AFN! 2010 Agenda

Speakers and Agenda are finalized.

Monday, June 7 | Tuesday, June 8 | Wednesday, June 9

Monday, June 7, 2010

Time	Session Name	Room	Track	Speakers
11:00 AM Ends: 11:50 AM	America's Future Now: We Are the Change	Regency Ballroom	Plenary	Robert L. Borosage Andy Stern Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins Arianna Huffington
12:00PM Ends 12:20PM	Lunch	Regency Ballroom
12:20PM Ends 12:50PM	The Great Debate: Progressive Strategy in the Obama Era	Regency Ballroom	Plenary	Roger Hickey Darcy Burner Deepak Bhargava
12:50PM Ends 1:30PM	Progressive Strategy in the Obama Era	Regency Ballroom	Group Discussion	Gloria A. Totten
1:30PM Ends 2:10PM	Driving Reform; Defeating Resistance	Regency Ballroom	Plenary	Gloria A. Totten Ilyse Hogue Markos Moulitsas
2:10PM Ends 2:30PM	Book Signing	Regency Foyer
2:30PM Ends 3:30PM	Curbing Wall Street: Strategies Going Forward	Palladian Room	Breakout	Heather McGhee Heather Booth Gerald L. Taylor Robert Johnson
2:30PM Ends 3:30PM	Health Care: Lessons Learned and Next Fights	Diplomat Room	Breakout	Roger Hickey Diane Archer Jennifer Ng'andu Ethan Rome
2:30PM Ends 3:30PM	Working Class Anger: Does it go Right or Left?	Empire Room	Breakout	Arlene Holt Baker Karen Nussbaum Celinda Lake Drew Westen Jorge Mursuli
2:30PM Ends 3:30PM	Politics Beyond the Beltway: What Youth Are Talking On The Block	Congressional AB Room	Breakout	Rob Biko Baker Tarik Ross Chloé A. Hilliard Elizabeth Méndez Berry
2:30PM Ends 3:30PM	Immigration Reform: Our Movement’s Response	Senate Room	Progressive Majority Training Track	Marissa Graciosa Kweli Kitwana
2:30PM Ends 3:30PM	Winning Down Ballot	Forum Room	Progressive Majority Training Track	Gloria A. Totten Matthew F. Filner
3:30PM Ends 4:20PM	Plenary: Challenging Money Politics	Regency Ballroom	Plenary	Scott Wallace Rep. Donna Edwards Sen. Dick Durbin Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
All Day: Sign-up for appointment	Campaign One-on-Ones Consultations	TBA	Progressive Majority Training Track
All Day: Sign-up for appointment	Communications and Messaging One-on-Ones	TBA	Progressive Majority Training Track	Jennie Blackton
4:20PM Ends 5:00PM	Book Signings & Networking Break	Ambassador Room
6:00PM Ends 7:30PM	Margarita Party	Diplomat Room & Terrace	Networking	Hosted by the Campaign for America's Future
8:00PM	Laughing Liberally Comedy Hour	Congressional AB Room	Networking	Lee Camp Negin Farsad Katie Halper Seaton Smith Elon James White
9:00PM	Next Generation's Progressive Party	Palladian Room	Networking	* 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 * The United States Students Association Foundation

