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==Sessions== | ==Sessions== | ||
The following is a list of the sessions and events which were held at the conference:<ref>[http://www.ourfuture.org/now/agenda Campaign for America's Future website: ''America's Future Now 2010 - Agenda''] (accessed on July 12, 2010)</ref> | The following is a list of the sessions and events which were held at the conference:<ref>[http://www.ourfuture.org/now/agenda Campaign for America's Future website: ''America's Future Now 2010 - Agenda''] (accessed on July 12, 2010)</ref> | ||
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| + | ===America's Future Now: We Are the Change=== | ||
| + | On June 7, 2010, [[Robert L. Borosage]], [[Andy Stern]], [[Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins]] and [[Arianna Huffington]] spoke in the opening plenary entitled ''"America's Future Now: We Are the Change"''. | ||
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| + | ===The Great Debate: Progressive Strategy in the Obama Era=== | ||
| + | On June 7, 2010, [[Roger Hickey]], [[Darcy Burner]] and [[Deepak Bhargava]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"The Great Debate: Progressive Strategy in the Obama Era"''. | ||
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| + | ===Progressive Strategy in the Obama Era=== | ||
| + | On June 7, 2010, [[Gloria A. Totten]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Progressive Strategy in the Obama Era"''. | ||
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| + | ===Driving Reform; Defeating Resistance=== | ||
| + | On June 7, 2010, [[Gloria A. Totten]], [[Ilyse Hogue]] and [[Markos Moulitsas]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Driving Reform; Defeating Resistance"''. | ||
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| + | ===Curbing Wall Street: Strategies Going Forward=== | ||
| + | On June 7, 2010, [[Heather McGhee]], [[Heather Booth]], [[Gerald L. Taylor]] and [[Robert Johnson]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Curbing Wall Street: Strategies Going Forward"''. | ||
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| + | ===Health Care: Lessons Learned and Next Fights=== | ||
| + | On June 7, 2010, [[Roger Hickey]], [[Diane Archer]], [[Jennifer Ng'andu]] and [[Ethan Rome]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Health Care: Lessons Learned and Next Fights"''. | ||
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| + | ===Working Class Anger: Does it go Right or Left?=== | ||
| + | On June 7, 2010, [[Arlene Holt Baker]], [[Karen Nussbaum]], [[Celinda Lake]], [[Drew Westen]] and [[Jorge Mursuli]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Working Class Anger: Does it go Right or Left?"''. | ||
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| + | ===Politics Beyond the Beltway: What Youth Are Talking On The Block=== | ||
| + | On June 7, 2010, [[Rob Biko Baker]], [[Tarik Ross]], [[Chloe A. Hilliard]] and [[Elizabeth Méndez Berry]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Politics Beyond the Beltway: What Youth Are Talking On The Block"''. | ||
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| + | ===Immigration Reform: Our Movement’s Response=== | ||
| + | On June 7, 2010, [[Marissa Graciosa]] and [[Kweli Kitwana]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Immigration Reform: Our Movement’s Response"''. | ||
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| + | ===Winning Down Ballot=== | ||
| + | On June 7, 2010, [[Gloria A. Totten]] and [[Matthew F. Filner]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Winning Down Ballot"''. | ||
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| + | ===Challenging Money Politics=== | ||
| + | On June 7, 2010, [[Scott Wallace]], Rep. [[Donna Edwards]], Sen. [[Dick Durbin]] and Rev. [[Jesse L. Jackson]] spoke in a plenary entitled ''"Challenging Money Politics"''. | ||
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| + | ===Laughing Liberally Comedy Hour=== | ||
| + | On June 7, 2010, [[Lee Camp]], [[Negin Farsad]], [[Katie Halper]], [[Seaton Smith]] and [[Elon James White]] led an event entitled ''"Laughing Liberally Comedy Hour"''. | ||
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| + | ===Next Generation's Progressive Party=== | ||
| + | On June 7, 2010, [[Generational Alliance]], [[Voto Latino]], [[Choice USA]], [[Bus Federation]], [[Black Youth Vote]], [[Campus Camp Wellstone]], [[Campus Progress]], [[Drum Major Institute]], [[Democracia USA]], [[Center for Progressive Leadership]], [[Generation Change]] (a program of [[Center for Community Change]]), [[NAACP]] Youth & College Division, [[The Gathering For Justice]], [[The League of Young Voters Education Fund]], [[Young People For]] (a program of [[People For the American Way Foundation) and [[The United States Students Association Foundation]] sponsored an event entitled ''"Next Generation's Progressive Party"''. | ||
===Gala Awards Dinner=== | ===Gala Awards Dinner=== | ||
Revision as of 21:21, 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:
