America's Future Now!

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• About
• 2009
• 2010

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:

• Barack Obama
• John Conyers
• Cecile Richards
• Nancy Pelosi
• Quentin Young
• John Edwards
• Barbara Boxer
• Jan Schakowsky
• Hilda Solis

References

Van Jones speaks at America's Future Now 2010

The 2010 America's Future Now Conference was hosted by Campaign for America's Future and held from June 7 - 9 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, Washington D.C.

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Sponsors & Partners

The following organizations were sponsors or partners of the conference:

Sponsors

• National Education Association
• Progressive Book Club
• Alliance for American Manufacturing
• Living Liberally

Partners

• Center for Community Change
• Generational Alliance
• Moveon.org
• Netroots Nation
• Progressive Majority
• Progressive Congress
• United Steelworkers
• People for the American Way

Speakers

The following is a list of the 148 speakers who spoke at the 2010 America's Future Now Conference.

• Steve Abrecht
• Alexandra Acker Lyons
• Stewart Acuff
• Gar Alperovitz
• Nancy J. Altman
• John Amato
• John Atlas
• Sarah Anderson
• Tom Andrews
• Phil Angelides
• Diane Archer
• Nan Aron
• Peter Bahouth
• Marge Baker
• Robert Biko Baker
• Andrea Batista Schlesinger
• Carmen Berkley
• Jared Bernstein
• Deepak Bhargava
• Jennie Blackton
• Angela Glover Blackwell
• John Bonifaz
• Heather Booth
• Robert L. Borosage
• Andrew Boyd
• Diallo Brooks
• Darcy Burner
• Eric Burns
• Lee Camp
• Denise Cardinal
• Rea Carey
• Zach Carter
• Marco Ceglie
• Gregory A. Cendana
• Toby Chaudhuri
• Juan Cole
• Robert Creamer
• Gov. Howard Dean, MD
• Karen DeYoung
• Digby
• Gail Dratch
• Sen. Dick Durbin
• Rep. Donna Edwards
• Ross Eisenbrey
• Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
• Rep. Keith Ellison
• Richard RJ Eskow
• Lee Farris
• Negin Farsad
• Matthew F. Filner
• Joan Fitzgerald
• Joel Foster
• Judith Freeman
• Maria P. Freese
• Karen Friedman
• Kari Fulton
• Page S. Gardner
• Leo W. Gerard
• Lisa Gilbert
• Garlin Gilchrist II
• George Goehl
• Laurence E. Gold
• Danny Goldberg
• Gabe Gonzalez
• Scott Goodstein
• Kate Gordon
• Marissa Graciosa
• Rep. Alan Grayson
• Katie Halper
• Terrance Heath
• Bob Herbert
• Maren Hesla
• Roger Hickey
• Chloe A. Hilliard
• Ilyse Hogue
• Heather Holdridge
• Arlene Holt Baker
• Jeannette Huezo
• Arianna Huffington
• Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
• Benjamin Todd Jealous
• Alan Jenkins
• Dave Johnson
• Kierra Johnson
• Robert Johnson
• Simon Johnson
• Van Jones
• Kweli Kitwana
• Robert Kuttner
• Gordon Lafer
• Celinda Lake
• Emily Lamia
• Mike Lapham
• Rep. Barbara Lee
• William S. Lerach
• Rudy Lopez
• Adam Luna
• Stephanie Lurz
• Heather McGhee
• Alexis McGill Johnson
• William McNary
• Mark Mellman
• Elizabeth Méndez Berry
• Ellen Miller
• Markos Moulitsas
• Janet Murguía
• Jorge Mursuli
• Jennifer Ng'andu
• Dean M. Nielsen
• Karen Nussbaum
• Michael O'Hanlon
• Scott Paul
• Speaker Nancy Pelosi
• Clyde Prestowitz
• Kelley Robinson
• Sara Robinson
• Ethan Rome
• Anthony D. Romero
• Simon Rosenberg
• Tarik Ross
• James Rucker
• Ron Ruggiero
• Carlos Saavedra
• Yosi Sergant
• Susan Shaer
• Brandon Silverman
• Frank Smith
• Seaton Smith
• Andy Stern
• Tracy Sturdivant
• Gerald L. Taylor
• Stephanie Taylor
• Gloria A. Totten
• Richard L. Trumka
• Sen. Tom Udall
• Cenk Uygur
• Erin Vilardi
• David Waldman
• Scott Wallace
• Robert Weissman
• Drew Westen
• Elon James White
• Maya Wiley
• Calvin Williams
• Roger Wilkins
• Lizz Winstead
• Alexander Zaitchik
• Deanna Zandt

Sessions

The following is a list of the sessions and events which were held at the conference:

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.

References

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