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Time	Session Name	Room	Track	Speakers
7:30AM Ends 8:30AM	Breakfast and Big Banks	Regency Ballroom	Plenary	Robert Johnson Simon Johnson
8:30AM Ends 9:15AM	Making Change	Regency Ballroom	Plenary	Roger Wilkins Speaker Nancy Pelosi
9:30AM Ends 10:40AM	Holding Congress Accountable	Diplomat Room	Breakout	Darcy Burner Cenk Uygur Stephanie Taylor Jim Dean
9:30AM Ends 10:40AM	Social Networking Jeopardy: Tactics, Strategy and FUN	Empire Room	Breakout	Toby Chaudhuri Garlin Gilchrist II Scott Goodstein Heather Holdridge Lizz Winstead Deanna Zandt
9:30AM Ends 10:40AM	Making it in America: A Progressive Global Strategy	Congressional AB Room	Breakout	Scott N. Paul Mark Mellman Kate Gordon Clyde Prestowitz
9:30AM Ends 10:40AM	Tea Parties, Beck, Bachmann and Blarney	Palladian Room	Breakout	Eric Burns John Atlas Alex Zaitchik John Amato Digby James Rucker
9:30AM Ends 10:40AM	Six Steps You Should Take BEFORE Running for Office	Senate Room	Progressive Majority Training Track	Dean M. Nielsen
9:30AM Ends 10:40AM	You Should Run: What You Need to Know to Run for Office	Forum Room	Progressive Majority Training Track	Matt Filner Erin Vilardi Rudy Lopez Tracy Sturdivant
10:50AM Ends 11:30AM	The Emerging Progressive Majority	Regency Ballroom	Plenary	Carmen Berkley Simon Rosenberg Gov. Howard Dean, MD
11:30AM Ends 12:15PM	Progressives: Organizing Winning Issues in an Election Year	Regency Ballroom	Plenary	Robert Creamer Denise Cardinal William McNary Karen Nussbaum Gabe Gonzalez
12:15PM Ends 1:15PM	Networking Lunch	Ambassador Ballroom	Open LUNCH	Lunch available for purchase in exhibit area
12:15PM Ends 1:15PM	America's Broken Retirement Plans and Retirement Systems: Another "Gift" From Wall Street	Congressional B Room	Special Issue Briefing	William S. Lerach
12:15PM Ends 1:15PM	Wedge This: Race and the 2010 Political Debate	Congressional A Room	Special Issue Briefing	Alexis McGill Johnson Maya Wiley Celinda Lake
1:15PM Ends 2:00	The New Economy: Demanding Jobs and Justice	Regency Ballroom	Plenary	Angela Glover Blackwell Richard L. Trumka Jared Bernstein Bob Herbert
2:00PM Ends 3:00PM	The Next Agenda	Regency Ballroom	Plenary	Alan Jenkins Phil Angelides Benjamin Todd Jealous Leo W. Gerard Janet Murguía Carlos Saavedra
3:10PM Ends 4:10PM	Afghanistan: Good War or Wrong Way?	Diplomat Room	Breakout	Karen DeYoung Michael O'Hanlon Juan Cole
3:10PM Ends 4:10PM	Fixing Citizens United and Changing the Supreme Court	Empire Room	Breakout	Marge Baker Robert Weissman Lisa Gilbert John Bonifaz
3:10PM Ends 4:10PM	The Big Fix: Progressive Path to Growth Out of Deficits	Palladian Room	Breakout	Roger Hickey Robert Kuttner Rep. Jan Schakowsky Susan Shaer Nancy J. Altman
3:10PM Ends 4:10PM	Green Jobs and Reversing Climate Change	Congressional AB Room	Breakout	Stewart Acuff Ron Ruggiero Peter Bahouth Kari Fulton
3:10PM Ends 4:10PM	Taking the Initiative: The Role of Ballot Initiatives in Shaping a Movement	Senate Room	Progressive Majority Training Track	Joel Foster Dean M. Nielson
3:10PM Ends 4:10PM	Fundraising 101: The Basics of Fundraising for Candidates, Managers and Staff	Forum Room	Progressive Majority Training Track	Stephanie Lurz Matt Filner
4:20PM Ends 5:20PM	ART + ADVOCACY: How music, film, comedy, and pop culture are rocking the progressive movement	Palladian Room	Workshop	Organized by Air Traffic Control and Work in Progress Alexis McGill Johnson Danny Goldberg Paola Mendoza Yosi Sergant Elon James White
4:20PM Ends 5:20PM	It's Meme Warfare: Using Humor & Creative Media to Move Your Message	Congressional A Room	Workshop	Organized by the Billionaires for Wealthcare Andrew Boyd Marco Ceglie
4:20PM Ends 5:20PM	Can Bloggers Bring Populism To The Potomac?	Congressional B Room	Workshop	Organized by the Bloggers of Campaign for America's Future Zach Carter Digby Richard RJ Eskow Terrance Heath Dave Johnson Sara Robinson
4:20PM Ends 5:20PM	Retirement Insecurity: The Next Big Issue	Cabinet Room	Workshop	Organized by the Pension Rights Center & Economic Policy Institute Steve Abrecht Gail Dratch Ross Eisenbrey Maria P. Freese Karen Friedman
4:20PM Ends 5:20PM	Stemming the 2010 Drop-Off Vote	Council Room	Workshop	Organized by Women's Voices. Women Vote. Page S. Gardner Celinda Lake Maren Hesla Frank Smith
4:20PM Ends 5:20PM	2010 Youth Resurgence: Engaging on Youth issues	Capital Room	Workshop	Organized by Generational Alliance Calvin Wiliams Robert Biko Baker Carlos Saavedra Gregory A. Cendana Kelley Robinson
4:20PM Ends 5:20PM	Fair Taxes for All	Chairman Room	Workshop	Organized by United for a Fair Economy Lee Farris Jeannette Huezo Mike Lapham
4:20PM Ends 5:20PM	Rep. George Miller's Local Jobs for America Act	Embassy Room	Special Issue Briefing	Gordon Lafer
4:20PM Ends 5:20PM	Movement Building: From Election to Advocacy	Senate Room	Progressive Majority Training Track	Diallo Brooks Erin Vilardi Page S. Gardner Kweli Kitwana
4:20PM Ends 5:20PM	Landing Your Perfect Political Job: Resume and Job Search	Forum Room	Progressive Majority Training Track	Alexandra Acker Lyons Emily Lamia Matt Filner
All Day: Sign-up for appointment	Campaign One-on-Ones Consultations	TBA	Progressive Majority Training Track
All Day: Sign-up for appointment	Communications and Messaging One-on-Ones	TBA	Progressive Majority Training Track	Jennie Blackton
5:20PM Ends 6:00PM	Book Signings & Networking Break	Ambassador Ballroom
6:00PM Ends 7:00PM	Awards Gala Reception	Regency Ballroom Foyer
7:00PM	Awards Gala	Regency Ballroom

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Time	Session Name	Room	Track	Speakers
8:30 AM Ends: 9:00 AM	Speaking Frankly	Regency Ballroom	Plenary	Hilary O. Shelton Rep. Alan Grayson
9:10AM Ends 10:10AM	The Congressional Fix: Can Congress Work in Polarized Age?	Diplomat Room	Breakout	David Waldman Laurence E. Gold Ellen Miller Sen. Tom Udall
9:10AM Ends 10:10AM	Remaking America from the Bottom Up	Palladian Room	Breakout	Andrea Batista Schlesinger Angela Glover Blackwell Joan Fitzgerald Gar Alperovitz
9:10AM Ends 10:10AM	Securing America: Progressive Perspectives	Congressional AB Room	Breakout	Tom Andrews Rep. Keith Ellison Sarah Anderson
9:10AM Ends 10:10AM	Where RIghts went Wrong: What Happened to the Rights Revolution?	Palladian Room	Breakout	Nan Aron Rea Carey Adam Luna Anthony D. Romero Kierra Johnson
9:10AM Ends 10:10AM	New Media Organizing: Using Cutting-Edge Online Advocacy Techniques	Senate Room	Progressive Majority Training Track	Judith Freeman Brandon Silverman
9:10AM Ends 10:10AM	Six Fail Safe Steps to an Effective Stump Speech	Forum Room	Progressive Majority Training Track	Jennie Blackton
10:45AM Ends 12:30PM	Closing Plenary: WE ARE THE CHANGE	Regency Ballroom	Plenary	Maria Leavey Tribute Award Presentation Robert L. Borosage Gregory A. Cendana Rep. Barbara Lee Van Jones
12:30PM	March On The Treasury: We Want Our Money Back	Regency Ballroom (Metro to Treasury Building, 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW)	Plenary
All Day: Sign-up for appointment	Campaign One-on-Ones Consultations	TBA	Progressive Majority Training Track
All Day: Sign-up for appointment	Communications and Messaging One-on-Ones	TBA	Progressive Majority Training Track	Jennie Blackton

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