IPS stands for) | ||
| + | *[[Linda Chavez-Thompson]], Executive Vice President, [[AFL-CIO]] | ||
| + | *[[Jeff Chester]], [[Center for Digital Democracy]] | ||
| + | *[[Farai Chideya]], [[Popandpolitics.com]] | ||
| + | *[[Chuck Collins]], Program Director, [[United for a Fair Economy]] | ||
| + | *[[Matt Cooper]], Comedian, Journalist | ||
| + | *Sen. [[Jon Corzine]], NJ | ||
| + | *[[Todd Cox]], Associate Counsel, [[NAACP]] Legal Defense Fund | ||
| + | *[[Sheila Crowley]], President, [[National Low Income Housing Coalition]] | ||
| + | *[[Howard Dean]], Presidential Candidate | ||
| + | *[[Marisa Demeo]], Regional Counsel, [[Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund]] | ||
| + | *[[Karen Dolan]], Co-Ordinator, [[Cities for Peace]] | ||
| + | *[[Christopher Donovan]], State Representative, Connecticut | ||
| + | *[[Peter Dreier]], Urban & Environmental Policy Program, [[Occidental College]] | ||
| + | *[[Anita Drobny]], [[AnShell Media]] | ||
| + | *[[Maria Elena Durazo]], VP, [[HERE]] International Union, and National Chairperson, [[Immigrant Workers' Freedom Ride]] | ||
| + | *[[John Edwards]], Presidential Candidate | ||
| + | *[[Barbara Ehrenreich]], Author, ''"Nickel and Dimed"'' | ||
| + | *[[Zack Exley]], National Organizing Director, [[MoveOn.org]] | ||
| + | *[[Jeff Faux]], Distinguished Fellow, [[Economic Policy Institute]] | ||
| + | *[[Bill Fletcher, Jr.]], President, [[TransAfrica]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Barney Frank]], Master of Ceremonies | ||
| + | *[[Aaron Freeman]], Comedian | ||
| + | *[[James Galbraith]], Professor, University of Texas | ||
| + | *[[Kim Gandy]], President, [[National Organization for Women]] | ||
| + | *[[Richard Gephardt]], Presidential Candidate | ||
| + | *[[Leo Gerard]], President, [[United Steelworkers of America]] | ||
| + | *[[Larry Gold]], General Counsel, [[AFL-CIO]] | ||
| + | *[[Ellen Golombek]], Director, [[Americans for Health Care]], [[SEIU]] | ||
| + | *[[Helen Gonzales]], Manager, Work and Family Investment Initiative, [[USAction]] | ||
| + | *[[Antonio Gonzalez]], President, [[SW Voter Registration Education Project]] | ||
| + | *[[Anna Greenberg]], Vice President, [[Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research]] | ||
| + | *[[Stan Greenberg]], Chairman and CEO, [[Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Raul Grijalva]], AZ | ||
| + | *[[Edward A. Hailes, Jr.]], Senior Attorney, [[The Advancement Project]] | ||
| + | *[[Sonny Hall]], President, [[Transport Workers Union]] | ||
| + | *[[Jay Harris]], Publisher, [[Mother Jones]] | ||
| + | *[[Channing Hawkins]], [[SEIU]] Youth Coordinator | ||
| + | *[[Wade Henderson]], Executive Director, [[Leadership Conference On Civil Rights]] | ||
| + | *[[Bracken Hendricks]], Director, [[New Growth Initiative]] | ||
| + | *[[Roger Hickey]], Co-Director, [[IAF]]/[[CAF]] | ||
| + | *[[Bernie Horn]], Senior Director, [[Center for Policy Alternatives]] | ||
| + | *[[Arianna Huffington]], Columnist | ||
| + | *[[Maude Hurd]], e- President, [[ACORN]] | ||
| + | *Rev. [[Jesse Jackson]], President, [[Rainbow/PUSH Coalition]] | ||
| + | *[[Jen Kern]], Director, Living Wage Center, [[ACORN]] | ||
| + | *[[John Kerry]], Presidential Candidate | ||
| + | *[[Richard Kirsch]], Executive Director, [[Citizen Action New York]] | ||
| + | *[[Deana Knutsen]], Secretary-Treasurer, [[USAction]] | ||
| + | *[[Dennis Kucinich]], Presidential Candidate | ||
| + | *[[Robert Kuttner]], Co-Editor, [[The American Prospect]] | ||
| + | *[[Bill Lerach]], [[Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach]] | ||
| + | *[[Andy Levin]], Director, [[AFL-CIO]] Voice@Work Campaign | ||
| + | *[[Bertha Lewis]], Executive Director, NY [[ACORN]] | ||
| + | *[[Adam Luna]], Director of Field Strategy, [[Campaign for America's Future]] | ||
| + | *[[Ellen Malcolm]], President, [[Emily's List]] | ||
| + | *[[Thomas Matzzie]], Online Mobilization Manager, [[AFL-CIO]], Member, [[Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union]] ([[HERE]]) | ||
| + | *[[Michael McPhearson]], Member, [[Veterans for Peace]] | ||
| + | *[[Gerald McEntee]], President, [[AFSCME]] | ||
| + | *[[William McNary]], President, [[USAction]] | ||
| + | *[[Elliot Mincberg]], Vice President, General Counsel, [[People for the American Way]] | ||
| + | *[[Carol Moseley Braun]], Presidential Candidate | ||
| + | *[[Bill Moyers]], Journalist, Citizen and Educator | ||
| + | *[[John Moyers]], [[TomPaine.com]] | ||
| + | *[[Gael Murphy]], Co-Founder, [[Code Pink]] | ||
| + | *[[Robert K. Musil]], Executive Director, [[Physicians for Social Responsibility]] | ||
| + | *[[Ralph Neas]], President, [[People for the American Way]] | ||
| + | *[[Nick Nyhart]], Executive Director, [[Public Campaign]] | ||
| + | *[[Becky Ogle]], Disability Rights Activist | ||
| + | *[[Portia Pedro]], Organizing Director, [[US Student Association]] | ||
| + | *[[Duane Peterson]], [[True Majority]] | ||
| + | *[[Michael Petit]], Director, [[Every Child Matters]] | ||
| + | *[[Chellie Pingree]], President, [[Common Cause]] | ||
| + | *[[Carl Pope]], President, [[The Sierra Club]] | ||
| + | *Dr. [[Bernice Powell Jackson]], [[UCC Justice]] and [[Witness Ministries]] | ||
| + | *[[Miles Rapoport]], President, [[Demos]] | ||
| + | *[[Jamin Raskin]], Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American Univ. | ||
| + | *The Hon. [[Robert Reich]], Former US Secretary of Labor, Brandeis University | ||
| + | *[[Hans Riemer]], Washington Director, [[Rock the Vote]] | ||
| + | *[[Will Robinson]], Partner, [[MacWilliams, Robinson & Partners]] | ||
| + | *[[Joel Rogers]], Director, [[Center on Wisconsin Strategy]] | ||
| + | *[[Hetty Rosenstein]], President, [[CWA]] Local 1037 | ||
| + | *[[Holly Schadler]], Attorney, [[Lichtman, Trister, Singer & Ross]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Jan Schakowsky]], IL | ||
| + | *[[Susan Shaer]], Executive Director, [[WAND]], Co-Chair, [[Win Without War]] | ||
| + | *[[Sultan Shakir]], [[Communities and Labor United for Baltimore]] | ||
| + | *[[Al Sharpton]], Presidential Candidate | ||
| + | *[[Hillary Shelton]], Director, Washington Bureau, [[NAACP]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Hilda Solis]], CA | ||
| + | *[[William Spriggs]], Director, [[National Urban League]]'s Institute for Opportunity and Equality | ||
| + | *Sen. [[Debbie Stabenow]], MI | ||
| + | *[[John Steele]], Mayor, Telluride, CO, Leader, [[Cities for Peace]] | ||
| + | *[[Michael Sullivan]], President, [[Sheet Metal Workers]] | ||
| + | *[[John Sweeney]], President, [[AFL-CIO]] | ||
| + | *[[Jo'ie Taylor]], President, [[United States Student Association]] | ||
| + | *[[Regena Thomas]], Organizer, Leader and Public Servant | ||
| + | *[[Richard Trumka]], Secretary-Treasurer, [[AFL-CIO]] | ||
| + | *[[Stuart Trevelyan]], Principal, [[Carol/Trevelyan Strategy Group]] | ||
| + | *[[Robin Templeton]], National Campaign Director, [[Voting Rights Restoration Campaign]] | ||
| + | *[[Gloria Totten]], Executive Director, [[Progressive Majority]] | ||
| + | *[[Katrina Vanden Heuvel]], Editor, [[The Nation]] | ||
| + | *[[Reg Weaver]], President, [[NEA]] | ||
| + | *[[David Wellstone]] | ||
| + | *[[Kristina Wilfore]], Executive Director, [[Ballot Initiatives Strategy Center]] | ||
| + | *[[Billy Wimsatt]], Hip Hop organizer, [[Active Element Foundation]] | ||
| + | *[[JoDee Winterhof]], [[Partnership for America's Families]] | ||
| + | *[[Anthony Wright]], [[Health Access California]] | ||
| + | *[[Nancy Zirkin]], Director of Public Policy, [[Leadership Conference on Civil Rights]] | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| − | = | + | ==Agenda== |
| + | The following is the agenda for the 2003 Take Back America Conference.<ref>[http://www.ourfuture.org/node/13212 Our Future website: Take Back America 2003 Agenda] (accessed on June 11, 2010)</ref> | ||
| − | = | + | ===Wednesday Sessions=== |
| + | *Welcome: A Special Message from CAF Co-Director [[Robert Borosage]] | ||
| + | *Special Session: The New Politics of Engagement | ||
| + | *Plenary: A Program for a New Majority | ||
| + | *Gala Dinner, including [[Bill Moyers]]' acceptance speech | ||
| − | [[ | + | ===Thursday Sessions=== |
| + | *Presidential Candidate: [[Howard Dean]] | ||
| + | *Plenary: Shrubbed: The Radical Project of George Bush | ||
| + | *Presidential Candidate: [[John Edwards]] | ||
| + | *Plenary: An Economy that Works for Working People | ||
| + | *Presidential Candidate: [[Carol Moseley Braun]] | ||
| + | *An Apollo Project for Energy Independence | ||
| + | *The Challenge of Affordable Health Care | ||
| + | *Internet Activism: A Dialogue with the Web Activists | ||
| + | *Next Stage for the Peace Movement | ||
| + | *Young voters, youth-driven politics: The next wave | ||
| + | *New State and Local Opportunities in a Time of Fiscal Crisis | ||
| + | *Expanding Democracy | ||
| + | *New Campaign Finance Laws and Organizing | ||
| + | *Presidential Candidate: [[John Kerry]] | ||
| + | *Plenary: Security in a Changed World | ||
| + | *Presidential Candidate: [[Dennis Kucinich]] | ||
| + | *Presidential Candidate: [[Richard Gephardt]] | ||
| − | + | ===Friday Sessions=== | |
| + | *Plenary: Stand Up, Fight Back: Wellstone's Charge to Progressives | ||
| + | *Presidential Candidate: [[Al Sharpton]] | ||
| + | *Civil Rights for the People Who Gave Us the Weekend: Winning the Right to *Choose a Union | ||
| + | *Corporate Accountability | ||
| + | *Reversing the Right's Hold on the Media | ||
| + | *Beating Conservatives on the Ground | ||
| + | *The Fight for Judges | ||
| + | *State Agenda in Response to Tax Cuts | ||
| + | *Winning Health Care for All: Avoiding Déjá Vu | ||
| + | *Ballot Initiatives that Work | ||
| + | *Closing Lunch, including [[Jesse Jackson]]'s speech | ||
| + | =2004= | ||
==Speakers== | ==Speakers== | ||
| − | The following is a list of the | + | The following is a list of the 114 speakers from the 2004 Take Back America Conference.<ref>[http://www.ourfuture.org/node/13146 Our Future website: Take Back America 2004 Speakers] (accessed on June 11, 2010)</ref> |
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<div style="column-count:4;-moz-column-count:4;-webkit-column-count:4"> | <div style="column-count:4;-moz-column-count:4;-webkit-column-count:4"> | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Nan Aron]], President, [[Alliance for Justice]] |
| − | + | *[[Joan Blades]], Co-Founder, [[MoveOn.org]] | |
| − | * | + | *[[Jeff Blodgett]], Executive Director, [[Wellstone Action]] |
| − | + | *[[Julian Bond]], Chairman, [[NAACP]] | |
| − | * | + | *Hon. [[David Bonior]], Chair, [[American Rights at Work]] |
| − | + | *[[Heather Booth]], Founder, [[Midwest Academy]] | |
| − | * | + | *[[Robert L. Borosage]], Co-Director, [[Campaign for America's Future]] |
| − | * | + | *[[Wes Boyd]], President, [[MoveOn.org]] |
| − | + | *[[Ben Brandzel]], Executive Director, [[ClickBackAmerica.org]] | |
| − | * | + | *[[David Brock]], President, [[Media Matters for America]] |
| − | + | *[[Deb Callahan]], President, [[League of Conservation Voters]] | |
| − | * | + | *[[Dan Carol]], Principal, [[Carol/Trevelyan Strategy Group]] |
| − | * | + | *[[Jeff Chester]], Executive Director, [[Center for Digital Democracy]] |
| − | + | *[[Aimee Christensen]], Executive Director, [[Environment 2004]] | |
| − | * | + | *[[Joan Claybrook]], [[Public Citizen]] |
| − | + | *Sen. [[Hillary Clinton]], D-NY]] | |
| − | * | + | *[[David Cortright]], President, [[Fourth Freedom Forum]] |
| − | + | *Sen. [[Jon Corzine]], D-NJ | |
| − | * | + | *[[Laura Dawn]] |
| − | + | *Gov. [[Howard Dean]], D-VT | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[David Donnelly]], Executive Director, [[Campaign Money Watch]] |
| − | + | *[[Maria Echaveste]], Co-Founder, [[the Nueva Vista Group]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Jeff Faux]], [[Economic Policy Institute]] |
| − | + | *Rev. Dr. [[James Alexander Forbes, Jr.]], Senior Minister of the Riverside Church | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Adonal Foyle]], Founder, [[Democracy Matters]] |
| − | + | *[[Ivan Frishberg]], [[New Voters Project]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Kim Gandy]], President, [[National Organization for Women]] |
| − | + | *[[Leo Gerard]], President, [[United Steelworkers of America]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Gwen Gillenwater]], Director of Advocacy and Public Policy, [[National Council of Independent Living]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Mel Goodman]], Senior Fellow, [[Center for International Policy]], Former Analyst, [[CIA]] |
| − | + | *[[John Gray]], Political Director, [[Free Press]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Stanley Greenberg]], Chairman, [[Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Jehmu Greene]], President, [[Rock the Vote]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Robert Greenwald]], [[Greenwald Productions]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[William Greider]], Author, ''"One World Ready or Not"'' |
| − | + | *Rep. [[Raul Grijalva]], D-AZ | |
| − | *[[ | + | *Rep. [[Nan Orrock]], GA House Majority Whip |
| − | + | *Rep. [[Luis Gutierrez]], D-IL | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Jacob Hacker]], Yale University, author of ''"Medicare Plus"'' |
| − | + | *Henderson, Executive Director, [[Leadership Conference on Civil Rights]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Bracken Hendricks]], Executive Director, [[Apollo Alliance]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Roger Hickey]], Co-Director, [[Campaign for America's Future]] |
| − | + | *[[Jim Hightower]], Commentator, [[Hightower and Associates]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Marielena Hincapie]], [[National Immigration Law Center]] |
| − | + | *[[Gerry Hudson]], Executive Vice President, [[SEIU]] Local 1199 | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Arianna Huffington]], Nationally syndicated columnist]] |
| − | + | *[[Maude Hurd]], President, [[ACORN]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *Rep. [[Jay Inslee]], D-WA |
| − | + | *Rev. [[Jesse Jackson, Sr.]], President, [[Rainbow-PUSH Coalition]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Cheryl Jacques]], President, [[Human Rights Campaign]] |
| − | + | *[[Jeffrey Johnson]], [[Young Voter Coordinator]], [[America Votes]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Elaine Jones]], President, [[NAACP]] Legal Defense and Educational Fund |
| − | + | *[[Michael Kieschnick]], President, [[Working Assets]] | |
| − | + | *[[Celinda Lake]], President, Lake, Snell, Perry and Associates | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[George Lakoff]], Author, ''"Moral Politics: What Conservatives Know That Liberals Don't"'' |
| − | + | *[[William Lerach]], Lerach Coughlin Stoia & Robbins LLP | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Andy Levin]], Director, [[Voice@Work Campaign]] |
| − | + | *[[Brooke Lierman]], [[2020 Democrats]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Joan Lombardi]], Director, [[The Children's Project]] |
| − | + | *[[Zixta Martinez]], Senior Counsel, [[MALDEF]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Bob Master]], Co-Chair, [[Working Families Party]] and [[CWA]] |
| − | + | *[[Gerald McEntee]], President, [[AFSCME]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[William McNary]], President, [[USAction]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Harold Meyerson]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Ellen Miller]], Deputy Director, [[Institute for America's Future]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Elliot Mincberg]], Vice President, [[People For the American Way]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Lawrence Mishel]], [[Economic Policy Institute]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Moby]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Stephanie Moore]], Executive Director, [[Fannie Lou Hamer Project]] |
| − | + | *Rev. [[Calvin Morris]], [[Jobs with Justice]] National Workers' Rights Board | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Cecilia Munoz]], Vice President, [[National Council of La Raza]] |
| − | + | *[[Ralph G. Neas]], President, [[People For the American Way]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[John Nichols]], [[Free Press]] |
| − | + | *[[Karen Nussbaum]], Assistant to the President, [[AFL-CIO]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Terence M. O'Sullivan]], President, [[Laborers' International Union]] |
| − | + | *[[Chris Owens]], Policy Director, [[AFL-CIO]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *Rep. [[Major Owens]], D-NY |
| − | + | *[[Eli Pariser]], Executive Director, [[MoveOn PAC]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[David Paterson]], NY State Senate Democratic Leader |
| − | *[[ | + | *Rep. [[Nancy Pelosi]], D-CA, House Democratic Leader |
| − | + | *[[Nick Penniman]], Editor, [[TomPaine.com]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Duane Peterson]], Chief of Stuff, [[True Majority]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Chellie Pingree]], President, [[Common Cause]] |
| − | + | *[[Sam Pizzigati]], Author of ''"Greed and Good"'' | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[John Podesta]], President, [[Center for American Progress]] |
| − | + | *[[Lilah Pomerance]], Young Voter Project Director, [[21st Century Democrats]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Robert Reich]], Former U.S. Secretary of Labor |
| − | + | *[[Cecile Richards]], President, [[America Votes]] | |
| − | + | *[[Paul Rieckhoff]], Founder, [[Operation Truth]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Hans Riemer]], [[Rock the Vote]] |
| − | + | *[[Will Robinson]], Partner, MacWilliams Robinson & Partners | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Joel Rogers]], Director, [[Center on Wisconsin Strategy]] |
| − | + | *[[Steve Rosenthal]], CEO, [[America Coming Together]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[John Sayles]], Director of the new film, ''"Silver City"'' |
| − | *[[ | + | *Rep. [[Jan Schakowsky]], D-IL |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Peter Schurman]], Executive Director, [[MoveOn.org]] |
| − | * | + | *[[Barbara Shailor]], Director of the International Affairs, [[AFL-CIO]] |
| − | + | *[[Hillary Shelton]], Washington Bureau Director, [[NAACP]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Beth Shulman]], Author, ''"The Betrayal Of Work"'' |
| − | + | *[[Gayle Smith]], Senior Fellow, [[Center for American Progress]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[George Soros]], International Philanthropist and Financier |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Eliot Spitzer]], New York State Attorney General]] |
| − | + | *[[William Spriggs]], Director, [[National Urban League]]'s Institute of Opportunity and Equality | |
| − | *[[ | + | *Sen. [[Debbie Stabenow]], D-MI |
| − | + | *[[John Sweeney]], President, [[AFL-CIO]] | |
| − | + | *[[Gloria Totten]], Executive Director, [[Progressive Majority]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Joe Trippi]], Founder, [[Change for America]] |
| − | + | *[[Antonio Villaraigosa]], Los Angeles City Councilmember and former Speaker, California Assembly | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Kristina Wilfore]], Executive Director, [[Ballot Initiative Strategy Center]] |
| − | + | *[[Roger Wilkins]], Professor, George Mason University | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Jack Willis]], Co-Founder, [[Link TV]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Lisa Witter]], General Manager, [[Fenton Communications]] |
| − | + | *[[Bethany Yarrow]] | |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Nancy Zirkin]], Deputy Director, [[Leadership Conference on Civil Rights]] |
| − | * | + | </div> |
| − | + | ||
| − | *[[ | + | ==Agenda== |
| − | *[[ | + | The following is the agenda for the 2004 Take Back America Conference.<ref>[hhttp://www.ourfuture.org/node/13154 Our Future website: Take Back America 2004 Agenda] (accessed on June 11, 2010)</ref> |
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| − | *Rev. [[ | + | ===The Progressive Promise=== |
| − | + | On June 2, 2004, [[Robert Borosage]], Co-Director, [[Campaign for America's Future]]; [[Stan Greenberg]], Chairman, [[Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research]]; and [[Maria Echaveste]], Co-Founder, the [[Nueva Vista Group]], spoke in a plenary entitled ''"The Progressive Promise"''. | |
| − | *[[ | + | |
| − | + | ===Take Back America — We Can Win=== | |
| − | *[[ | + | On June 2, 2004, [[Roger Hickey]]; Co-Director, [[Campaign for America's Future]]; [[Wes Boyd]], President, [[MoveOn.org]]; [[Joan Blades]], Co-Founder, [[MoveOn.org]]; and [[Julian Bond]], Chairman, [[NAACP]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Take Back America — We Can Win"''. |
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| − | * | + | ===Book Signing=== |
| − | + | On June 2, 2004, [[Joan Blades]], author of ''"MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country: How to Find Your Political Voice and Become a Catalyst for Change"''; [[Robert Borosage]] and [[Katrina vanden Heuvel]], authors of ''"Taking Back America"''; and [[Stan Greenberg]], author of ''"The Two Americas: Our Current Political Deadlock and How to Break it"'', participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | |
| − | * | + | |
| − | + | ===Gala Awards Dinner=== | |
| − | *[[ | + | On June 2, 2004, [[Arianna Huffington]] emceed at the Gala Awards Dinner. At the dinner, [[Elliot Spitzer]], New York State Attorney General, was presented with the ''America's Future Progressive Champion Award'' by [[John Sweeney]], President, [[AFL-CIO]]. [[Elaine Jones]], President, [[NAACP]] Legal Defense and Educational Fund was presented with the ''America's Future Lifetime Leadership Award'' by [[Roger Wilkins]], Professor, George Mason University. [[MoveOn.org]] was presented with the ''Paul Wellstone Citizen Leadership Award'' by Sen. [[Debbie Stabenow]], D-MI. Entertainment for the evening was provided by [[Moby]], [[Laura Dawn]], and [[Bethany Yarrow]]. |
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| − | *[[ | + | ===Welcome by Ellen Miller=== |
| − | + | On June 3, 2004, [[Ellen Miller]], Deputy Director, [[Institute for America's Future]], welcomed delegates to the conference. | |
| − | *[[ | + | |
| − | *[[ | + | ===The Rev. Dr. James Alexander Forbes, Jr.=== |
| − | + | On June 3, 2004, Rev. Dr. [[James Alexander Forbes, Jr.]], Senior Minister of the Riverside Church, spoke for 20 minutes. | |
| − | *[[ | + | |
| − | *[[ | + | ===The Bubble of American Supremacy=== |
| − | *[[ | + | On June 3, 2004, Sen. [[Hillary Clinton]], D-NY introduced [[George Soros]], International Philanthropist and Financier, who spoke on the subject of ''"The Bubble of American Supremacy"''. |
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| − | *[[ | + | ===Overcoming the Two Americas=== |
| − | + | On June 3, 2004, [[Harold Meyerson]] introduced [[Antonio Villaraigosa]], Los Angeles City Councilmember and former Speaker, California Assembly, who spoke on the subject of ''"Overcoming the Two Americas"''. | |
| − | *[[ | + | |
| − | *[[ | + | ===Jobs and Growth: Making the Economy Work for Working People=== |
| − | *[[ | + | On June 3, 2004, [[Robert Reich]], Fmr. U.S. Secretary of Labor; [[Beth Shulman]], Author, ''"The Betrayal Of Work"''; [[David Paterson]], NY State Senate Democratic Leader; and [[Lawrence Mishel]], [[Economic Policy Institute]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Jobs and Growth: Making the Economy Work for Working People"''. |
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| − | *[[ | + | ===The Populist Moment=== |
| − | *[[ | + | On June 3, 2004, [[Arianna Huffington]], Nationally syndicated columnist; [[Jim Hightower]], Commentator, Hightower and Associates; Rep. [[Raul Grijalva]], D-AZ; and [[Nick Penniman]], Editor, [[TomPaine.com]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"The Populist Moment"''. |
| + | |||
| + | ===Book Signing=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2004, [[Jim Hightower]], author of ''"Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country – and It's Time to Take It Back"''; [[Arianna Huffington]], author of ''"Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America"''; [[Robert Reich]], author of ''"Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America"''; [[Jo Freeman]], author of ''"At Berkeley in the Sixties: Education of an Activist"''; and [[Mel Goodman]], author of ''"Bush League Diplomacy: How Neoconservatives are Putting The World at Risk"'', participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Real Security and the Iraq Debacle=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2004, [[David Cortright]], President, [[Fourth Freedom Forum]]; [[Mel Goodman]], Senior Fellow, [[Center for International Policy]], Fmr. Analyst, [[CIA]]; [[Gayle Smith]], Senior Fellow, [[Center for American Progress]]; [[Paul Rieckhoff]], Founder, [[Operation Truth]]; and [[John Podesta]], President, [[Center for American Progress]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Real Security and the Iraq Debacle"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Confronting Inequality in America=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2004, [[William Spriggs]], Director, [[National Urban League]]'s Institute of Opportunity and Equality; [[Sam Pizzigati]], Author of ''"Greed and Good"''; [[Joan Lombardi]], Director, [[The Children's Project]]; and [[Chris Owens]], Policy Director, [[AFL-CIO]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Confronting Inequality in America"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Indebted Nation: The Real Trade Debate=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2004, [[Leo Gerard]], President, [[United Steelworkers of America]]; [[William Greider]], Author, ''"One World Ready or Not"''; [[Barbara Shailor]], Director of the International Affairs, [[AFL-CIO]]; and [[Jeff Faux]], [[Economic Policy Institute]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Indebted Nation: The Real Trade Debate"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Fight for the Courts and the Future of Justice=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2004, [[Nan Aron]], President, [[Alliance for Justice]]; [[Elliot Mincberg]], Vice President, [[People For the American Way]]; [[Hillary Shelton]], Washington Bureau Director, [[NAACP]]; [[Nancy Zirkin]], Deputy Director, [[Leadership Conference on Civil Rights]]; and [[Zixta Martinez]], Senior Counsel, [[MALDEF]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"The Fight for the Courts and the Future of Justice"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Book Signing=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2004, [[David Corn]], author of ''"The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception"''; [[Sam Pizzigati]], author of ''"Greed and Good: Understanding and Overcoming the Inequality that Limits Our Lives"''; and [[David Brock]], author of ''"The Republican Noise Machine: Right Wing Media and How it Corrupts Democracy"'', participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Lunch Plenary and Award Present=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2004, Gov. [[Howard Dean]] was presented with the ''Tom Paine Common Sense Award'' by the [[Campaign for America's Future]]. Senator [[Jon Corzine]], D-NJ made an introduction for the presentation. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Progressive Initiatives — Opening the Conversation=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2004, [[Wes Boyd]], President, [[MoveOn.org]]; [[Celinda Lake]], President, Lake, Snell, Perry and Associates; and [[Will Robinson]], Partner, MacWilliams Robinson & Partners, spoke in a presentation entitled ''"Progressive Initiatives — Opening the Conversation"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Message and Media=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2004, [[David Brock]], President, [[Media Matters for America]]; [[John Podesta]], President, [[Center for American Progress]]; [[Jack Willis]], Co-Founder, [[Link TV]]; [[John Sayles]], Director of the new film, ''"Silver City"''; and [[Lisa Witter]], General Manager, Fenton Communications, spoke in a workshop entitled ''"Message and Media"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Devolve This: Taking Back the States=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2004, [[Maude Hurd]], President, [[ACORN]]; [[Bob Master]], Co-Chair, [[Working Families Party]] and [[CWA]]; Rep. [[Nan Grogan Orrock]], GA House Majority Whip; [[Joel Rogers]], Director, [[Center on Wisconsin Strategy]]; and [[Kristina Wilfore]], Executive Director, [[Ballot Initiative Strategy Center]] spoke in a workshop entitled ''"Devolve This: Taking Back the States"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The New Ground Operations=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2004, [[Jeff Blodgett]], Executive Director, [[Wellstone Action]]; [[William McNary]], President, [[USAction]]; [[Karen Nussbaum]], Assistant to the President, [[AFL-CIO]]; [[Cecile Richards]], President, [[America Votes]]; and [[Steve Rosenthal]], CEO, [[America Coming Together]] spoke in a workshop entitled ''"The New Ground Operations"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Big Money and Special Interest Politics: Breaking the Money Primary=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2004, [[David Donnelly]], Executive Director, [[Campaign Money Watch]]; [[Adonal Foyle]], Founder, [[Democracy Matters]]; [[Stephanie Moore]], Executive Director, [[Fannie Lou Hamer Project]]; and [[Eli Pariser]], Executive Director, [[MoveOn PAC]] spoke in a workshop entitled ''"Big Money and Special Interest Politics: Breaking the Money Primary"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Web Active: The Next Stage=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2004, [[Dan Carol]], Principal, [[Carol/Trevelyan Strategy Group]]; [[Michael Kieschnick]], President, [[Working Assets]]; [[Duane Peterson]], Chief of Stuff, [[True Majority]]; [[Peter Schurman]], Executive Director, [[MoveOn.org]]; and [[Joe Trippi]], Founder, [[Change for America]] spoke in a workshop entitled ''"Web Active: The Next Stage"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Progressive Champions and Triumphs=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2004, [[Roger Hickey]], Co-Director, [[Campaign for America's Future]]; [[Gloria Totten]], Executive Director, [[Progressive Majority]]; and [[Heather Booth]], Founder, [[Midwest Academy]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Progressive Champions and Triumphs"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Evening's Entertainment=== | ||
| + | The evening's entertainment for day two of the conference, June 3, 2004, was co-sponsored by [[Vote, Run, Lead]] and [[The White House Project]], with ice cream from [[Ben & Jerry's]] and sweet things from [[Cake Love]]. During the evening, [[John Sayles]] discussed his new film, political satire ''"Silver City"'' which stars [[Chris Cooper]], [[Richard Dreyfuss]], [[Daryl Hannah]], [[Danny Houston]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Mary Kay Place]] and [[Tim Roth]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Rep. Nancy Pelosi=== | ||
| + | On June 4, 2004, Rep. [[Nancy Pelosi]], D-CA, House Democratic Leader, spoke in a 30 minute session. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Apollo Project — for Energy and Good Jobs=== | ||
| + | On June 4, 2004, [[Bracken Hendricks]], Executive Director, [[Apollo Alliance]] and Rep. [[Jay Inslee]], D-WA]] introduced [[Terence M. O'Sulliva]], President, [[Laborers' International Union]]; [[Deb Callahan]], President, [[League of Conservation Voters]]; and [[Gerry Hudson]], Executive Vice President, [[SEIU]] Local 1199, who spoke in a plenary entitled ''"The Apollo Project — for Energy and Good Jobs"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Curing the Kitchen Table Blues=== | ||
| + | On June 4, 2004, Rep. [[Major Owens]], D-NY; [[Jacob Hacker]], Yale University, author of ''"Medicare Plus"''; Rep. [[Jan Schakowsky]], D-IL; and [[Aimee Christensen]], Executive Director, [[Environment 2004]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Curing the Kitchen Table Blues"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Strategic Initiatives: Frameworks for Change === | ||
| + | On June 4, 2004, [[George Lakoff]], Author, ''"Moral Politics: What Conservatives Know That Liberals Don't"''; [[Will Robinson]], Partner, MacWilliams Robinson & Partners; and [[Ellen Miller]], Deputy Director, [[Institute for America's Future]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Strategic Initiatives: Frameworks for Change "''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Enforcing Corporate Responsibility=== | ||
| + | On June 4, 2004, [[William Lerach]], Lerach Coughlin Stoia & Robbins LLP; [[Joan Claybrook]], [[Public Citizen]]; and [[Nick Penniman]], Editor, [[TomPaine.com]], spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Enforcing Corporate Responsibility"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Book Signing=== | ||
| + | On June 4, 2004, [[Ruy Teixeira]], author of ''"The Emerging Democratic Majority"''; [[William Hartung]], author of ''"How Much Are You Making on the War Daddy: A Quick And Dirty Guide to Profiteering in the Bush Administration"''; and [[William Greenwald]], author of ''"Uncovered"'' (DVD), participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Fighting for Good Jobs and Workplace Democracy=== | ||
| + | On June 4, 2004, Hon. [[David Bonior]], Chair, [[American Rights at Work]]; [[Marielena Hincapie]], [[National Immigration Law Center]]; [[Andy Levin]], Director, [[Voice@Work Campaign]]; and Rev. [[Calvin Morris]], [[Jobs with Justice]] National Workers' Rights Board, spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Fighting for Good Jobs and Workplace Democracy"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Holding Government Accountable, Protecting Rights=== | ||
| + | On June 4, 2004, [[Wade Henderson]], Executive Director, [[Leadership Conference on Civil Rights]]; [[Cheryl Jacques]], President, [[Human Rights Campaign]]; [[Cecilia Munoz]], Vice President, [[National Council of La Raza]]; [[Ralph G. Neas]], President, [[People For the American Way]]; and [[Gwen Gillenwater]], Director of Advocacy and Public Policy at the [[National Council of Independent Living]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Holding Government Accountable, Protecting Rights"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Engaging Young Americans=== | ||
| + | On June 4, 2004, [[Ben Brandzel]], Executive Director, [[ClickBackAmerica.org]]; [[Ivan Frishberg]], [[New Voters Project]]; [[Jehmu Greene]], President, [[Rock the Vote]]; [[Jeffrey Johnson]], Young Voter Coordinator, [[America Votes]]; [[Brooke Lierman]], [[2020 Democrats]]; [[Lilah Pomerance]], Young Voter Project Director, [[21st Century Democrats]]; and [[Hans Riemer]], [[Rock the Vote]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Engaging Young Americans"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Media Reform and Democracy=== | ||
| + | On June 4, 2004, [[Jeff Chester]], Executive Director, [[Center for Digital Democracy]]; [[Robert Greenwald]], [[Greenwald Productions]]; [[John Nichols]], [[Free Press]]; [[Chellie Pingree]], President, [[Common Cause]]; and [[John Gray]], Political Director, [[Free Press]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Media Reform and Democracy"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Unite to Take Back America=== | ||
| + | On June 4, 2004, [[Robert L. Borosage]], Co-Director, [[Campaign for America's Future]]; [[Kim Gandy]], President, [[National Organization for Women]]; [[Gerald McEntee]], President, [[AFSCME]]; and Rev. [[Jesse Jackson, Sr.]], President, [[Rainbow-PUSH Coalition]], spoke at the closing lunch entitled ''"Unite to Take Back America"''. | ||
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| + | =2005= | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Speakers== | ||
| + | The following is a list of the 129 people who spoke at the Conference:<ref name=agenda05>[http://www.ourfuture.org/node/13147 Take Back America 2005 - Speakers] (accessed on May 8, 2010)</ref> | ||
| + | <div style="column-count:4;-moz-column-count:4;-webkit-column-count:4"> | ||
| + | *[[Karen Ackerman]], Political Director, [[AFL-CIO]] | ||
| + | *[[Stewart Acuff]], Organizing Director, [[AFL-CIO]] | ||
| + | *[[Gar Alperovitz]], Lionel R. Bauman Professor, University of Maryland | ||
| + | *[[Madeline Janis Aparacio]], Executive Director, [[Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy]] | ||
| + | *[[Jerome Armstrong]], [[MyDD.com]] | ||
| + | *[[Nan Aron]], President, [[Alliance for Justice]] | ||
| + | *[[Thomas Athans]], Executive Director, [[Democracy Radio]] | ||
| + | *[[Morton Bahr]], President, [[Communications Workers of America]] | ||
| + | *[[Kumar Barve]], Maryland House of Representatives | ||
| + | *[[Duncan Black]], [[Atrios]] | ||
| + | *[[Sidney Blumenthal]], Author, ''Clinton Wars'' | ||
| + | *[[Heather Booth]], Organizational Consultant | ||
| + | *[[Paul Booth]], Executive Assistant to the President, [[AFSCME]] | ||
| + | *[[Robert Borosage]], Co-Director, [[Campaign for America's Future]] | ||
| + | *[[Donna Brazile]], Managing Director, Brazile & Assoc. | ||
| + | *[[David Brock]], [[Media Matters]] | ||
| + | *[[Julie Burton]], Director, [[Project Kid Smart]], [[PFAW]] | ||
| + | *[[David Corn]], Washington editor, [[The Nation]] | ||
| + | *[[Ann Crittenden]], author | ||
| + | *[[Howard Dean]], [[DNC]] Chairman | ||
| + | *[[Carla Din]], Western Regional Director, [[Apollo Alliance]] | ||
| + | *[[Deece Eckstein]], Director of Texas Office, [[People for the American Way]] | ||
| + | *[[John Edwards]], [[One America Committee]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Joyce Elliot]], (D-AR), Arkansas House of Representatives | ||
| + | *[[Lily Eskelsen]], Secretary-Treasurer, [[NEA]] | ||
| + | *[[Tekisha Everette]], Senior Policy Analyst, [[Americans for Healthcare]] | ||
| + | *[[Diane Feldman]], President, [[The Feldman Group]] | ||
| + | *[[Linda Foley]], [[Newspaper Guild]] | ||
| + | *[[Thomas Frank]], Author, ''What's the Matter with Kansas?'' | ||
| + | *[[Jamie Galbraith]], Economist, Salon correspondent | ||
| + | *[[Kim Gandy]], President, [[NOW]] | ||
| + | *[[Page Gardner]], Director, [[Women's Voices, Women's Vote]] | ||
| + | *[[Jehmu Green]], [[Rock the Vote]] | ||
| + | *[[Robert Greenwald]], Film Director\Producer | ||
| + | *[[Andy Grossman]], Executive Director, [[Wal-Mart Watch]] | ||
| + | *[[Lisa Guide]], Associate Director, [[Rockefeller Foundation]] | ||
| + | *[[Jacob Hacker]], Peter Strauss Family Assistant Professor, Yale University | ||
| + | *[[Jon Halpin]], [[Center for American Progress]] | ||
| + | *[[Joseph Hanson]], President, [[UFCW]] | ||
| + | *[[Don Hazen]], Executive Editor, [[AlterNet]] | ||
| + | *[[Wade Henderson]], Executive Director, [[Leadership Conference on Civil Rights]] | ||
| + | *[[Bracken Hendricks]], Founding Executive Director, [[Apollo Alliance]] | ||
| + | *[[Roger Hickey]], Co-Director, [[Campaign for America's Future]] | ||
| + | *[[Arianna Huffington]], Syndicated columnist | ||
| + | *[[Cathy Hurwit]], Chief of Staff and Legislative Aide, Office of Rep. [[Jan Schakowsky]] | ||
| + | *Rev. [[Jesse Jackson]], [[Rainbow PUSH Coalition]] | ||
| + | *[[Ken Jordan]], [[Open Network Portal]] | ||
| + | *[[Santiago Juarez]], [[New Mexico PACE]] | ||
| + | *[[Nancy Keenan]], President, [[NARAL]] | ||
| + | *[[Jackie Kendall]], Executive Director, Midwest Academy | ||
| + | *[[Richard Kirsch]], Executive Director, [[NY Citizen Action]] | ||
| + | *[[Karen Kornbluh]], Policy Director for Senator [[Barack Obama]] and Founder of the [[New American Agenda Project]] | ||
| + | *[[Robert Kuttner]], President, [[The American Prospect]] | ||
| + | *[[Celinda Lake]], President, Lake, Snell, Perry, Mermin & Assoc. | ||
| + | *[[George Lakoff]], Author, ''Don't Think of an Elephant Know Your Values and Frame the Debate'' | ||
| + | *[[Bill Lerach]], Mieberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes and Lerach | ||
| + | *[[Emily Levine]], Comedian | ||
| + | *[[Adam Luna]], Senior Policy Analyst, [[Campaign for America's Future]] | ||
| + | *[[Ellen Malcolm]], Founder, [[EMILY's List]] and [[America Coming Together]] | ||
| + | *[[Joshua Micah Marshall]], [[Talking Points Memo]] | ||
| + | *[[Tom Matzzie]], Washington Director, [[MoveOn.org]] | ||
| + | *[[Mary Beth Maxwell]], Executive Director, [[American Rights at Work]] | ||
| + | *[[Ray McGovern]], Former CIA Official, [[ARDIS]], associated with Phil Agee's support network | ||
| + | *[[William McNary]], President, [[USAction]] | ||
| + | *[[Nicco Mele]], CEO of [[EchoDitto]] and formerly Presidential Candidate [[Howard Dean]]'s Webmaster | ||
| + | *[[Ellen Miller]], Deputy Director, [[Campaign for America's Future]] | ||
| + | *[[Stephanie Miller]], [[Democracy Radio]] and the [[Oxygen Network]] | ||
| + | *[[Michelle Miller]], [[SEIU]] | ||
| + | *[[Lawrence Mishel]], President, [[Economic Policy Institute]] | ||
| + | *[[Guy Molyneux]], Senior Vice President, [[Peter Hart Research]] | ||
| + | *[[Bill Moyers]], [[Public Affairs Television]] | ||
| + | *[[Ralph Neas]], President and CEO, [[People for the American Way]] [[PFAW]] | ||
| + | *[[Dean Nielsen]], Washington State Director, [[Progressive Majority]] | ||
| + | *[[Kathryn Olson]], [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Staff Director, [[U.S. House Ways and Means Committee]] | ||
| + | *[[Margie Omero]], President, [[Momentum Analysis]] | ||
| + | *[[Eli Pariser]], Executive Director, [[MoveOn.org]] | ||
| + | *[[Richard Parker]], Author, ''John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics'' | ||
| + | *[[Jonathan Parker]], National Campaign Director, [[Americans for Health Care]], [[SEIU]] | ||
| + | *[[David Paterson]], Minority Leader, NY State Senate | ||
| + | *[[Iara Peng]], Director, [[Young People for the American Way]] | ||
| + | *[[Nick Penniman]], Program Director, Progressive Message Project, [[Campaign for America's Future]] | ||
| + | *[[Tamecka Pierce]], Florida [[ACORN]] | ||
| + | *[[Chellie Pingree]], President and CEO, [[Common Cause]] | ||
| + | *[[Sam Pizzigati]], Labor journalist and author of ''Greed and Good Understanding and Overcoming the Inequality that Limits our Lives'' | ||
| + | *[[John Podesta]], President, [[Center for American Progress]] | ||
| + | *[[Clyde Prestowitz]], President, [[Economic Strategy Institute]] | ||
| + | *[[Chris Rabb]], Founder, [[Afro-Netizen]] | ||
| + | *Rev. Dr. [[Katherine Ragsdale]], Saint David Episcopal Church | ||
| + | *[[Wade Rathke]], Founder\Chief Organizer, [[ACORN]] | ||
| + | *[[Cecile Richards]], President, [[America Votes]] | ||
| + | *[[Niel Ritchie]], Executive Director, [[League of Rural Voters]] | ||
| + | *[[Jeff Rickert]], Interim Executive Director, [[Apollo Alliance]] | ||
| + | *[[Cecil Roberts]], President, [[United Mine Workers of America]] [[UMWA]] [[UMW]] | ||
| + | *[[Kimberly Robson]], National Field Director, [[People for the American Way]] | ||
| + | *[[Maya Rockeymoore]], Vice President of Research and Programs, [[Congressional Black Caucus Foundation]] | ||
| + | *[[Joel Rogers]], Director, [[Center on Wisconsin Strategy]]; founder, [[Free Press]] marxist organization | ||
| + | *[[Zack Rosen]] , Founder, [[CivicSpace Labs]] | ||
| + | *[[Richard Rothstein]], Research Associate, [[Economic Policy Institute]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Bernie Sanders]], (I-VT) United States Representative | ||
| + | *[[David Saperstein]], Director, [[Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism]] | ||
| + | *[[Rob Sargent]], Senior Energy Policy Analyst, US PIRG | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Jan Schakowsky]], (D-IL) United States Representative | ||
| + | *[[Sam Seder]], [[Air America Radio]] | ||
| + | *[[Beth Shulman]], President, [[Working Strategies]] | ||
| + | *[[Josh Silver]], Executive Director, [[Free Press]] | ||
| + | *[[Holly Sklar]], Journalist | ||
| + | *[[Steve Sleigh]], Director, Strategic Resources, [[International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers]] | ||
| + | *[[Melanie Sloan]], Executive Director, [[CREW]] | ||
| + | *Rev. [[Wallace Charles Smith]], [[Shiloh Baptist Church]] | ||
| + | *[[Lisa Smithline]], Political Director, [[Brave New Films]] | ||
| + | *[[John Sweeney]], President, [[AFL-CIO]] | ||
| + | *[[Paul Tewes]], Campaign Manager, [[Americans United to Protect Social Security]] | ||
| + | *[[DannyThompson]], Nevada [[AFL-CIO]] | ||
| + | *[[John Tirman]], Executive Director, MIT Center for International Studies | ||
| + | *[[Gloria Totten]], Executive Director, [[Progressive Majority]] | ||
| + | *[[Richard Trumka]], Secretary-Treasurer, [[AFL-CIO]] | ||
| + | *[[Katrina vanden Heuvel]], Editor, [[The Nation]] | ||
| + | *[[Antonio Villaraigosa]], Mayor-elect, City of Los Angeles | ||
| + | *[[Jim Wallis]], Author, ''God's Politics'' | ||
| + | *[[Camellia Watkins]], [[Sierra Club]]\[[Nebraska Judicial Nominations Coalition]] | ||
| + | *[[Reg Weaver]], President, [[NEA]] | ||
| + | *[[Ann Widger]], Retiree Coordinator, [[AFSCME]] | ||
| + | *[[Kristina Wilfore]], Executive Director, [[Ballot Initiative Strategy Center]] | ||
| + | *[[Roger Wilkins]], Clarence J. Robinson Professor, George Mason University | ||
| + | *[[Reginald W. Williams]], [[Trinity United Church of Christ]] | ||
| + | *[[George Wood]], Principal, [[Federal Hocking High School]] | ||
| + | *[[Elizabeth Yeampierre]], Executive Director, [[UPROSE]] | ||
| + | *[[Laurie Young]], [[Older Women's League]] | ||
| + | *[[Deanna Zandt]], [[AlterNet]] | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Agenda== | ||
| + | The following is the agenda of the Conference:<ref>[http://www.ourfuture.org/node/13149 Take Back America 2005 - Agenda] (accessed on June 11, 2010)</ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Progressive Promise=== | ||
| + | On June 1, 2005, [[Robert Borosage]], Co-Director, [[Campaign for America's Future]], [[Antonio Villaraigosa]], Mayor-elect, City of Los Angeles and [[Jan Schakowsky]], (D-IL), United States Representative, spoke in a plenary entitled ''"The Progressive Promise, Jefferson/Lincoln"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Building the New Majority=== | ||
| + | On June 1, 2005, [[Roger Hickey]], [[Celinda Lake]], President, Lake, Snell, Perry, Mermin & Assoc., [[Karen Ackerman]], Political Director, [[AFL-CIO]], [[Donna Brazile]], Managing Director, Brazile & Assoc., and [[Eli Pariser]], Executive Director, [[MoveOn.org]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Building the New Majority, Jefferson/Lincoln"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Book Signing=== | ||
| + | On June 1, 2005, [[Donna Brazile]], author of ''"Cooking With Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics"''; [[Richard Parker]], author of ''"John Kenneth Galbraith"''; [[Martha Burk]], author of ''"Cult of Power: Sex Discrimination in Corporate America and What Can Be Done About It"''; and [[Eli Pariser]], author of ''"Citizen Power: Breaking Money Politics and Building from the Bottom Up"'', participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Gala Awards Dinner=== | ||
| + | On June 1, 2005, Rep. [[Jan Schakowsky]] emceed the Gala Awards Dinner. At the dinner, [[John Kenneth Galbraith]], Economist, Professor, Government Official, Ambassador, Novelist, Citizen Activist - was presented with the ''America's Future Lifetime Achievement Award'' by [[Richard Parker]], with comments by [[Jamie Galbraith]]. [[Tamecka Pierce]] and [[Danny Thompson]], Florida [[ACORN]], Nevada [[AFL-CIO]], "crusaders for decent minimum wage" - were presented with the ''Paul Wellstone Citizen Leadership Award'' by [[Reg Weaver]], President, [[NEA]]. [[Ellen Malcolm]], Founder, [[EMILY's List]] and [[America Coming Together]] - was presented with the ''America's Future Progressive Champion Award'' by [[Cecile Richards]], President, [[America Votes]]. [[Antonio Villaraigosa]], Labor Leader, Reformer, CA Assembly Speaker, LA City Council Member, IAF Board Member and Mayor-elect, City of Los Angeles, was a special guest at the dinner. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Opening Plenary=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[Howard Dean]] and [[Arianna Huffington]] spoke in the opening plenary of the day. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===An Economics that Works for Working People=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[Robert Kuttner]], President, [[The American Prospect]], [[Mary Beth Maxwell]], Executive Director, [[American Rights at Work]], [[Beth Shulman]], President, [[Working Strategies]] and [[Clyde Prestowitz]], President, [[Economic Strategy Institute]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"An Economics that Works for Working People"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===A Real Security Agenda for America=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[John Tirman]], Executive Director, MIT Center for International Studies, [[Katrina Vanden Heuvel]], Editor, [[The Nation]], [[Ray McGovern]], Former [[CIA]] Official and [[Jeffrey Sachs]], Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University, spoke in a plenary entitled ''"A Real Security Agenda for America"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The True Moral Majority=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[Thomas Frank]], Author, ''"What's the Matter with Kansas?"'', Rev. [[Wallace Charles Smith]], Shiloh Baptist Church, [[David Saperstein]] and Rev. Dr. [[Katherine Ragsdale]], Saint David Episcopal Church, spoke in a plenary entitled ''"The True Moral Majority"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Social Security: Americans Unite to Stop Privatization=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[Roger Hickey]], Co-Director, [[Campaign for America's Future]], [[William McNary]], President, [[USAction]], [[Jehmu Green]], [[Rock the Vote]], [[Richard Trumka]], Secretary-Treasurer, [[AFL-CIO]] and [[Laurie Young]], [[Older Women's League]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Social Security: Americans Unite to Stop Privatization"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Fight for the Courts: Will the Right Reverse 20th Century Progress?=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[Ralph Neas]], President and CEO, [[People for the American Way]], [[Nancy Keenan]], President, [[NARAL: Pro-Choice America]], [[Wade Henderson]], Executive Director, [[Leadership Conference on Civil Rights]] and [[Nan Aron]], President, [[Alliance for Justice]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"The Fight for the Courts: Will the Right Reverse 20th Century Progress?"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Challenging the Wal-Mart Economy=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[Larry Mishel]], [[Madeline Janis Aparacio]], Executive Director, [[Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy]], [[Joseph Hanson]], President, [[UFCW]], [[Wade Rathke]], Founder/Chief Organizer, [[ACORN]] and [[Reginald W. Williams]], Trinity United Church of Christ spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Challenging the Wal-Mart Economy"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===TomPaine.com Award=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[Ellen Miller, Deputy Director]], [[Campaign for America's Future]], [[John Sweeney]], President, [[AFL-CIO]], and [[John Edwards]], [[One America Committee]], spoke at the ''TomPaine.com Award Lunch''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Progressive Agenda: Five initiatives for a more Perfect Union=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[Nick Penniman]], [[Cecil Roberts]], President, [[United Mine Workers of America]], [[Julie Burton]], Director, [[Project Kid Smart]], [[PFAW]], [[Jacob Hacker]], Peter Strauss Family Assistant Professor, Yale University, [[Stewart Acuff]], Organizing Director, [[AFL-CIO]] and [[Karen Kornbluh]], Policy Director for Senator [[Barack Obama]] and Founder of the [[New American Agenda Project]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Progressive Agenda: Five initiatives for a more Perfect Union"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Devolve This: Moving Policy in the States=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[David Paterson]], Minority Leader, NY State Senate, [[Joel Rogers]], Director, [[Center on Wisconsin Strategy]], [[Kumar Barve]], Maryland House of Representatives and [[Chellie Pingree]], President and CEO, [[Common Cause]], spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Devolve This: Moving Policy in the States"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Politics in the States: Building Progressive Capacity in Both Red and Blue States=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[Kristina Wilfore]], Executive Director, [[Ballot Initiative Strategy Center]], [[Heather Booth]], Organizational Consultant, [[Dean Nielsen]], Washington State Director, [[Progressive Majority]], [[Margie Omero]], President, [[Momentum Analysis]] and [[Niel Richie]], Executive Director, [[League of Rural Voters]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Politics in the States: Building Progressive Capacity in Both Red and Blue States"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Talking American=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[Nick Penniman]], [[George Lakoff]], author, ''"Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate"'' and [[Diane Feldman]], President, [[The Feldman Group]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Talking American"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Building an Independent Progressive Infrastructure=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[Thomas Athans]], Executive Director, [[Democracy Radio]], [[Jackie Kendall]], Executive Director, [[Midwest Academy]], [[John Podesta]], President, [[Center for American Progress]] and [[Iara Peng]], Director, [[Young People for the American Way]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Building an Independent Progressive Infrastructure"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Media Reform: Democratizing the Media=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[Josh Silver]], Executive Director, [[Free Press]], [[Jon Halpin]], [[Center for American Progress]], [[David Brock]], [[Media Matters]] and [[Linda Foley]], [[Newspaper Guild]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Media Reform: Democratizing the Media"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Book Signing=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[Thomas Frank]], author of ''"What's the Matter with Kansas: How Conservatives won the Heart of America"''; [[Sidney Blumenthal]], author of ''"Clinton Wars"''; and [[Don Hazen]], author of ''"Start Making Sense: Turning the Lessons of Election 2004 Into Winning Progressive Politics"'', participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Blog Fire: A Radio-Active Evening=== | ||
| + | On June 2, 2005, [[Joshua Micah Marshall]], ''Talking Points Memo''; [[Ana Marie Cox]], ''Wonkette''; [[Jerome Armstrong]], ''MyDD''; [[Duncan Black]], ''Atrios''; [[David Corn]]; [[Stephanie Miller]], [[Democracy Radio]] and the [[Oxygen Network]]; [[Emily Levine]]; [[Sam Seder]], [[Air America Radio]]; [[Nicco Mele]], CEO of [[EchoDitto]] and formerly Presidential Candidate; and [[Howard Dean]]'s Webmaster, spoke in a session entitled ''"Blog Fire: A Radio-Active Evening"''. The description for the session was: | ||
| + | :''"Ready for some sparks? Top progressive bloggers, comedians and radio commentators will take the stage for an animated discussion about the new media and politics. Think Crossfire meets Politically Incorrect. Bring your laptop and tell them what you really think live on stage."'' | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Historic Stakes/Historic Struggle=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2005, [[Bill Moyers]], [[Public Affairs Television]], spoke in a plenary entitled ''"The Historic Stakes/Historic Struggle"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Vision Thing: Facing America's Realities=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2005, [[Sam Pizzigati]], Labor journalist and author of ''"Greed and Good: Understanding and Overcoming the Inequality that Limits our Lives"'', [[Gar Alperovitz]], Lionel R. Bauman Professor, University of Maryland, and [[Holly Sklar]], Journalist, spoke in a plenary entitled ''"The Vision Thing: Facing America's Realities"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Health Care: The Real Crisis=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2005, [[Cathy Hurwitt]], Chief of Staff and Legislative Aide, Office of Rep. [[Jan Schakowsky]], [[Jonathan Parker]], National Campaign Director, [[Americans for Health Care]], [[SEIU]], [[Paul Booth]], Executive Assistant to the President, [[AFSCME]], [[Jacob Hacker]], Peter Strauss Family Assistant Professor, Yale University, and [[Richard Kirsch]], Executive Director, [[NY Citizen Action]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Health Care: The Real Crisis"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===New Energy: Apollo Moves at the State Level=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2005, [[Jeff Rickert]], Interim Executive Director, [[Apollo Alliance]], [[Rob Sargent]], Senior Energy Policy Analyst, [[US PIRG]], [[Elizabeth Yeampierre]], Executive Director, [[UPROSE]], [[Carla Din]], Western Regional Director, [[Apollo Alliance]] and [[Steve Sleigh]], Director, Strategic Resources, [[International Association of Machinists | ||
| + | and Aerospace Worker]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"New Energy: Apollo Moves at the State Level"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Educating our Children: Unfinished Business=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2005, [[Roger Wilkins]], Clarence J. Robinson Professor, George Mason University, [[Richard Rothstein]], Research Associate, [[Economic Policy Institute]], [[Lily Eskelsen]], Secretary-Treasurer, [[NEA]] and [[George Wood]], Principal, Federal Hocking High School, spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Educating our Children: Unfinished Business"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Why Family Values should be Progressive Values=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2005, [[Ann Crittenden]], author, [[Maya Rockeymoore]], Vice President of Research and Programs, [[Congressional Black Caucus Foundation]], [[Page Gardner]], Director, [[Women's Voices, Women's Vote]] and [[Lisa Guide]], Associate Director, [[Rockefeller Foundation]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Why Family Values should be Progressive Values"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Social Security Campaign: Next Steps=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2005, [[Adam Luna]], [[Campaign for America's Future]], [[Paul Tewes]], Campaign Manager, [[Americans United to Protect Social Security]], [[Tom Matzzie]], Washington Director, [[MoveOn.org]], [[Guy Molyneux]], Senior Vice President, [[Peter Hart Research]], [[Ann Widger]], Retiree Coordinator, [[AFSCME]] and [[Kathryn Olson]], Democratic Staff Director, [[U.S. House Ways and Means Committee]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"The Social Security Campaign: Next Steps"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Fighting for the Courts: Next Steps=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2005, [[Kimberly Robson]], National Field Director, [[People for the American Way]], Rep. [[Joyce Elliot]], (D-AR), Arkansas House of Representatives, [[Deece Eckstein]], Director of Texas Office, [[People for the American Way ]], [[Camellia Watkins]], [[Sierra Club]]/[[Nebraska Judicial Nominations Coalition]] and [[Santiago Juarez]], New Mexico [[PACE]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Fighting for the Courts: Next Steps"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Wal-Mart Next Steps=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2005, [[Lisa Smithline]], Political Director, [[Brave New Films]], [[Tekisha Everette]], Senior Policy Analyst, [[Americans for Healthcare]], [[Andy Grossman]], Executive Director, [[Wal-Mart Watch]] and [[Kim Gandy]], President, [[NOW]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Wal-Mart Next Steps"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Making New Media: Emerging Technologies for Social Change=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2005, [[Robert Greenwald]], film director/producer, [[Christopher Rabb]], Founder, [[Afro-Netizen]], [[Zack Rosen]], Founder, [[CivicSpace Labs]], [[Michelle Miller]], [[SEIU]], [[Deanna Zandt]], [[AlterNet]] and [[Ken Jordan]], [[Open Network Portal]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Making New Media: Emerging Technologies for Social Change"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===The Demise of Ethics in Business and Government=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2005, [[Ellen Miller]], [[Bill Lerach]], Mieberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes and Lerach, and [[Melanie Sloan]], Executive Director, [[CREW]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"The Demise of Ethics in Business and Government"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Book Signing=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2005, [[Jim Wallis]], author of ''"God's Politics"''; and [[Gar Alperovitz]], author of ''"America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming our Wealth, our Liberty and our Democracy"'', participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Send-off Plenary Lunch=== | ||
| + | On June 3, 2005, Rep. [[Bernie Sanders]] (I-VT), United States Representative, [[Morty Bahr]], President, [[Communications Workers of America]], [[Jim Wallis]], author, ''"God's Politics"'', [[Kim Gandy]], President, [[NOW]] and Rev. [[Jesse Jackson]], [[Rainbow PUSH Coalition]] spoke at the Send-off Plenary Lunch. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | {{reflist|2}} | ||
| + | |||
| + | =2006= | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[Image:Tba2006.jpg|thumb|200px]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | The '''2006 Take Back America Conference''' was hosted by [[Campaign for America's Future]] and held from June 12 - 14.<ref name=agenda06/> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Speakers== | ||
| + | The following is a list of the 153 people who spoke at the Conference:<ref name=agenda06>[http://www.ourfuture.org/node/13179 Take Back America 2006 - Agenda & Speakers] (accessed on May 14, 2010)</ref> | ||
| + | <div style="column-count:4;-moz-column-count:4;-webkit-column-count:4"> | ||
| + | *Sen. [[Barack Obama]] | ||
| + | *Sen. [[John Kerry]] | ||
| + | *Sen. [[Russ Feingold]] | ||
| + | *Gov. [[Tom Vilsack]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[George Miller]] | ||
| + | *Sen. [[Hillary Clinton]] | ||
| + | *Sen. [[Harry Reid]] | ||
| + | *Gov. [[Ed Rendell]] | ||
| + | *Sen. [[Gary Hart]] | ||
| + | *Sen. [[Tom Harkin]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[John Conyers]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Nancy Pelosi]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Bernie Sanders]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Jan Schakowsky]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Barbara Lee]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Maxine Waters]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Mel Watt]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Barney Frank]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Sherrod Brown]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Lynn Woolsey]] | ||
| + | *[[Robert Redford]] | ||
| + | *[[David Bonior]] | ||
| + | *[[Arianna Huffington]] | ||
| + | *[[Jerome Ringo]] | ||
| + | *[[Roger Hickey]] | ||
| + | *[[Cecile Richards]] | ||
| + | *[[Celinda Lake]] | ||
| + | *[[Gloria Totten]] | ||
| + | *[[John Podesta]] | ||
| + | *[[Jacob Hacker]] | ||
| + | *[[Gerald McEntee]] | ||
| + | *[[John Sweeney]] | ||
| + | *[[Robert Borosage]] | ||
| + | *[[Katrina vanden Heuvel]] | ||
| + | *[[Stan Greenberg]] | ||
| + | *[[Leo Gerard]] | ||
| + | *[[Larry Schweiger]] | ||
| + | *[[Anna Burger]] | ||
| + | *[[Joan Blades]] | ||
| + | *[[Biko Baker]] | ||
| + | *[[Jeff Faux]] | ||
| + | *[[Lisa Turner]] | ||
| + | *[[Jeff Blodgett]] | ||
| + | *[[Heather Booth]] | ||
| + | *[[William McNary]] | ||
| + | *[[Jerome Armstrong]] | ||
| + | *[[Michael Tomasky]] | ||
| + | *[[Barbara Ehrenreich]] | ||
| + | *Sen. [[Polly Baca]] | ||
| + | *[[Karen Nussbaum]] | ||
| + | *[[Maggie Fox]] | ||
| + | *[[Cecile Richards]] | ||
| + | *[[Luis Navarro]] | ||
| + | *[[Donna Edwards]] | ||
| + | *[[Kristina Wilfore]] | ||
| + | *[[William Lerach]] | ||
| + | *[[Madeline Janis-Aparicio]] | ||
| + | *[[Dan Carol]] | ||
| + | *[[Kay Coles]] | ||
| + | *[[Daniel Gotoff]] | ||
| + | *[[Will Robinson]] | ||
| + | *[[Alexander Robinson]] | ||
| + | *[[Jay Harris]] | ||
| + | *[[Alexandra Walker]] | ||
*[[Robert Greenwald]] | *[[Robert Greenwald]] | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Julie Bergman Sender]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Tracy Van Slyke]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Cenk Uygur]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Iara Peng]] |
| − | + | *[[Ellen Miller]] | |
| − | + | *[[Anya Kamenetz]] | |
| − | + | *[[David Donnelly]] | |
| − | + | *[[Quinn Wilhelmi]] | |
| − | + | *[[Elana Berkowitz]] | |
| − | + | *[[Maria Teresa Petersen]] | |
| − | + | *[[Kevin Phillips]] | |
| − | + | *[[Thea Lee]] | |
| − | + | *[[Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner]] | |
| − | + | *[[Andrea Batista Schlesinger]] | |
| − | + | *[[Tamara Draut]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jared Bernstein]] | |
| − | + | *[[Helen Brunner]] | |
| − | + | *[[Tim Bishop]] | |
| − | + | *[[Zach Polett]] | |
| − | + | *[[Eva Bonime]] | |
| − | + | *[[Gar Alperovitz]] | |
| − | + | *[[David Bollier]] | |
| − | + | *[[Wayne Ford]] | |
| − | + | *[[Frannie Wellings]] | |
| − | + | *[[Teresa Joyce]] | |
| − | + | *[[Deepak Bhargava]] | |
| − | + | *[[Rudy Lopez]] | |
| − | + | *[[Angelica Salas]] | |
| − | + | *[[Roberto Lovato]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jaime Contreras]] | |
| − | + | *[[Sonia Ramirez]] | |
| − | + | *Rep. [[Joyce Elliott]] | |
| − | + | *[[John DeGraaf]] | |
| − | + | *[[Laura Pacheco]] | |
| − | + | *[[Wendy Puriefoy]] | |
| − | + | *[[Eli Pariser]] | |
| − | + | *[[Solange Bitol-Hansen]] | |
| − | + | *[[Bernard Rapoport]] | |
| − | + | *[[Tom Matzzie]] | |
| − | + | *[[Chellie Pingree]] | |
| − | + | *[[Dee Brown]] | |
| − | + | *[[Karen Ackerman]] | |
| − | + | *[[Ruy Teixeira]] | |
| − | + | *[[Oliver Thomas]] | |
| − | + | *[[Robert McChesney]] | |
| − | + | *[[Marcy Darnovsky]] | |
| − | + | *[[Joe Solmonese]] | |
| − | + | *[[Wade Henderson]] | |
| − | + | *[[Maria Elena Durazo]] | |
| − | + | *Dr. [[Joan Williams]] | |
| − | + | *[[Irasema Garza]] | |
| − | + | *[[Carol Joyner]] | |
| − | + | *[[Cali Ressler]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jody Thompson]] | |
| − | + | *Rev. [[Jennifer S. Butler]] | |
| − | + | *[[Harvey J. Kaye]] | |
| + | *[[Michael Kazin]] | ||
| + | *[[David Sirota]] | ||
| + | *[[Sarah Anderson]] | ||
| + | *[[Steve Cobble]] | ||
| + | *Rev. [[Lennox Yearwood]] | ||
| + | *[[Dan Petegorsky]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Dave McAlpin]] | ||
| + | *[[Ron Sims]] | ||
| + | *[[Billy Parish]] | ||
| + | *[[Joel Rogers]] | ||
| + | *[[Joanne Derwin]] | ||
| + | *[[Rich Feldman]] | ||
| + | *[[Jennifer Ito]] | ||
| + | *[[Malia Lazu]] | ||
| + | *[[Belen Mendoza]] | ||
| + | *[[Walter Mosley]] | ||
| + | *[[Tyson King-Meadows]] | ||
| + | *[[Christine Chen]] | ||
| + | *Rev. [[Paul Sherry]] | ||
| + | *[[Jen Kern]] | ||
| + | *[[Beth Shulman]] | ||
| + | *[[Eric Boehlert]] | ||
| + | *[[Chris Rabb]] | ||
| + | *[[Matt Stoller]] | ||
| + | *[[Louis Pagan]] | ||
| + | *[[Christy Hardin Smith]] | ||
| + | *[[Mark Birnbaum]] | ||
| + | *[[Robert Greenwald]] | ||
| + | *[[Rick Jacobs]] | ||
| + | *[[Jim Schermbeck]] | ||
| + | *[[John Javna]] | ||
| + | *[[Tanya Harris]] | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| − | == | + | ==Sessions== |
| − | + | The following is a list of the sessions and events which were held at the conference:<ref name=agenda06/> | |
| − | === | + | ===Opening Plenary=== |
| − | On June | + | On June 12, 2006, [[Robert Borosage]], co-director, [[Campaign for America's Future]]; [[Stan Greenberg]], Chairman and CEO of [[Greenberg Quinlan Rosner]] and Co-founder of [[Democracy Corps]]; [[Katrina vanden Heuvel]], Editor & Publisher, [[The Nation]]; and [[Biko Baker]], [[National Hip Hop Political Convention]] spoke in the opening plenary which was entitled ''"Our Time: Progressive Promise; Conservative Collapse"''. |
| − | === | + | ===Book Signing=== |
| − | On June | + | On June 12, 2006, [[Stanley Greenberg]], author of ''The Two Americas: Our Current Political Deadlock and How to Break It'', [[Katrina vanden Heuvel]], author of ''The Dictionary of Republicanisms'' and [[John Javna]], author of ''50 Simple Things You Can Do to Fight the Right'', participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. |
| − | === | + | ===Apollo: New Energy, New Jobs, New Independence for America=== |
| − | On June | + | On June 12, 2006, [[Jerome Ringo]], President, [[Apollo Alliance]]; Senate Minority Leader [[Harry Reid]], D-Nevada; [[Larry J. Schweiger]], [[National Wildlife Federation]] President, spoke at the opening lunch which was entitled ''"Apollo: New Energy, New Jobs, New Independence for America"''. At this event, [[Robert Redford]], Actor and Environmental Activist presented the [[Apollo Alliance]] "Right Stuff" Award to [[Leo Gerard]], President, [[United Steelworkers]]. |
| − | === | + | ===An Economy that Works=== |
| − | On June | + | On June 12, 2006, [[Jeff Faux]], author, ''The Global Class War: How America's Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future – and What It Will Take to Win It Back''; and [[Anna Burger]], Chair, [[Change to Win]], International Secretary-Treasurer, [[Service Employees International Union]] spoke in a session entitled ''"An Economy that Works"''. |
| − | === | + | ===Heath Care for All=== |
| − | On June | + | On June 12, 2006, [[Jacob Hacker]], Professor of Political Science Yale University and Representative [[Jan Schakowsky]], D-Illinois, spoke in a session entitled ''"Heath Care for All"''. |
| − | === | + | ===Common Sense on Security=== |
| − | On June | + | On June 12, 2006, Senator [[Gary Hart]], Co-Chair, [[National Commission on Terrorism]] and Rep. [[Barbara Lee]], D-CA spoke in a session entitled ''"Common Sense on Security"''. |
| + | |||
| + | ===Revive the Gulf, Rebuild America=== | ||
| + | On June 12, 2006, Representative [[Bennie Thompson]], D-Mississippi; [[Stephen Bradberry]], Lead Organizer of [[ACORN]] New Orleans Chapter and 2005 RFK Human Rights Award Laureate; Representative [[Maxine Waters]], D-California; and [[John Sweeney]], President, [[AFL-CIO]], spoke in a session entitled ''"Revive the Gulf, Rebuild America"''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Book Signing=== | ||
| + | On June 12, 2006, [[Gary Hart]], author of ''The Shield and the Cloak: The Security of the Commons'', [[Jacob Hacker]], co-author (with [[Paul Pierson]]) of ''Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy'' and [[Jeff Faux]], author of ''The Global Class War: How America's Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future—and What It Will Take to Win It Back'' participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | ||
| − | == | + | ===Taking Back the States=== |
| − | + | On June 12, 2006, [[Gloria Totten]], Executive Director, [[Progressive Majority]]; [[Lisa Turner]], [[Turner and Associates]]; [[Jeff Blodgett]], [[Minnesota Roadmap]] and [[Wellstone Action]]; [[Heather Booth]], Strategic Director, Blueprint Project of [[Proteus Fund]]; [[William McNary]], President, [[USAction]]; and Senator [[Polly Baca]], Member of [[Progressive Majority]] Colorado Advisory Council spoke in a session entitled ''"Taking Back the States"''. | |
| − | = | + | ===Taking Back the Country: Building Progressive Capacity=== |
| + | On June 12, 2006, [[Karen Nussbaum]], Executive Director, [[Working America]]/[[AFL-CIO]]; [[Maggie Fox]], President, [[America Votes]]; [[Dan Carol]], Co-founder, [[The Cause]]; and [[Lorena Chambers]], CEO and co-founder of Chambers Lopez & Gait?n LLC, spoke in a session entitled ''"Taking Back the Country: Building Progressive Capacity"''. | ||
| − | [[ | + | ===New Ballot Initiative Battlefield in the States=== |
| + | On June 12, 2006, [[Kristina Wilfore]], Executive Director, [[Ballot Initiative Strategy Center and Foundation]]; [[Kay Coles]], [[National Education Association on TABOR]] and the "65% Solution"; [[Daniel Gotoff]], Lake Research Partners]] on Minimum wage campaigns; [[Will Robinson]], [[MacWilliams Robinson & Partners]] on Initiatives as wedge issues; and [[Alexander Robinson]], [[National Black Justice Coalition]] on Marriage initiatives, spoke in a session entitled ''"New Ballot Initiative Battlefield in the States"''. | ||
| − | + | ===Taking Back the Media=== | |
| + | On June 12, 2006, [[Jay Harris]], publisher, [[Mother Jones]]; [[Alexandra Walker]], Executive Editor, [[TomPaine.com]]; [[Robert Greenwald]], Filmmaker, [[Brave New Films]]; [[Julie Bergman Sender]], [[The Cause]]: Progressive Echo Chamber; [[Roberto Lovato]], [[New America Media]]; [[Tracy Van Slyke]], [[In These Times]]: The Media Consortium; and [[Cenk Uygur]], co-host of [[The Young Turks]] on Sirius Satellite Radio, spoke in a session entitled ''"Taking Back the Media: The Building of the New Progressive Media Infrastructure in the New Media Environment"''. | ||
| − | == | + | ===New Leaders, New Energy=== |
| − | + | On June 12, 2006, [[Iara Peng]], [[Young People For]]; [[Quinn Wilhelmi]], [[Roosevelt Institution]]; [[Biko Baker]], [[National Hip Hop Political Convention]]; [[Maria Teresa Petersen]], Executive Director, [[Vota Latina]]; and [[Elana Berkowitz]], [[Campus Progress]] spoke in a session entitled ''"New Leaders, New Energy"''. | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ===Book Signing=== | |
| − | + | On June 12, 2006, [[Jacob Hacker]], co-author (with [[Paul Pierson]]) of ''Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy'' participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ===Take Back America Concert: Take Back "The Party"=== | |
| − | + | On June 12, 2006, [[Peter Rosenberg]], Radio DJ, WJFK Free FM, Washington, D.C., emceed a party entitled ''"Take Back America Concert: Take Back "The Party""''. Artists performing at the party were: [[Honor By August]], [[Rana Mansour]] and [[Flex Mathews]]. | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ===Film Showings=== | |
| − | + | On June 12, 2006, [[Robert Greenwald]] and [[Brave New Films]] Filmmakers, [[Mark Birnbaum]] & [[Jim Schermbeck]], introduced a film evening which featured two films: ''"The Big Buy: TomDeLay's Stolen Congress"'' and ''"Motherhood Manifesto – Film Based on Book by Joan Blades"''. | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ===Senator Hillary Clinton, D-New York=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, Senator [[Hillary Clinton]] spoke in a 30 minute session. | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ===Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, D-CA=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, Congressman [[Nancy Pelosi]] spoke in a 30 minute session. | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ===Senator John Kerry, D-Massachusetts=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, Senator [[John Kerry]] spoke in a 30 minute session. | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ===The Motherhood Manifesto=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Joan Blades]], President, [[MomsRising]] and co-author, ''The Motherhood Manifesto'' and [[Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner]], Executive Director, [[Moms Rising]] and co-author, ''The Motherhood Manifesto'' spoke in a session entitled ''"The Motherhood Manifesto"''. | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ===Quality Education for All=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Wendy D. Puriefoy]], President, [[Public Education Network]] and Representative [[George Miller]] D-California spoke in a session entitled ''"Quality Education for All"''. | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ===Clean Out the Stables: Reform the Political Process=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Eli Pariser]], Executive Director, [[MoveOn.org]] Political Action & [[MoveOn.org]] Civic Action; [[Solange Bitol-Hansen]], National Program Director, [[Public Campaign]]; and [[Chellie Pingree]], President, [[Common Cause]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Clean Out the Stables: Reform the Political Process"''. | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ===Book Signing=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Eric Boehlert]], author of ''Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush'', [[Marcy Darnovsky]], author of ''Cultural Politics and Social Movements'', [[Celinda Lake]], author of ''What Women Really Want: How American Woman Are Quietly Erasing Political, Racial, Class and Religious Lines to Change the Way We Live'', [[Glenn Greenwald]], author of ''How Would a Patriot Act?'', participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ===The Emerging Progressive Majority=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Celinda Lake]], President, [[Lake, Snell, Pery, Mermin & Associate]] and co-author, ''"What Women Really Want : How American Women Are Quietly Erasing Political, Racial, Class, and Religious Lines to Change the Way We Live"''; [[Dee Brown]], President, [[Brilliant Corners Research and Strategies]]; [[Karen Ackerman]], Political Director, [[AFL-CIO]]; and [[Ruy Teixeira]], Joint Fellow, [[Center for American Progress]] and [[The Century Foundation]] spoke in a session entitled ''"The Emerging Progressive Majority"''. | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ===Katrina: America's Test=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Oliver Thomas]], President, New Orleans City Council; [[Tanya Harris]], Lead Organizer for the Lower 9th Ward, [[ACORN]] New Orleans Chapter | |
| − | + | Rev. [[Lennox Yearwood]], [[Hip Hop Caucus]] and [[Institute for Policy Studies]]; and [[Wyatt Closs]], Director, [[SEIU]] Community Strengths Division spoke in a session entitled ''"Katrina: America's Test"''. | |
| − | + | ||
| − | + | ===Blogs: The Insurgent Voice=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Glenn Greenwald]] - [[Unclaimed Territory]]; [[Chris Rabb]], [[Afro-Netizen]]; [[Jerome Armstrong]], Co-author, ''"Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots and the Rise of People-Powered Politics"''; [[Matt Stoller]], [[MyDD.com]]; [[Liza Sabater]], [[Culture Kitchen]]; and [[Christy Hardin Smith]], [[Firedoglake]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Blogs: The Insurgent Voice"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Action Movies: Brave New Films Putting Movies Into Motion=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Mark Birnbaum]], Filmmaker; [[Robert Greenwald]], [[Brave New Films]]; [[Rick Jacobs]], [[Courage Campaign]] and [[Brave New Films]]; and [[Chellie Pingree]], President, [[Common Cause Jim Schermbeck]], Filmmaker spoke in a session entitled ''"Action Movies: Brave New Films Putting Movies Into Motion"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Book Signing=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Jerome Armstrong]], author of ''"Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and The Rise of People-Powered Politics"'' and [[Celinda Lake]], author of ''"What Women Really Want: How American Women Are Quietly Erasing Political, Racial, Class and Religious Lines to Change the Way We Live"'' participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Governor Tom Vilsack=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, Governor [[Tom Vilsack]] spoke in a 15 minute session. | |
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| − | + | ===Lunch Session=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Michael Tomasky]], Editor, ]]The American Prospect]], and author, ''"Party in Search of a Notion"''; [[Barbara Ehrenreich]], author, ''"Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America"''; and Representative [[Mel Watt]], D-NC, Chair, [[Congressional Black Caucus]] spoke in a lunch session. | |
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| − | + | ===Book Signing=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Joan Blades]] & [[Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner]], co-authors of ''"The Motherhood Manifesto"'' and [[Barbara Ehrenreich]], author of ''"Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream"'' participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Devalued: The Anti-American Right=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Cecile Richards]], President, [[Planned Parenthood]]; Representative [[Barney Frank]], D-Massachusetts; [[Marcy Darnovsky]], Associate Executive Director, [[Center for Genetics and Society]]; [[Joe Solmonese]], President, [[Human Rights Campaign]]; and [[Wade Henderson]], Executive Director, [[Leadership Conference on Civil Rights]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Devalued: The Anti-American Right"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Take Back the Workplace: A Progressive Strategy for a 21st Century Economy=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Teresa Joyce]], Customer Service Representative for Cingular Wireless; Hon. [[David Bonior]], Chair, [[American Rights at Work]]; [[Jeffrey A. Rechenbach]], Executive Vice President, Communications Workers of [[American Rights at Work]]; [[Maria Elena Durazo]], Executive Secretary Treasurer, [[Los Angeles County Federation of Labor]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Take Back the Workplace: A Progressive Strategy for a 21st Century Economy"''. | |
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| − | + | ===New Immigrants' Movement=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Deepak Bhargava]], Exec. Dir., [[Center for Community Change]]; [[Rudy Lopez]], [[Wellstone Action]] National Field Director and Former Field Director for the [[US Hispanic Leadership Institute]]; [[Angelica Salas]], Executive Director, [[Coaliation for Humane Immigrant Rights of LA]]; [[Roberto Lovato]], [[New America Media]]; [[Jaime Contreras]], President, [[National Capital Immigration Coalition]] and [[SEIU]]; and [[Sonia Ramierz]], Legislative Representative, [[AFL-CIO]] spoke in a session entitled ''"New Immigrants' Movement"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Hostile Takeover, Common Sense, and Populism=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Harvey J. Kaye]], author of ''"Thomas Paine & the Promise of America"''; [[David Sirota]], author of ''"Hostile Takeover"''; and [[Michael Kazin]], author of ''"Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan"'' spoke in a session entitled ''"Hostile Takeover, Common Sense, and Populism"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Eruptions: Challenging a Lawless President=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Steve Cobble]], Co-Founder, [[AfterDowningStreet.org]]; Representative [[John Conyers]], D-Michigan; and [[Sarah Anderson]], Director, Global Economy Program, [[Institute for Policy Studies]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Eruptions: Challenging a Lawless President"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Book Signing=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Harvey J. Kaye]], author of ''"Thomas Paine and the Promise of America"''; [[Michael Kazin]], author of ''"A Gody Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan"''; and [[David Sirota]], author of ''"Hostile Takeover: How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government - and How We Take It Back"'' participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Progressives Rock the States: Reform on the March=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, Rep. [[Joyce Elliott]], Arkansas House of Representatives; [[Dan Petegorsky]], E/D, [[Western States Center]]; Senator [[G. Spencer Coggs]], Wisconsin Senate; Representative [[Dave McAlpin]], Montana House; and [[Ron Sims]], King County Executive, Washington spoke in a session entitled ''"Progressives Rock the States: Reform on the March"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Apollo: New Jobs and Energy for States, Cities and Campuses=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Billy Parish]], Coordinator, [[Energy Action]]; [[Joel Rogers]], Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison; [[Joanne Derwin]], Director, [[Urban Agenda]]; [[Rich Feldman]], Executive Director, Workers Center - [[King County Labor Council]], Washington State Coordinator, [[Apollo Alliance]]; and [[Jennifer Ito]], [[CIPHER]] Director, [[Strategic Concepts in Organizing Policy Education]] (SCOPE) spoke in a session entitled ''"Apollo: New Jobs and Energy for States, Cities and Campuses"''. | |
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| − | + | ===We the People: The Coming Majority=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Malia Lazu]], [[Progressive Majority]] (Racial Justice Campaign Fund); [[Belen Mendoza]], [[America Votes]]; [[Walter Mosley]], author of ''"Life Out of Context"''; [[Tyson King-Meadows]], author of ''"Devolution and Black State Legislators"''; and [[Christine Chen]], National Director, [[APIA Vote]] spoke in a session entitled ''"We the People: The Coming Majority"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Raise the Floor by Raising the Roof: The Minimum Wage Campaigns=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, Rev. [[Paul Sherry]], Coordinator, the [[Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign]] [[Julie Smith]], [[ACORN]] Leader, Cleveland OH; [[Jen Kern]], Director, [[ACORN]] Living Wage Center; and [[Beth Shulman]], author of ''"The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans"'' spoke in a session entitled ''"Raise the Floor by Raising the Roof: The Minimum Wage Campaigns"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Book Signing=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Walter Mosley]], author of ''"Life Out of Context"''; [[Beth Shulman]], author of ''"The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans"''; and [[John Javna]], author of ''"50 Simple Things You Can Do to Fight the Right"'' participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Campaign for America's Future Gala Dinner=== | |
| − | + | On June 13, 2006, [[Arianna Huffington]], Author, Columnist, and co-Founder and Editor of [[HuffingtonPost.com]] was master of ceremonies at the ''"Campaign for America's Future Gala Dinner"''. Remarks were made by [[Robert L. Borosage]] and [[Roger Hickey]], Co-Directors, [[Campaign for America's Future]]. An excerpt of a message from [[James K. Galbraith]] was read. [[Bernard Rapoport]] was presented with the ''America's Future Lifetime Leadership Award'' by the Honorable [[Tom Harkin]]. [[Gloria A. Totten]] was presented with the ''America's Future Progressive Champion Award'' by [[Cecile Richards]]. And [[Angelica Salas]] was presented with the ''Paul Wellstone Citizen Leadership Award'' by the Honorable [[Hilda Solis]] and [[Maria Elena Durazo]] (2003 Wellstone Award Honoree). | |
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| − | + | ===Senator Russ Feingold=== | |
| − | + | On June 14, 2006, Senator [[Russ Feingold]] spoke in a 30 minute session. | |
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| − | + | ===Book Signing=== | |
| − | + | On June 14, 2006, [[Eric Boehlert]], author of ''"Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush"''; [[Anya Kamenetz]], author of ''"Generation Debt: Why Now is a Terrible Time to Be Young"''; and [[Kevin Phillips]], author of ''"American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century"'' participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | |
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| − | + | ===The Investment Gap: Put People First=== | |
| − | + | On June 14, 2006, [[John Podesta]], President, [[Center for American Progress]]; Governor [[Ed Rendell]], Pennsylvania; and [[Donna Edwards]], Candidate for Congress, MD-4, on leave as Director, [[Arca Foundation]] spoke in a session entitled ''"The Investment Gap: Put People First"''. | |
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| − | + | ===The Global Deficit: Good Jobs in a Global Economy=== | |
| − | + | On June 14, 2006, [[Kevin Philips]], author, [[American Theocracy]]; [[Thea Lee]], Assistant Director for Internal Economics, [[AFL-CIO]]; and Representative [[Sherrod Brown]], D-Ohio and candidate for Senate spoke in a session entitled ''"The Global Deficit: Good Jobs in a Global Economy"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Corporate Default: Curbing Corporate Lawlessness=== | |
| − | + | On June 14, 2006, [[William Lerach]], partner, [[Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins]]; and [[Madeline Janis-Aparicio]], Co-founder and Executive Director of the [[Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Corporate Default: Curbing Corporate Lawlessness"''. | |
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| − | + | ===MomsRising! Taking Back Family Values in the Workplace=== | |
| − | + | On June 14, 2006, [[Joan Blades]], Co-Founder, [[MoveOn.org]] and [[MomsRising]] and President, [[MomsRising]]; [[Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner]], Co-Founder and Executive Director, [[MomsRising]]; Dr. [[Joan Williams]], Founding Director, [[WorkLife Law]] (WLL), and Professor, University of California, Hastings College of the Law; [[Irasema Garza]], Director, [[AFSCME]] Women's Rights Department, and Political Director, [[Working America]]; [[Carol Joyner]], Former Head, 1199 Employer Child Care Fund ([[SEIU]]); [[John DeGraaf]], Director, [[Take Back Your Time and Motherhood Manifesto]]; [[Cali Ressler]] and [[Jody Thompson]], Co-Founders, [[CultureRx]] (Best Buy Workplace Innovators); and the Rev. [[Jennifer S. Butler]], Executive Director, [[Faith in Public Life]] spoke in a session entitled ''"MomsRising! Taking Back Family Values in the Workplace"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Class Matters: Rebuilding America's Dream=== | |
| − | + | On June 14, 2006, [[Andrea Batista Schlesinger]], Executive Director, [[The Drum Major Institute]]; [[Tamara Draut]], Director, Economic Opportunity Program at [[Demos]], and author, ''"Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead"''; and [[Jared Bernstein]], [[Economic Policy Institute]] and Author, ''"All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy"'' spoke in a session entitled ''"Class Matters: Rebuilding America's Dream"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Book Signing=== | |
| − | + | On June 14, 2006, [[Jared Bernstein]], author of ''"All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy"''; and [[Tamara Draut]], author of ''"Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead"'' participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Securing and Expanding the Common Wealth: The Next Best Thing=== | |
| − | + | On June 14, 2006, [[Helen Brunner]], [[Media Democracy Fund]]; [[Gar Alperovitz]], U. of MD. and author of ''"America Beyond Capitalism"''; [[David Bollier]], Editor, [[OntheCommons.org]] and Fellow, [[Tomales Bay Institute]]; and [[Wayne Ford]], State Representative, Iowa spoke in a session entitled ''"Securing and Expanding the Common Wealth: The Next Best Thing"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Media Reform: A Critical Issue of Our Times=== | |
| − | + | On June 14, 2006, [[Frannie Wellings]], [[Free Press]]; Representative [[Bernie Sanders]], I-Vermont, and candidate for US Senate; [[Robert W. McChesney]], President, [[Free Press]]; and [[Adam Green]], [[MoveOn.org]] Civic Action spoke in a session entitled ''"Media Reform: A Critical Issue of Our Times"''. | |
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| − | + | ===The Cost of Corruption Campaign: the Defining Issue in 2006=== | |
| − | + | On June 14, 2006, [[Ellen Miller]]; [[Anya Kamenetz]], author of book & blog ''Generation Debt''; [[David Donnelly]], [[Public Campaign Action Fund]]; [[David Bookbinder]], Senior Attorney, [[Sierra Club]]'s Environmental Law Program; [[Roger Hickey]], Co-Director, [[Campaign for America's Future]]; and [[Eli Pariser]], Executive Director of [[MoveOn.org]] Political Action and [[MoveOn.org]] Civic Action spoke in a session entitled ''"The Cost of Corruption Campaign: the Defining Issue in 2006"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Eruptions: The Public Moves Against the War=== | |
| − | + | On June 14, 2006, Representative [[Lynn Woolsey]]; [[Tom Matzzie]], Washington Director for [[MoveOn.org]]; [[Joseph Wilson]] IV, Former US Ambassador, and author, ''"The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity"''; and [[Ned Lamont]], Candidate for US Senate spoke in a session entitled ''"Eruptions: The Public Moves Against the War"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Building Power & Winning Elections: "Fusion" Politics and the Working Families Party=== | |
| − | + | On June 14, 2006, Congressman [[Tim Bishop]], (D-WF), CD-1, NY; [[Zach Polett]], [[ACORN]]; and [[Eva Bonime]], [[Working Families Party]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Building Power & Winning Elections: "Fusion" Politics and the Working Families Party"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Book Signing=== | |
| − | + | On June 14, 2006, [[Gar Alperovitz]], author of ''"America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy"''; [[David Bollier]], author of ''"Brand Name Bullies: The Quest to Own and Control Culture"''; [[Anya Kamenetz]], author of ''"Generation Debt: Why Now is a Terrible Time to Be Young"''; and [[Robert McChesney]], author of ''"Tragedy & Farce and The Problem of the Media"'' participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | |
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| − | + | ===Closing Luncheon: You Have The Power=== | |
| − | + | On June 14, 2006, Rep. [[Jan Schakowsky]], D-IL; [[Gerald McEntee]], President, [[AFSCME]]; Senator [[Barack Obama]] spoke in the closing luncheon entitled ''"You Have The Power"''. | |
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| − | + | [[Image:Borosage-tba06.jpg|thumb|[[Robert Borosage]] speaks at the opening plenary of the 2007 [[Take Back America]] Conference]] | |
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| − | + | The '''2007 Take Back America Conference''' was hosted by [[Campaign for America's Future]] and held from March 18 - 20 at Hilton Washington Hotel, 1919 Connecticut Avenue, Washington D.C.<ref name=agenda07>[http://www.ourfuture.org/node/13180 Take Back America 2007 - Agenda] (accessed on May 13, 2010)</ref> | |
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| − | + | ==Speakers== | |
| − | + | The following is a list of the 237 people who spoke at the Conference:<ref>[http://www.ourfuture.org/node/19968 Take Back America 2007 - Speakers] (accessed on May 13, 2010)</ref> | |
| − | + | <div style="column-count:4;-moz-column-count:4;-webkit-column-count:4"> | |
| − | + | *[[Davey D]], DJ, Hip Hop Journalist | |
| − | + | *[[J. Period]], DJ | |
| − | + | *[[Cherryl Aldave]], Moderator | |
| − | + | *[[Billy Wimsatt]], [[League of Independent Voters]] | |
| − | + | *[[Grime]], Hip Hop Artist | |
| − | + | *[[D Labrie]], [[Hip Hop Congress]] | |
| − | + | *Rep. [[Roberta Abdul Salaam]] | |
| − | + | *[[Karl Agne]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jason Alexander]] | |
| − | + | *[[Gar Alperovitz]] | |
| − | + | *[[Dan Ancona]] | |
| − | + | *Dr. [[Juan Andrade, Jr.]] | |
| − | + | *[[Phil Angelides]] | |
| − | + | *[[Diane Archer]] | |
| − | + | *[[John Arensmeyer]] | |
| − | + | *[[Nan Aron]] | |
| − | + | *[[Bama Athreya]] | |
| − | + | *[[Biko Baker]] | |
| − | + | *[[Stacy Bannerman]] | |
| − | + | *[[Ellynne Bannon]] | |
| − | + | *[[Katie Barge]] | |
| − | + | *[[Melody Barnes]] | |
| − | + | *[[Tony Barr]] | |
| − | + | *[[R. Rand Beers|Rand Beers]] | |
| − | + | *[[Medea Benjamin]] | |
| − | + | *[[Julie Bergman Sender]] | |
| − | + | *[[Duncan Black]] | |
| − | + | *[[Ron Blackwell]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jeff Blodgett]] | |
| − | + | *[[Progressive Bloggers]] | |
| − | + | *[[Robert Borosage]] | |
| − | + | *[[Chris Bowers]] | |
| − | + | *Sen. [[Barbara Boxer]] | |
| − | + | *[[Keith Boykin]] | |
| − | + | *[[Robert Brandon]] | |
| − | + | *[[Ellen Bravo]] | |
| − | + | *[[Donna Brazile]] | |
| − | + | *[[David Brock]] | |
| − | + | *Senator [[Sherrod Brown]] | |
| − | + | *[[Anna Burger]] | |
| − | + | *[[Angela Canterbury]] | |
| − | + | *[[Tim Carpenter]] | |
| − | + | *[[Majora Carter]] | |
| − | + | *[[Sally Castleman]] | |
| − | + | *[[John Cavanagh]] | |
| − | + | *[[Julie Christensen]] | |
| − | + | *[[Michelle Ciccarelli]] | |
| − | + | *Sen. [[Hillary Clinton]] | |
| − | + | *[[Steve Cobble]] | |
| − | + | *[[Matthew Cohen]] | |
| − | + | *[[Chuck Collins]] | |
| − | + | *[[Joe Conason]] | |
| − | + | *Representative [[John Conyers]] | |
| − | + | *Rep. [[Joe Courtney]] | |
| − | + | *[[Craig Crawford]] | |
| − | + | *[[Anita Dancs]] | |
| − | + | *[[Anthony Daniels]] | |
| − | + | *Rep. [[Rosa DeLauro]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jim Dean]] | |
| − | + | *[[Howard Dean]] | |
| − | + | *[[Allegra Dengler]] | |
| − | + | *[[Robert Dodge]] | |
| − | + | *[[David Donnelly]] | |
| − | + | *[[Tamara Draut]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jane Dugdale]] | |
| − | + | *Del. [[Adam Ebbin]] | |
| − | + | *[[Peter Edelman]] | |
| − | + | *Senator [[John Edwards]] | |
| − | + | *[[Donna Edwards]] | |
| − | + | *[[Ross Eisenbrey]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jon Elliot]] | |
| − | + | *Representative [[Keith Ellison]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jodie Evans]] | |
| − | + | *Rep. [[Jessica Farrar]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jeffrey Feldman]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jenifer Fernandez Ancona]] | |
| − | + | *[[Bob Fertik]] | |
| − | + | *[[Laura Flanders]] | |
| − | + | *[[Glen Ford]] | |
| − | + | *[[Bill Foster]] | |
| − | + | *[[Dan Froomkin]] | |
| − | + | *[[Page Gardner]] | |
| − | + | *[[Irasema Garza]] | |
| − | + | *[[Alex Gibney]] | |
| − | + | *[[Ralph E. Gomory]] | |
| − | + | *[[Mel Goodman]] | |
| − | + | *[[E. J. Graff]] | |
| − | + | *Sen. [[Mike Gravel]] | |
| − | + | *[[Mark Green]] | |
| − | + | *[[Adam Green]] | |
| − | + | *[[Stan Greenberg]] | |
| − | + | *[[Robert Greenwald]] | |
| − | + | *Senator [[Nan Orrock|Nan Grogan Orrock]] | |
| − | + | *[[Vanessa Gueringer]] | |
| − | === | + | *[[Jane Hamsher]] |
| − | + | *[[Lauren Harkrader]] | |
| − | + | *[[Thom Hartmann]] | |
| − | + | *[[Ana Henderson]] | |
| − | + | *[[Wade Henderson]], Esq. | |
| − | + | *[[Roger Hickey]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jon Hoadley]] | |
| − | + | *[[Arlene Holt]] | |
| − | + | *[[Chung-Wha Hong]] | |
| − | + | *[[Lane Hudson]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jon Hunt]] | |
| − | + | *[[Maude Hurd]] | |
| − | + | *[[Michael Huttner]] | |
| − | + | *[[Lee Iacocca]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jesse Jackson]] | |
| − | + | *Rep. [[Sheila Jackson Lee]] | |
| − | + | *[[Carol Jenkins]] | |
| − | + | *[[Alan Jenkins]] | |
| − | + | *[[Vickie Johnson]] | |
| − | + | *[[Dave Johnson]] | |
| − | + | *[[Rob Johnson]] | |
| − | + | *[[Van Jones]] | |
| − | + | *[[Conor Kenny]] | |
| − | + | *[[Michael Kieschnick]] | |
| − | + | *[[Adam Klaus]] | |
| − | + | *Senator [[Amy Klobuchar]] | |
| − | + | *[[Lawrence Korb]] | |
| − | + | *[[Robert Kraig]] | |
| − | + | *[[Corbett Kroehler]] | |
| − | + | *Representative [[Dennis Kucinich]] | |
| − | + | *[[Celinda Lake]] | |
| − | + | *[[Ned Lamont]] | |
| − | + | *[[Lynn Landes]] | |
| − | + | *[[Thea Lee]] | |
| − | + | *Representative [[Barbara Lee]] | |
| − | + | *[[Anna Lefer]] | |
| − | + | *[[John Logue]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jeff Madrick]] | |
| − | + | *Dr. [[Julianne Malveaux]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jon Mandell]] | |
| − | + | *Rep. [[Jim Marzilli]] | |
| − | + | *[[Tom Matzzie]] | |
| − | + | *Rep. [[Joe McDermott]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jane McDonald-Pines]] | |
| − | + | *[[Tim McFeeley]] | |
| − | + | *[[Kathleen McGinty]] | |
| − | + | *[[Kellye McIntosh]] | |
| − | + | *[[William McNary]] | |
| − | + | *[[Harold Meyerson]] | |
| − | + | *[[Ellen Miller]] | |
| − | + | *[[Lawrence Mishel|Larry Mishel]] | |
| − | + | *[[Michael Moore]] | |
| − | + | *[[Eddy Morales]] | |
| − | + | *Rep. [[Patrick Murphy]] | |
| − | + | *[[Nathan Newman]] | |
| − | + | *[[Sara Nichols]] | |
| − | + | *[[Laura Nichols]] | |
| − | + | *[[Shamako Nobel]] | |
| − | + | *[[Ali Noorani]] | |
| − | + | *[[Shawn O'Donnell]] | |
| − | + | *Sen. [[Barack Obama]] | |
| − | + | *[[Juan Pacheco]] | |
| − | + | *[[Jennifer Pae]] | |
| − | + | *[[Eli Pariser]] | |
| − | + | *[[Arn Pearson]] | |
| − | + | *Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] | |
| − | + | *[[Gabe Pendas]] | |
| − | + | *[[Rick Perlstein]] | |
| − | + | *[[Duane Peterson]] | |
| − | + | *[[Michael Phillips]] | |
| − | + | *[[John Podesta]] | |
| − | </div> | + | *[[Isaiah Poole]] |
| + | *[[Carl Pope]] | ||
| + | *[[Chris Rabb]] | ||
| + | *[[Jamin Raskin]] | ||
| + | *[[Connie Rice]] | ||
| + | *[[Cecile Richards]] | ||
| + | *Gov. [[Bill Richardson]] | ||
| + | *[[Jerome Ringo]] | ||
| + | *[[Will Robinson]] | ||
| + | *[[Joel Rogers]] | ||
| + | *[[Simon Rosenberg]] | ||
| + | *[[Matthew Rothschild]] | ||
| + | *[[Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner]] | ||
| + | *[[Jason Rozenblat]] | ||
| + | *[[James Rucker]] | ||
| + | *[[Alicia Russell]] | ||
| + | *[[Angelica Salas]] | ||
| + | *[[James Salt]] | ||
| + | *Senator [[Bernie Sanders]] | ||
| + | *[[Guy Saperstein]] | ||
| + | *Representative [[Jan Schakowsky]] | ||
| + | *[[Andrea Batista Schlesinger]] | ||
| + | *[[Rinku Sen]] | ||
| + | *[[Susan Shaer]] | ||
| + | *[[Anita Sharma]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Carol Shea-Porter]] | ||
| + | *[[Beth Shulman]] | ||
| + | *[[David Shuster]] | ||
| + | *[[Josh Silver]] | ||
| + | *Dr. [[Jonathan Simon]] JD | ||
| + | *[[Jonathan Simon]] | ||
| + | *[[Harold Simon]] | ||
| + | *[[Madhuri Singh]] | ||
| + | *[[David Sirota]] | ||
| + | *[[Nicholas Skala]] | ||
| + | *[[Holly Sklar]] | ||
| + | *[[Jefferson Smith]] | ||
| + | *[[Bev Smith]] | ||
| + | *[[Lori Sokol]] | ||
| + | *Representative [[Hilda Solis]] | ||
| + | *[[Jon Soltz]] | ||
| + | *[[Greg Squires]] | ||
| + | *[[Joan Stallard]] | ||
| + | *Rev. [[Ron Stief]] | ||
| + | *[[Matt Stoller]] | ||
| + | *[[David Swanson]] | ||
| + | *[[Aimee Tavares]] | ||
| + | *[[Adam Taylor]] | ||
| + | *Senator [[Jon Tester]] | ||
| + | *State Rep. [[Alisha Thomas Morgan]] | ||
| + | *[[Jessy Tolkan]] | ||
| + | *[[Gustavo Torres]] | ||
| + | *[[Gloria Totten]] | ||
| + | *[[Marisa Trevino]] | ||
| + | *[[Rich Trumka]] | ||
| + | *[[Cenk Uyger]] | ||
| + | *[[Tracy Van Slyke]] | ||
| + | *[[Mara Vanderslice]] | ||
| + | *[[Michael Waldman]] | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Maxine Waters]] | ||
| + | *[[Drew Westen]] | ||
| + | *[[Marcy Wheeler]] | ||
| + | *[[Judy Wicks]] | ||
| + | *[[Kristina Wilfore]] | ||
| + | *[[Roger Wilkins]] | ||
| + | *[[Elandria Williams]] | ||
| + | *[[Oliver Willis]] | ||
| + | *[[Richard Wolffe]] | ||
| + | *[[Jay Woodson]], NHHPC | ||
| + | *Rep. [[Lynn Woolsey]] | ||
| + | *[[Quentin Young]] | ||
| + | *[[Katrina vanden Heuvel]] | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Sponsors and Partners== | ||
| + | The following organizations were sponsors or partners of the conference:<ref>[http://www.ourfuture.org/node/13157 Take Back America 2007 - Sponsors''] (accessed on May 13, 2010)</ref> | ||
| − | == | + | ===Conference Sponsors=== |
| − | + | *[[Tides]] | |
| − | + | *[[Working Assets]] | |
| − | + | *[[Air America Radio]] | |
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| − | *[[ | ||
| − | *[[ | ||
| − | *[[ | ||
| − | + | ===Conference Partners=== | |
| − | *[[ | + | <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> |
| − | + | *[[Progressive Majority]] | |
| − | + | *[[Apollo Alliance]] | |
| − | + | *[[Tom Paine Common Sense]] | |
| + | *[[SEIU]] | ||
| + | *[[US Action]] | ||
| + | *[[ACORN]] | ||
| + | *[[AFL-CIO]] | ||
| + | *[[United Steel Workers]] | ||
| + | *[[Move On]] | ||
| + | *1199 [[SEIU]] United Healthcare Workers East | ||
| + | *[[American Federation Employees]] State County Municipal ([[AFL-CIO]]) | ||
| + | *[[Center for Policy Alternatives]] | ||
| + | *[[Yearly Kos Convention]] | ||
| + | *[[Ballot Initiative Strategy Center]] | ||
| + | *[[True Majority]] | ||
| + | *[[Alliance for Justice]] | ||
| + | *[[National Priorities Project]] | ||
| + | *[[New Organizing Institute]] | ||
| + | *[[United American Nurses]], [[AFL-CIO]] | ||
| + | *[[Democracy for America]] | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| − | === | + | ===Media Partners=== |
| − | + | <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> | |
| − | + | *[[The Nation]] | |
| − | + | *[[The Al Sharpton Show]] | |
| − | + | *[[The American Prospect]] | |
| − | + | *[[American Urban Radio Networks]] | |
| − | + | *[[The Bev Smith Show]] | |
| − | + | *[[Free Speech TV]] | |
| − | + | *[[Global Vision]] | |
| − | + | *[[The Guy James Show]] | |
| − | + | *[[In These Times]] | |
| − | + | *[[The Jon Elliot Show]] | |
| − | + | *[[Urban Journal]] | |
| − | + | *[[1600 Kopt]] | |
| − | + | *[[Liberty News]] | |
| − | + | *[[Mother Jones]] | |
| − | + | *[[Ms. Magazine]] | |
| − | + | *[[OpEdNews.com]] | |
| + | *[[The Progressive Populist]] | ||
| + | *[[Radio One]] | ||
| + | *[[Ring of Fire]] | ||
| + | *[[Regional News Network]] | ||
| + | *[[State of Belief]] | ||
| + | *[[Washington Monthly]] | ||
| + | *[[The Young Turks]] | ||
| + | *[[The Progressive]] | ||
| + | *[[Yes!]] | ||
| + | *[[Alter Net]] | ||
| + | *[[Blog Talk Radio]] | ||
| + | *[[We Ourselves]] | ||
| + | *[[Campus Progress]] | ||
| + | *[[Color Lines]] | ||
| + | *[[Talk Radio News Service]] | ||
| + | *[[Mark Levine]]'s [[RadioInsideScoop.com]] | ||
| + | *[[Minnesota Matters]] | ||
| + | *[[AM 1600 WWRL]] - New York's Progressive Talk | ||
| + | *[[The Texas Observer]] | ||
| + | *[[The Thom Hartmann Program]] | ||
| + | *[[The Wip]] | ||
| + | *[[1370 WVLY]] - The Voice of the Valley | ||
| + | *[[Shelter Force]] | ||
| + | *[[The Peter B. Collins Show]] | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| − | == | + | ==Delegates== |
| − | + | The following were delegates at the conference and were interviewed by [[Bill Scher]]: | |
| + | *[[David Sirota]] | ||
| + | *[[Diane Archer]] | ||
| + | *[[Tracy Van Slyke]] | ||
| + | *[[Andrea Batista Schlesinger]] | ||
| + | *[[Marisa Trevino]] | ||
| + | *[[Oliver Willis]] | ||
| − | + | The following were delegates to the conference: | |
| − | + | *[[Ian Mishalove]]<ref>[http://tba2007.confabb.com/conferences/tba2007/sessions/5564/details TBA 2007: Session: ''Our Time Has Come''] (accessed on May 13, 2010)</ref> | |
| − | == | + | ==Sessions== |
| − | + | The following is a list of the sessions and events which were held at the conference:<ref name=agenda07/> | |
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| − | === | + | ===Our Time Has Come=== |
| − | On June 18, 2007, [[ | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Robert Borosage]], Representative [[Keith Ellison]], [[Eli Pariser]], Representative [[Jan Schakowsky]] and [[Andrea Batista Schlesinger]] spoke in the opening session entitled ''"Our Time Has Come"''. |
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| − | === | + | ===Lunch Plenary, Apollo: New Energy and New Jobs=== |
| − | On June 18, 2007, [[ | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Phil Angelides]], [[Kathleen McGinty]], [[Carl Pope]] and [[Jerome Ringo]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Lunch Plenary, Apollo: New Energy and New Jobs"''. |
| − | === | + | ===Global Warming And Voter Apathy - Inextricable Linkage=== |
| − | On June 18, 2007 | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Corbett Kroehler]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Global Warming And Voter Apathy - Inextricable Linkage"''. The description for the session was: |
| + | :''"It's true. America's political inaction on the climate crisis shares an institutional cause with the growing ranks of apathetic voters. Indeed, our countrymen are more and more likely every day to vote in an American Idol competition that an election.'' | ||
| − | + | :''The good news is that these two problems have a common, people-powered, progressive solution. Come hear all about it and scrutinize its underlying premises."'' | |
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| − | === | + | ===How to use the TBA 2007 website to follow all the action at the event=== |
| − | On June 18, 2007 | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Jon Mandell]] and [[Jason Rozenblat]] spoke in a session entitled ''"How to use the TBA 2007 website to follow all the action at the event"''. The description for the session was: |
| + | :''"This year, Take Back America has partnered with Confabb.com to bring you a new, fully interactive conference experience. Join us to learn how to use all of the the social media, networking, blogging, ratings/reviews and chat features available through Confabb.com. As a Take Back America attendee, you already have a free account set up in our system, so we encourage you to make the most of it."'' | ||
| − | === | + | ===The War of Ideas: A Real Security Agenda for America=== |
| − | On June 18, 2007, [[ | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Robert Borosage]], [[John Cavanagh]], [[Mel Goodman]], [[Anita Sharma]] and Rep. [[Lynn Woolsey]] spoke in a session entitled ''"The War of Ideas: A Real Security Agenda for America"''. |
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| − | :'' | + | ===The War of Ideas: How Conservatism Has Failed=== |
| + | On June 18, 2007, [[Melody Barnes]], [[Harold Meyerson]], [[Rick Perlstein]], [[Connie Rice]] and [[Cecile Richards]] spoke in a session entitled ''"The War of Ideas: How Conservatism Has Failed"''. The session featured ''"CPAC: The Unauthorized Documentary"'' by [[Max Blumenthal]], [[The Nation]]. | ||
| − | === | + | ===The War of Ideas: New Economics=== |
| − | On June 18, 2007, [[ | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Roger Hickey]], Dr. [[Julianne Malveaux]], [[Larry Mishel]] and [[Rich Trumka]] spoke in a session entitled ''"The War of Ideas: New Economics"''. |
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| − | === | + | ===The Impeachment Process=== |
| − | On June 18, 2007, [[ | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Jane Dugdale]], [[Bob Fertik]], [[Glen Ford]] and [[David Swanson]] spoke in a session entitled ''"The Impeachment Process"''. The description for the session was: |
| + | :''"This session will provide information about the impeachment process and provide a forum to discuss the possibility of impeaching current officials."'' | ||
| − | === | + | ===Clean & Fair Elections Now=== |
| − | On June 18, 2007, [[ | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Angela Canterbury]], [[Arn Pearson]] and [[Aimee Tavares]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Clean & Fair Elections Now"''. The description for the session was: |
| − | :''" | + | :''"You know the problem - campaign cash is the currency of our democracy. Money drowns out the votes and voices of ordinary Americans resulting in policies that benefit the wealthy special interests. If we want clean air and water, affordable and accessible healthcare and education, consumer protection, alternative energy and more, then we need clean and fair elections. Let's level the playing field and give progressive candidates a way to run and win on ideas. We can end the corrupting pay-to-play politics with public funding of elections. Come learn more about the successes in the states and the nationwide movement to pass the Fair Elections Now Act."'' |
| − | === | + | ===Women Rising: The Issues that Count=== |
| − | On June 18, 2007, [[ | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Ellen Bravo]], [[Irasema Garza]], [[EJ Graff]], [[Cecile Richards]] and [[Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Women Rising: The Issues that Count"''. |
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| − | === | + | ===Out of Iraq: What Comes Next?=== |
| − | On June 18, 2007, [[ | + | On June 18, 2007, Representative [[Barbara Lee]], [[Tom Matzzie]], Rep. [[Patrick Murphy]], Rep. [[Carol Shea-Porter]] and [[Jon Soltz]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Out of Iraq: What Comes Next?"''. |
| − | ===The | + | ===The New Progressive Majority=== |
| − | On June 18, 2007, [[ | + | On June 18, 2007, Dr. [[Juan Andrade, Jr.]], [[Page Gardner]], [[Stan Greenberg]] and [[Michael Kieschnick]] spoke in a session entitled ''"The New Progressive Majority"''. |
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| − | === | + | ===We've Got Issues: Young People in Action=== |
| − | On June 18, 2007, [[ | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Ellynne Bannon]], [[Jon Hoadley]], [[Eddy Morales]], [[Juan Pacheco]], [[Madhuri Singh]], [[Jessy Tolkan]] and [[Elandria Williams]] spoke in a session entitled ''"We've Got Issues: Young People in Action"''. |
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| − | === | + | ===Conservatives are to Supply-Side Economics as Progressives are to ________?=== |
| − | On June 18, 2007 | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Dan Ancona]] and [[Jenifer Fernandez Ancona]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Conservatives are to Supply-Side Economics as Progressives are to ________?"''. The description for the session was: |
| + | :''"You probably have never heard of Dan Ancona. But you may have never heard of Russell Kirk either, and his writings in the 1950s helped define the principles of conservativism!'' | ||
| − | + | :''Come to this session and see Dan's interesting and provocative PowerPoint on how the Left can define a new economic narrative, which starts with defining the principles that make us progressives."'' | |
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| − | === | + | ===Reaching the Public=== |
| − | On June 18, 2007, | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Jeffrey Feldman]], [[Dave Johnson]] and [[Conor Kenny]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Reaching the Public"''. The description for the session was: |
| − | :''" | + | :''"Ways to reach the public to promote core progressive values and create DEMAND for progressive ideas and candidates."'' |
| − | === | + | ===Book Signing=== |
| − | On June 18, 2007, | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Ellen Bravo]], [[Stan Greenberg]] and [[Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner]] participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. |
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| − | === | + | ===Creating a National Popular Vote for President: Organizing Insurrection in "Spectator States"=== |
| − | On June | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Jamin Raskin]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Creating a National Popular Vote for President: Organizing Insurrection in "Spectator States""''. The description for the session was: |
| + | :''"Maryland State Senator Jamin Raskin and Ryan O'Donnell of FairVote will discuss the exciting campaign for a National Popular Vote, which was just passed into law in the state of Maryland and has passed 11 state legislative bodies, including both houses in California, Hawaii and Illinois. The plan is to create an interstate compact of states comprising 270 in the electoral college that will commit to cast their electors in presidential elections for the winner of the national popular election. This plan, which has been endorsed by the New York Times, would prevent nightmarish election scenarios like the 2000 election when the national popular vote loser (George Bush by more than a half-million votes) was able to win based on manipulation of the vote in Florida and partisan intervention by the Supreme Court. It would also reenergize presidential politics in the two-thirds of states which are now safely red or blue and are thus fly-over territory in presidential elections. This grassroots movement and strategy could revitalize democratic politics in America and make every vote count. Come hear more about the National Popular Vote plan from the State Senator (and constitutional law professor) who introduced it in Maryland as well as speakers from FairVote, America's leading electoral reform group. You will find out what is happening in your state and how you can help overthrow the reactionary dynamics of the electoral college, an institution steeped in the history of slavery and political white supremacy."'' | ||
| − | === | + | ===Election Protection 2008=== |
| − | On June | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Allegra Dengler]], [[Ana Henderson]], [[Lynn Landes]], Dr. ]]Jonathan Simon]] JD and [[Jonathan Simon]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Election Protection 2008"''. The description for the session was: |
| − | :''" | + | :''"We'll review the challenges we face with electronic voting machines, caging lists, voter intimidation and so much more in 2008. We'll organize to protect the vote."'' |
| − | + | ===Progressive Majority Reception=== | |
| − | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Donna Brazile]] spoke at the ''"Progressive Majority Reception"''. | |
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| − | === | + | ===The Quiet Revolution: Combating the Right Wing Attack on our Constitutuion=== |
| − | On June | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Nan Aron]] and [[Kellye McIntosh]] spoke in a session entitled ''"The Quiet Revolution: Combating the Right Wing Attack on our Constitutuion"''. The description for the session was: |
| − | :''" | + | :''"Film-screening and discussion. Hosted by Emmy award-winning actor Bradley Whitford, Quiet Revolution is a short documentary that features congressional leaders like Barack O'bama and leading scholars who describe how an increasingly influential movement on the far right has waged a sustained war on the Constitution as we know it. Ultra-conservative politicians, judges, professors and activists would overturn decades of precedent to shred the fabric of popular laws protecting workers, consumers and public health, expand executive power at the expense of basic civil liberties, and impose a narrow social agenda on the rest of the body politic. Presented by Alliance for Justice, this session will help progressives learn to organize to preserve a fair and independent federal judiciary."'' |
| − | === | + | ===Do You Want a New U.S. Foreign Policy?=== |
| − | On June | + | On June 18, 2007, [[John Cavanagh]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Do You Want a New U.S. Foreign Policy?"''. The description for the session was: |
| + | :''"Join Foreign Policy In Focus and the Institute for Policy Studies in a discussion of how to take back American foreign policy. Americans went to the polls last November to elect a new foreign policy. Instead, we got more of the same. The Bush administration has sent more U.S. troops to Iraq, stepped away from reductions in nuclear weapons, ignored the urgency of climate change, and continued to support economic policies that widen the gap between the haves and the have nots. The Democrats have a golden opportunity to present a new U.S. foreign policy in which America is a global partner, not a global cop. Drawing from their bold, new Just Security framework, FPIF and IPS will offer a new way for Democrats to think about America's role in the world. Join report editor John Feffer (FPIF and IPS), along with report contributors Emira Woods (FPIF and IPS), Anita Dancs (National Priorities Project), and Kevin Martin (PeaceAction)."'' | ||
| − | === | + | ===The New Populist Energy=== |
| − | On June | + | On June 18, 2007, Senator [[Sherrod Brown]], [[Roger Hickey]], Senator [[Amy Klobuchar]], Senator [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Katrina vanden Heuvel]] spoke in a session entitled ''"The New Populist Energy"''. |
| − | === | + | ===Film Night: Taxi to the Dark Side=== |
| − | On June | + | On June 18, 2007, [[Alex Gibney]] spoke at a session entitled ''"Film Night: Taxi to the Dark Side"''. The description for the session was: |
| + | :''"Alex Gibney examines the Bush administration's policy on torture in his film Taxi to the Dark Side which investigates the death of an Afghani taxi driver who died from injuries inflicted by US soldiers."'' | ||
| − | === | + | ===Film Night: Lift the Ban=== |
| − | On June | + | On June 18, 2007, FRED spoke in a session entitled ''"Film Night: Lift the Ban"''. The description for the session was: |
| + | :''"Robert Greenwald and Brave New Foundation present the world premier of Lift the Ban, which tells the story of Stephen Benjamin who served in the Navy as a much need Arabic linguist providing support for troops on the frontline until this March-when he was discharged from the military because he is gay."'' | ||
| − | === | + | ===Party: Next Generation Leaders Late Night=== |
| − | On June | + | On June 18, 2007, FRED spoke in a party entitled ''"Party: Next Generation Leaders Late Night"''. The party was sponsored by [[Young People For]], [[Living Liberally]], and [[Progress With Friends]]. The description for the party was: |
| + | :''"Featuring "Greyhound Diaries"-a rolling snapshot in words, images, and song of people struggling to get by in America based on singer-songwriter Doug Levitt's tours through the country by Greyhound bus. This will be followed by DJ ClubTedd spinning his funk and groove."'' | ||
| − | === | + | ===Speak Out: How do we drive the debate?=== |
| − | On June 19, 2007, [[ | + | On June 19, 2007, [[Thom Hartmann]] and [[Bev Smith]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Speak Out: How do we drive the debate?"''. |
| − | === | + | ===Youth Transitions & Workforce Readiness: Averting the Impending Crisis=== |
| − | On June 19, 2007, [[ | + | On June 19, 2007, [[Matthew Cohen]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Youth Transitions & Workforce Readiness: Averting the Impending Crisis"''. The description for the session was: |
| + | :''"In the globally competitive economy of the 21st century, state economies in large part will thrive or decline based on how well they identify, recruit, cultivate and retain “knowledge workers,” individuals who possess postsecondary educational credentials, technical aptitudes, the ability to learn rapidly, and an entrepreneurial approach to employment. As the downstream “consumers” of tomorrow’s workforce, employers are highly motivated to positively influence events in this arena. '' | ||
| − | + | :''Among other issues, we will explore…'' | |
| − | + | ::- ''strategies for successful corporate-academic partnership(s)'' | |
| + | ::- ''the challenges and opportunities presented by tomorrow's workforce (millennials, Gen Y) and engagement startegies for academics and employers'' | ||
| + | ::- ''how can employers identify and foster critical talent throughout the academic lifecycle'' | ||
| − | === | + | ===Making an Impact=== |
| − | On June 19, 2007, [[ | + | On June 19, 2007, [[Shawn O'Donnell]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Making an Impact"''. The description for the session was: |
| + | :''"Come join an early morning group discussion of the many and varied frustrations of grassroots activists and learn how to harness negative energy and turn it into a positive force for good."'' | ||
| − | === | + | ===Sen. Mike Gravel=== |
| − | On June 19, 2007, [[ | + | On June 19, 2007, Senator for Alaska, [[Mike Gravel]] spoke in a 30 minute session. |
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| − | + | ===Gov. Bill Richardson=== | |
| + | On June 19, 2007, Gov. [[Bill Richardson]] spoke in a 30 minute session. | ||
| − | === | + | ===Book Signing=== |
| − | On June 19, 2007, [[ | + | On June 19, 2007, [[Thom Hartmann]] participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. |
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| − | : | + | ===Making College Affordable: The National Imperative=== |
| + | On June 19, 2007, [[Robert Brandon]], Rep. [[Joe Courtney]], [[Anthony Daniels]], [[Tamara Draut]] and [[Jennifer Pae]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Making College Affordable: The National Imperative"''. | ||
| − | === | + | ===It's the Story: How Culture and New Media Can Move Progressive Ideas=== |
| − | On June 19, 2007, [[ | + | On June 19, 2007, [[Karl Agne]], [[Julie Bergman Sender]], [[Laura Nichols]], [[Will Robinson]], [[Simon Rosenberg]] and [[Jon Soltz]] spoke in a session entitled ''"It's the Story: How Culture and New Media Can Move Progressive Ideas"''. |
| − | === | + | ===The Great Risk Shift: When Corporations Shred the Social Contract=== |
| − | On June 19, 2007, [[ | + | On June 19, 2007, [[Ron Blackwell]], [[Ellen Bravo]], Rep. [[Rosa DeLauro]], [[Alicia Russell]] and [[Greg Squires]] spoke in a session entitled ''"The Great Risk Shift: When Corporations Shred the Social Contract"''. |
| − | === | + | ===New Strategies for the Global Economy=== |
| − | On June 19, 2007, [[ | + | On June 19, 2007, [[Ralph E. Gomory]], [[Rob Johnson]], [[Thea Lee]] and [[David Sirota]] spoke in a session entitled ''"New Strategies for the Global Economy"''. |
| − | === | + | ===A Progressive Agenda for States=== |
| − | On June 19, 2007, [[ | + | On June 19, 2007, Rep. [[Roberta Abdul Salaam]], Del. [[Adam Ebbin]], Rep. [[Jessica Farrar]], [[Celinda Lake]], Rep. [[Jim Marzilli]], Rep. [[Joe McDermott]], [[Tim McFeeley]], [[Nathan Newman]] and [[Joel Rogers]] spoke in a session entitled ''"A Progressive Agenda for States"''. |
| − | === | + | ===The Blogosphere: From Ideas to Action=== |
| − | On June 19, 2007, [[ | + | On June 19, 2007, [[Chris Bowers]], [[Jim Dean]], [[Jane Hamsher]], [[Isaiah Poole]], [[Matt Stoller]] and [[Oliver Willis]] spoke in a session entitled ''"The Blogosphere: From Ideas to Action"''. |
| − | === | + | ===Debunking Myths of the Working Mom=== |
| − | On June 19, 2007, [[ | + | On June 19, 2007, [[Lori Sokol]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Debunking Myths of the Working Mom"''. The description for the session was: |
| + | :''"'More Career Women Are Opting - Out,' 'Career Moms and Stay-At-Home Moms At War,''Women Can't Really Have It All.' Label it what you will, the mainstream media has been skewing headlines to bolster working mothers' negative effects on marriage and family. | ||
| + | Come hear the truth, based upon hard facts and statistics, about the real successes of working mothers, and why the press resists reporting on them.'' | ||
| − | ===SweatFree Campaigns to End Sweatshop Procurement=== | + | :''Lori Sokol is Founder & Publisher of Work Life Matters magazine, a national business publication that advocates for the inclusion of work-life benefits and services for our nation's workforce."'' |
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| + | ===Holding the Democratic Majority Accountable=== | ||
| + | On June 19, 2007, [[Lane Hudson]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Holding the Democratic Majority Accountable"''. The description for the session was: | ||
| + | :''"We all worked very hard to win a majority of both houses of Congress in the 2006 Election. It is important to balance holding the Democratic Leadership on issues important to the Progressive Movement, but it is also important to maintain and build on our majority in the 2008 election.'' | ||
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| + | :''This is a round table discussion about the most appropriate ways to move the Democratic Leadership in a progressive direction while positioning ourselves for victory in 2008. Please come ready to be passionate and pragmatic about our issues. Bring your creative ideas to advance a progressive agenda through means such as grassroots action, the blogosphere, fundraising, traditional media, and any other way you can think of!"'' | ||
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| + | ===Book Signing=== | ||
| + | On June 19, 2007, [[Tamara Draut]], [[Greg Squires]] participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | ||
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| + | ===Invest in Our Future: Challenging Austerity Economics=== | ||
| + | On June 19, 2007, [[Ross Eisenbrey]], [[Jeff Madrick]] and [[Beth Shulman]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Invest in Our Future: Challenging Austerity Economics"''. | ||
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| + | ===Foxed Out: Using the New Media to Challenge the Right=== | ||
| + | On June 19, 2007, [[Adam Green]], [[Mark Green]], [[Robert Greenwald]] and [[James Rucker]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Foxed Out: Using the New Media to Challenge the Right"''. | ||
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| + | ===Terrorism: A Real Security Response=== | ||
| + | On June 19, 2007, [[Rand Beers]], [[Robert Borosage]], Rep. [[Sheila Jackson Lee]], [[Guy Saperstein]] and [[Susan Shaer]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Terrorism: A Real Security Response"''. | ||
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| + | ===Poverty and Politics: Katrina's Clarion Call=== | ||
| + | On June 19, 2007, [[Peter Edelman]], [[Vanessa Gueringer]], [[Arlene Holt]], [[Maude Hurd]], [[Rinku Sen]] and Rep. [[Maxine Waters]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Poverty and Politics: Katrina's Clarion Call"''. | ||
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| + | ===Building Community Wealth: Progressive Ownership Strategies=== | ||
| + | On June 19, 2007, [[Gar Alperovitz]], [[Vickie Johnson]], [[John Logue]] and [[Harold Simon]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Building Community Wealth: Progressive Ownership Strategies"''. | ||
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| + | ===SweatFree Campaigns to End Sweatshop Procurement=== | ||
On June 19, 2007, [[Bama Athreya]] and [[Jon Hunt]] spoke in a session entitled ''"SweatFree Campaigns to End Sweatshop Procurement"''. The description for the session was: | On June 19, 2007, [[Bama Athreya]] and [[Jon Hunt]] spoke in a session entitled ''"SweatFree Campaigns to End Sweatshop Procurement"''. The description for the session was: | ||
:''"This session will describe exciting new work in several states and cities around the US to win sweatfree procurement legislation for all government procured goods, ending the practice of taxpayer subsidization of sweatshops. It will also provide activists with the tools to launch their own sweatfree campaigns. A sweatfree purchasing campaign is an effective and concrete local action you can take to help humanize the global sweatshop economy. It is also a potent means to foster sustained local activism and create strong local organizations. As a local issue in which elected officials have to take positions, your campaign will offer significant possibilities for public education. Most important, you and other local activists will control the shape and timing of your own efforts, creating the possibility for strong organizational growth."'' | :''"This session will describe exciting new work in several states and cities around the US to win sweatfree procurement legislation for all government procured goods, ending the practice of taxpayer subsidization of sweatshops. It will also provide activists with the tools to launch their own sweatfree campaigns. A sweatfree purchasing campaign is an effective and concrete local action you can take to help humanize the global sweatshop economy. It is also a potent means to foster sustained local activism and create strong local organizations. As a local issue in which elected officials have to take positions, your campaign will offer significant possibilities for public education. Most important, you and other local activists will control the shape and timing of your own efforts, creating the possibility for strong organizational growth."'' | ||
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*[[Julius Genachowski]] | *[[Julius Genachowski]] | ||
| − | *[[Steve | + | *[[Steve Abbottt]] |
*[[Arianna Huffington]] | *[[Arianna Huffington]] | ||
*[[Maya Rockeymoore]] | *[[Maya Rockeymoore]] | ||
*[[Mike Zielinski]] | *[[Mike Zielinski]] | ||
*[[Cliff Schecter]] | *[[Cliff Schecter]] | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *Delegate [[Victor Ramirez]] |
*[[Stephanie Luongo]] | *[[Stephanie Luongo]] | ||
*[[Mike Podhorzer]] | *[[Mike Podhorzer]] | ||
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*[[Marvin Randolph]] | *[[Marvin Randolph]] | ||
*[[Hilary Shelton]] | *[[Hilary Shelton]] | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *Senator [[James Webb]] |
*[[Robert Pollin]] | *[[Robert Pollin]] | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *Dr. [[Alan Bean]] |
*[[Rev. Derrick Harkins]] | *[[Rev. Derrick Harkins]] | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *Rev. [[Brian McLaren]] |
*[[Kathleen Turner]] | *[[Kathleen Turner]] | ||
*[[Bill Moyers]] | *[[Bill Moyers]] | ||
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===Conference Sponsors=== | ===Conference Sponsors=== | ||
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| − | *[[CREDO | + | *[[CREDO]] |
*[[Fenton Communications]] | *[[Fenton Communications]] | ||
*[[Free Press]] | *[[Free Press]] | ||
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*[[Center for Independent Media]] | *[[Center for Independent Media]] | ||
*[[Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins]] LLP | *[[Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins]] LLP | ||
| − | *[[CREDO | + | *[[CREDO]] |
*[[Laurie David]] | *[[Laurie David]] | ||
*[[Robert Estrin]] and [[Mary Lloyd Estrin]] | *[[Robert Estrin]] and [[Mary Lloyd Estrin]] | ||
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===A New Social Contract: Preserving the American Dream=== | ===A New Social Contract: Preserving the American Dream=== | ||
| − | On March 17, 2008, [[Kate Kahan]], [[Karen | + | On March 17, 2008, [[Kate Kahan]], [[Karen Kornbluh]], [[Miles Rapoport]] and [[Julie Smith]] spoke in a session entitled ''"A New Social Contract: Preserving the American Dream"''. |
===GRAND THEFT JESUS=== | ===GRAND THEFT JESUS=== | ||
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===Media Reform and High-Speed Internet for Everyone=== | ===Media Reform and High-Speed Internet for Everyone=== | ||
| − | On March 17, 2008, [[Steve | + | On March 17, 2008, [[Steve Abbottt]], [[Julius Genachowski]], [[Debbie Goldman]], [[Susan Ness]] and [[Josh Silver]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Media Reform and High-Speed Internet for Everyone"''. The description for the session was: |
:''"A high speed Internet connection will soon deliver nearly all media - television, radio, phone service, and of course, blogs and the Web. Join senior policy directors to Senators Obama and Clinton, along with the Communications Workers of America and Free Press to discuss the senators’ positions on media and how a broad coalition of labor, public interest and industry groups are uniting behind a national policy to bring fast, affordable, open Internet access to every American home."'' | :''"A high speed Internet connection will soon deliver nearly all media - television, radio, phone service, and of course, blogs and the Web. Join senior policy directors to Senators Obama and Clinton, along with the Communications Workers of America and Free Press to discuss the senators’ positions on media and how a broad coalition of labor, public interest and industry groups are uniting behind a national policy to bring fast, affordable, open Internet access to every American home."'' | ||
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===Progressive Movement in a Democratic Era=== | ===Progressive Movement in a Democratic Era=== | ||
| − | On March 18, 2008, [[Taylor Branch | + | On March 18, 2008, [[Taylor Branch]], Reverend [[Jesse Jackson]] and [[Roger Wilkins]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Progressive Movement in a Democratic Era: The Lessons of King and the Civil Rights Movement"''. |
| − | Reverend Jesse Jackson]] and [[Roger Wilkins]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Progressive Movement in a Democratic Era: The Lessons of King and the Civil Rights Movement"''. | ||
===Building Political Power from the Ground Up=== | ===Building Political Power from the Ground Up=== | ||
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===Mobile Activism=== | ===Mobile Activism=== | ||
On March 18, 2008, [[Becky Bond]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Mobile Activism"''. The description for the session was: | On March 18, 2008, [[Becky Bond]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Mobile Activism"''. The description for the session was: | ||
| − | :''"Join CREDO | + | :''"Join CREDO and a group of successful practitioners for a discussion of the new frontier in progressive activism: the mobile phone. Find out how a variety of organizations and campaigns have literally put the power into their activists’ hands through innovative text messaging and mobile content campaigns. Learn what approaches lead to more successful advocacy and organizing and what is not appropriate to do on the phone."'' |
===Election Protection 2008=== | ===Election Protection 2008=== | ||
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On March 18, 2008, Representative [[Jan Schakowsky]] was presented with an ''America's Future Progressive Champion Award'' by [[William McNary]]; [[Majora Carter]] and [[Van Jones]] were presented with the ''Paul Wellstone Citizen Leadership Award'' by [[Jerome Ringo]]; and [[Norman Lear]] was presented with the ''America's Future Lifetime Leadership Award'' by [[Bill Moyers]] at the Gala Awards Dinner. [[Kathleen Turner]] was the Master of Ceremonies for the event. | On March 18, 2008, Representative [[Jan Schakowsky]] was presented with an ''America's Future Progressive Champion Award'' by [[William McNary]]; [[Majora Carter]] and [[Van Jones]] were presented with the ''Paul Wellstone Citizen Leadership Award'' by [[Jerome Ringo]]; and [[Norman Lear]] was presented with the ''America's Future Lifetime Leadership Award'' by [[Bill Moyers]] at the Gala Awards Dinner. [[Kathleen Turner]] was the Master of Ceremonies for the event. | ||
| − | ===Come Party with CREDO | + | ===Come Party with CREDO and George W. Bush=== |
| − | On March 18, 2008, [[James Adomian]] and [[Michael Kieschnick]] hosted a party entitled ''"Come Party with CREDO | + | On March 18, 2008, [[James Adomian]] and [[Michael Kieschnick]] hosted a party entitled ''"Come Party with CREDO and George W. Bush"''. The description for the party was: |
| − | :''"If we’re going to take back America, we’ll need to take time to laugh along the way. Close out your day with a drink and a few laughs courtesy of George W. Bush—or at least his impersonator the comic James Adomian—and CREDO | + | :''"If we’re going to take back America, we’ll need to take time to laugh along the way. Close out your day with a drink and a few laughs courtesy of George W. Bush—or at least his impersonator the comic James Adomian—and CREDO. Meet CREDO President Michael Kieschnick and the CREDO political staff. Bring your CREDO phone and get a special party favor."'' |
===Ending America's Longest Domestic War=== | ===Ending America's Longest Domestic War=== | ||
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===The Economics of Shared Prosperity=== | ===The Economics of Shared Prosperity=== | ||
| − | On March 19, 2008, [[William Darity]], [[Tamara Draut]], [[Larry Mishel]] and [[Rich Trumka]] spoke in a session entitled ''"The Economics of Shared Prosperity"''. | + | On March 19, 2008, [[William Darity]], [[Tamara Draut]], [[Larry Mishel]] and [[Rich Trumka]] spoke in a session entitled ''"The Economics of Shared Prosperity"''. |
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| − | ===Soul Train: New Religious Activism and the Common Good=== | + | ===Soul Train: New Religious Activism and the Common Good=== |
| − | On March 19, 2008, [[Katie Barge]], [[Gabe Gonzalez]], Rev. [[Derrick Harkins]], Rev. [[Brian McLaren]], Rev. [[Ron Stief]] and [[Amy Sullivan]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Soul Train: New Religious Activism and the Common Good"''. | + | On March 19, 2008, [[Katie Barge]], [[Gabe Gonzalez]], Rev. [[Derrick Harkins]], Rev. [[Brian McLaren]], Rev. [[Ron Stief]] and [[Amy Sullivan]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Soul Train: New Religious Activism and the Common Good"''. |
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| − | ===Health Care: The Politics of Winning=== | + | ===Health Care: The Politics of Winning=== |
| − | On March 19, 2008, [[ | + | On March 19, 2008, [[Robert Creamer]], [[Celinda Lake]], [[Maggie Mahar]] and [[Louise Novotny]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Health Care: The Politics of Winning"''. |
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| − | ===Hold on, we're getting the good stuff: Making Political Parties More Democratic - Progressive Reforms for Party Nominations=== | + | ===Hold on, we're getting the good stuff: Making Political Parties More Democratic - Progressive Reforms for Party Nominations=== |
| − | On March 19, 2008, [[Adam Fogel]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Hold on, we're getting the good stuff: Making Political Parties More Democratic - Progressive Reforms for Party Nominations"''. The description for the session was: | + | On March 19, 2008, [[Adam Fogel]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Hold on, we're getting the good stuff: Making Political Parties More Democratic - Progressive Reforms for Party Nominations"''. The description for the session was: |
| − | :''"Reforms and actions that political parties can undertake to democratize their primaries. Topics will include defanging superdelegates, youth voting in primaries, reforming the nominations calendar, and instant runoff voting."'' | + | :''"Reforms and actions that political parties can undertake to democratize their primaries. Topics will include defanging superdelegates, youth voting in primaries, reforming the nominations calendar, and instant runoff voting."'' |
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| + | ===Hold on, we're getting the good stuff: Beating right Wing 527s on National Security=== | ||
| + | On March 19, 2008, [[Lorelei Kelly]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Hold on, we're getting the good stuff: Beating right Wing 527s on National Security"''. | ||
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| + | ===Book Signing=== | ||
| + | On March 19, 2008, [[Tamara Draut]], author of ''Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead'', [[Amy Sullivan]], author of ''The Party Faithful: How and Why Democrats Are Closing the God Gap'', [[Brian McLaren]], author of ''Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope'' and [[Maggie Mahar]], author of ''Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much'' participated in a ''"Book Signing"''. | ||
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| + | ===Luncheon=== | ||
| + | On March 19, 2008, [[James Adomian]] spoke on ''"Laughing Liberally"'' which was followed by the Maria Leavey Tribute Award Presentation which was introduced by [[Robert Borosage]]. The award was presented by [[Ari Lipman]], a 2007 Maria Leavey Tribute Award Honoree. | ||
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| + | ===Maria Leavey Tribute Award Presentation=== | ||
| + | On March 19, 2008, [[Robert Borosage]] and [[Robert Greenwald]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Maria Leavey Tribute Award Presentation"''. The description for the session was: | ||
| + | :''"Our second annual Maria Leavey Tribute Award will be presented at Take Back America 2008. The award honors an unsung hero of the progressive movement whose behind-the-scenes work and selfless service has made a big contribution to social justice. | ||
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| + | ===Taking Back America: Progressive Strategies in a New Era=== | ||
| + | On March 19, 2008, [[Deepak Bhargava]], The Honorable [[David Bonior]], [[Anna Burger]] and [[Cecile Richards]] spoke in the closing plenary entitled ''"Taking Back America: Progressive Strategies in a New Era"''. | ||
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Take Back America is the old name for America's Future Now! which is the annual conference of Campaign for America's Future.
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Take Back America is the name of the annual conference which was run by Campaign for America's Future from 2003 - 2008. Campaign for America's Future runs a major annual conference which is well-attended by leftist speakers and delegates. America's Future Now is the new name for the Take Back America conferences.
Prominent speakers at the conferences over the past six years include:
- ↑ Our Future website: Take Back America 2003 Speakers (accessed on June 17, 2010)
- ↑ Our Future website: Take Back America 2003 Agenda (accessed on June 11, 2010)
- ↑ Our Future website: Take Back America 2004 Speakers (accessed on June 11, 2010)
- ↑ [hhttp://www.ourfuture.org/node/13154 Our Future website: Take Back America 2004 Agenda] (accessed on June 11, 2010)
- ↑ Take Back America 2005 - Speakers (accessed on May 8, 2010)
- ↑ Take Back America 2005 - Agenda (accessed on June 11, 2010)
- ↑ Jump up to: 7.0 7.1 7.2 Take Back America 2006 - Agenda & Speakers (accessed on May 14, 2010)
- ↑ Jump up to: 8.0 8.1 Take Back America 2007 - Agenda (accessed on May 13, 2010)
- ↑ Take Back America 2007 - Speakers (accessed on May 13, 2010)
- ↑ Take Back America 2007 - Sponsors (accessed on May 13, 2010)
- ↑ TBA 2007: Session: Our Time Has Come (accessed on May 13, 2010)
- ↑ Jump up to: 12.0 12.1 12.2 Take Back America 2008 - Details (accessed on May 11, 2010)
- ↑ Take Back America 2008 - Speakers (accessed on May 11, 2010)
- ↑ Campaign for America's Future website: Take Back America 2008 - Sponsors (accessed on May 12, 2010)
- ↑ Jump up to: 15.0 15.1 Campaign for America's Future website: Gala Awards Dinner (accessed on May 12, 2010)
- ↑ Campaign for America's Future website: Take Back America 2008 - Agenda (accessed on May 11, 2010)