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===Gala Awards Dinner=== | ===Gala Awards Dinner=== | ||
On June 8, 2010, the Honorable [[Donna Edwards]], 4th District, Maryland was presented with the 2010 America's Future Progressive Champion Award by the Honorable [[Xavier Becerra]]; [[James Rucker]], Co-Founder, [[ColorofChange.org]] was presented with the 2010 Paul Wellstone Citizen Leadership Award by [[Van Jones]], Senior Fellow, [[Center for American Progress]]; and [[Peter Lewis]], Chairman of the Board, [[Progressive Insurance Company]] was presented with the America's Future Lifetime Leadership Award by [[Anthony Romero]], [[ACLU]] at the Gala Awards Dinner. [[Lizz Winstead]] was the Master of Ceremonies for the event.<ref>[http://www.ourfuture.org/now/gala Campaign for America's Future website: ''America's Future Now 2010 - Gala''] (accessed on July 12, 2010)</ref> | On June 8, 2010, the Honorable [[Donna Edwards]], 4th District, Maryland was presented with the 2010 America's Future Progressive Champion Award by the Honorable [[Xavier Becerra]]; [[James Rucker]], Co-Founder, [[ColorofChange.org]] was presented with the 2010 Paul Wellstone Citizen Leadership Award by [[Van Jones]], Senior Fellow, [[Center for American Progress]]; and [[Peter Lewis]], Chairman of the Board, [[Progressive Insurance Company]] was presented with the America's Future Lifetime Leadership Award by [[Anthony Romero]], [[ACLU]] at the Gala Awards Dinner. [[Lizz Winstead]] was the Master of Ceremonies for the event.<ref>[http://www.ourfuture.org/now/gala Campaign for America's Future website: ''America's Future Now 2010 - Gala''] (accessed on July 12, 2010)</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Speaking Frankly=== | ||
| + | On June 9, 2010, [[Hilary O. Shelton]] and Rep. [[Alan Grayson]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Speaking Frankly"''. | ||
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| + | ===The Congressional Fix: Can Congress Work in Polarized Age?=== | ||
| + | On June 9, 2010, [[David Waldman]], [[Laurence E. Gold]], [[Ellen Miller]] and Sen. [[Tom Udall]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"The Congressional Fix: Can Congress Work in Polarized Age?"''. | ||
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| + | ===Remaking America from the Bottom Up=== | ||
| + | On June 9, 2010, [[Andrea Batista Schlesinger]], [[Angela Glover Blackwell]], [[Joan Fitzgerald]] and [[Gar Alperovitz]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Remaking America from the Bottom Up"''. | ||
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| + | ===Securing America: Progressive Perspectives=== | ||
| + | On June 9, 2010, [[Tom Andrews]], Rep. [[Keith Ellison]] and [[Sarah Anderson]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Securing America: Progressive Perspectives"''. | ||
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| + | ===Where Rights went Wrong: What Happened to the Rights Revolution?=== | ||
| + | On June 9, 2010, [[Nan Aron]], [[Rea Carey]], [[Adam Luna]], [[Anthony D. Romero]] and [[Kierra Johnson]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Where Rights went Wrong: What Happened to the Rights Revolution?"''. | ||
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| + | ===New Media Organizing: Using Cutting-Edge Online Advocacy Techniques === | ||
| + | On June 9, 2010, [[Judith Freeman]] and [[Brandon Silverman]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"New Media Organizing: Using Cutting-Edge Online Advocacy Techniques "''. | ||
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| + | ===We Are The Change=== | ||
| + | On June 9, 2010, [[Robert L. Borosage]], [[Gregory A. Cendana]], Rep. [[Barbara Lee]] and [[Van Jones]] spoke in the closing plenary entitled ''"We Are The Change"''. The 2010 Maria Leavey Tribute Award Presentation also took place during this plenary. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 22:23, 13 July 2010
America's Future Now is the new name for Take Back America which is the annual conference of Campaign for America's Future.
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America's Future Now is the name of the annual conference which has been run by Campaign for America's Future since 2009. The conference is well-attended by leftist speakers and delegates and was previously known as "Take Back America", running from 2003 to 2008 under this name.
Prominent speakers at the conferences over the past eight years include:
