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Wednesday, June 1
11:00AM-7:00PM
Registration, Front Terrace
11:00AM-6:00PM
Exhibitors, Concourse Level
12:30-1:30PM
Press Conference: National Launching of Cities Progress Network
OPENING SESSION
2:00-3:30PM
Plenary: The Progressive Promise, Jefferson/Lincoln
Welcome and Introductions: Robert Borosage
Robert Borosage, Co-Director, Campaign for America's Future: 
[18] 
[19]
The Failure of the Right and the Progressive Promise
[18] 
[19]The Failure of the Right and the Progressive Promise
Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor-elect, City of Los Angeles: [20] 
[21] [22]
We Stand for One America
[20] [21] 
[22]We Stand for One America
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), United States Representative: [23] [24]
A Time to Build
[23] 
[24]A Time to Build
3:45-5:15PM
Plenary: Building the New Majority, Jefferson/Lincoln
MODERATOR: Roger Hickey
Celinda Lake, President, Lake, Snell, Perry, Mermin & Assoc.:
Where Americans Stand: How Progressives Win
Where Americans Stand: How Progressives Win
Karen Ackerman, Political Director, AFL-CIO:
Empower Workers, Win Elections
Empower Workers, Win Elections
Donna Brazile, Managing Director, Brazile & Assoc.:
Mobilizing and Persuading the Base
Mobilizing and Persuading the Base
Eli Pariser, Executive Director, MoveOn.org:
Citizen Power: Breaking Money Politics and Building from the Bottom Up
Citizen Power: Breaking Money Politics and Building from the Bottom Up
5:30-6:00PM
Book Signings, Concourse Level
Donna Brazile: [25]
Cooking With Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics
[25]Cooking With Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics
Richard Parker:
John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith
Martha Burk:
Cult of Power: Sex Discrimination in Corporate America and What Can Be Done About It
Cult of Power: Sex Discrimination in Corporate America and What Can Be Done About It
Eli Pariser, Executive Director, MoveOn.org:
Citizen Power: Breaking Money Politics and Building from the Bottom Up
Citizen Power: Breaking Money Politics and Building from the Bottom Up
5:30-7:00PM
Meet MoveOn.org Reception, Map Room
6:00-7:00PM
General Reception, Gazebo
7:00-10:00PM
Gala Awards Dinner, The International Ballroom Center
Emcee:
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
America's Future Lifetime Achievement Award
Presented By: Richard Parker
JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
Economist, Professor, Government Official, Ambassador, Novelist, Citizen Activist
Comments By: Jamie Galbraith [26]
Presented By: Richard Parker
JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
Economist, Professor, Government Official, Ambassador, Novelist, Citizen Activist
Comments By: Jamie Galbraith
[26]
Paul Wellstone Citizen Leadership Award
Presented By: Reg Weaver, President, NEA
TAMECKA PIERCE & DANNY THOMPSON
Florida ACORN, Nevada AFL-CIO, crusaders for decent minimum wage
Presented By: Reg Weaver, President, NEA
TAMECKA PIERCE & DANNY THOMPSON
Florida ACORN, Nevada AFL-CIO, crusaders for decent minimum wage
America's Future Progressive Champion Award
Presented By: Cecile Richards, President, America Votes
ELLEN MALCOLM
Founder, EMILY's List and America Coming Together
Presented By: Cecile Richards, President, America Votes
ELLEN MALCOLM
Founder, EMILY's List and America Coming Together
Special Guest:
ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA
Labor Leader, Reformer, CA Assembly Speaker, LA City Council Member, IAF Board Member,
the Mayor-elect of Los Angeles
ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA
Labor Leader, Reformer, CA Assembly Speaker, LA City Council Member, IAF Board Member,
the Mayor-elect of Los Angeles
Thursday, June 2
8:00-9:00AM
Breakfast, The International Ballroom Center Informal gatherings by State and Region
9:00-9:15AM
Welcome, The International Ballroom Center
9:15-9:45AM
Opening Plenary, International Ballroom
Howard Dean: [27] [28] [29]
We Have the Power
[27] [28] 
[29]We Have the Power
Arianna Huffington: [30]
The Most Corrupt Congress: Time to Clean the Stables
[30] The Most Corrupt Congress: Time to Clean the Stables
10:00-11:15AM
Parallel Plenaries: A New Direction for One America
PLENARY 1
An Economics that Works for Working People, Lincoln
MODERATOR: Robert Kuttner, President, The American Prospect: [31]
[31]Why "Bushonomics" failed: Lower taxes, larger government, poorer people
Mary Beth Maxwell, Executive Director, American Rights at Work: [32]
Organize for Shared Prosperity
[32]Organize for Shared Prosperity
Beth Shulman, President, Working Strategies: [33]
Make the Jobs That Stay Good Jobs
[33]Make the Jobs That Stay Good Jobs
Clyde Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute: [34]
A Global Policy that Works for Working People
[34]A Global Policy that Works for Working People
PLENARY 2
A Real Security Agenda for America, Ballroom East
MODERATOR: John Tirman, Executive Director, MIT Center for International Studies:
Common Sense on Homeland Security
Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Editor, The Nation:
A Real Security Policy for America
A Real Security Policy for America
Ray McGovern, Former CIA Official:
Iraq: Is there a way out?
Iraq: Is there a way out?
Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University:
Solving Poverty, Spreading Hope
Solving Poverty, Spreading Hope
PLENARY 3
The True Moral Majority, Jefferson
MODERATOR: David Saperstein
Thomas Frank, Author, What's the Matter with Kansas?:
Curing What's Wrong with Kansas
Curing What's Wrong with Kansas
Rev. Wallace Charles Smith, Shiloh Baptist Church:
A Moral Agenda
A Moral Agenda
Rev. Dr. Katherine Ragsdale, Saint David Episcopal Church:
Challenging the Right on Values and Morality
Challenging the Right on Values and Morality
11:30-12:45PM
Defining Issues: The Fight for America's Future
PLENARY 1
Social Security: Americans Unite to Stop Privatization, Ballroom East
MODERATOR: Roger Hickey, Co-Director, Campaign for America's Future: [35]
[35]The Social Security Debate
William McNary, President, USAction: [36]
Organizing to Demand Congress Take a Stand
[36] Organizing to Demand Congress Take a Stand
Jehmu Green, Rock the Vote: [37]
Why Young People Refuse to Be Ripped Off
[37]Why Young People Refuse to Be Ripped Off
Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO: [38]
Social Security and Working People
[38]Social Security and Working People
Laurie Young, Older Women's League:
Women Rise Up Against Privatization
Women Rise Up Against Privatization
PLENARY 2
The Fight for the Courts: Will the Right Reverse 20th Century Progress?, Lincoln
MODERATOR: Ralph Neas, President and CEO, People for the American Way: [39]
[39]Why the Radical Right Has Targeted the Courts
Nancy Keenan, President, NARAL: Pro-Choice America: [40]
The Assault on Privacy
[40]The Assault on Privacy
Wade Henderson, Executive Director, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights: [41]
The Assault on Equal Opportunity and Civil Liberty
[41]The Assault on Equal Opportunity and Civil Liberty
Nan Aron, President, Alliance for Justice: [42]
The Fallout from the Nuclear Option
[42]The Fallout from the Nuclear Option
PLENARY 3
Challenging the Wal-Mart Economy, Jefferson
MODERATOR: Larry Mishel
Madeline Janis Aparacio, Executive Director, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE):
Up from Under Wal-Mart's Low Road Economy
Up from Under Wal-Mart's Low Road Economy
Joseph Hanson, President, UFCW:
Workers Down and Out in the Wal-Mart World
Workers Down and Out in the Wal-Mart World
Wade Rathke, Founder/Chief Organizer, ACORN:
Empowering Communities to Challenge Wal-Mart
Empowering Communities to Challenge Wal-Mart
Reginald W. Williams, Trinity United Church of Christ:
Wal-Mart Against the Moral Economy
Wal-Mart Against the Moral Economy
1:00-2:30PM
Lunch: TomPaine.com Award, International Ballroom Center
Welcome: Ellen Miller, Deputy Director, Campaign for America's Future
Introduction and Presentation: John Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO [43]
[43]
John Edwards, One America Committee: Moving Beyond Two Americas [44] [45] [46]
[44] [45] 
[46]2:45-4:00PM
Progressive Agenda: Five initiatives for a more Perfect Union, International Ballroom Center
Introductions/Moderator: Nick Penniman
Apollo: New Energy for America [47]
[47]Cecil Roberts, President, United Mine Workers of America
Pre School for All: The Best Economic Development Investment [48]
[48]Julie Burton, Director, Project Kid Smart, PFAW
Affordable Healthcare for All [49]
[49]Jacob Hacker, Peter Strauss Family Assistant Professor, Yale University
America Needs a Raise [50]
[50]Stewart Acuff, Organizing Director, AFL-CIO
A True Family Values Agenda [51]
[51]Karen Kornbluh, Policy Director for Senator Barack Obama and Founder of the New American Agenda Project
4:15-5:30PM
Building a Progressive Movement
PLENARY 1
Devolve This: Moving Policy in the States, Jefferson
MODERATOR: David Paterson, Minority Leader, NY State Senate:
Moderator: Policy Defines Values
Joel Rogers, Director, Center on Wisconsin Strategy:
Driving a High Road Economy
Driving a High Road Economy
Kumar Barve*, Maryland House of Representatives:
Progressive Initiatives for Working People
Progressive Initiatives for Working People
Chellie Pingree, President and CEO, Common Cause:
Rebuilding Democracy from the Bottom Up
Rebuilding Democracy from the Bottom Up
PLENARY 2
Politics in the States: Building Progressive Capacity in Both Red and Blue States, Monroe
MODERATOR: Kristina Wilfore, Executive Director, Ballot Initiative Strategy Center:
A Progressive Initiative and Mobilizing Strategy
Heather Booth, Organizational Consultant: [52]
New Strategies for New Capacity
[52]New Strategies for New Capacity
Dean Nielsen, Washington State Director, Progressive Majority:
Candidate Recruitment, Strategic Targeting
Candidate Recruitment, Strategic Targeting
Margie Omero, President, Momentum Analysis:
Strategic Openings for Progressives
Strategic Openings for Progressives
Niel Richie, Executive Director, League of Rural Voters:
Swimming in the Reddest of Red Areas
Swimming in the Reddest of Red Areas
PLENARY 3
Talking American, Lincoln
MODERATOR: Nick Penniman [53] [54]
[53] 
[54]
George Lakoff, author, Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate: [55] [56]
Values First: Framing Our Message
[55] 
[56]Values First: Framing Our Message
Diane Feldman, President, The Feldman Group: [57]
Standing Up: Why Progressives Fare Better
[57]Standing Up: Why Progressives Fare Better
PLENARY 4
Building an Independent Progressive Infrastructure, Ballroom East
Thomas Athans, Executive Director, Democracy Radio: [58]
In the Air: New Progressive Media in Motion
[58] In the Air: New Progressive Media in Motion
Jackie Kendall, Executive Director, Midwest Academy: [59]
On the Ground: New Mobilization Capacity
[59]On the Ground: New Mobilization Capacity
John Podesta, President, Center for American Progress:
Ideas and Message: Taking on the Right
Ideas and Message: Taking on the Right
Iara Peng, Director, Young People for the American Way: [60] [61]
New Growth: Engaging the Young
[60] 
[61]New Growth: Engaging the Young
PLENARY 5
Media Reform: Democratizing the Media, Room TBD
MODERATOR: Josh Silver, Executive Director, Free Press
Jon Halpin, Center for American Progress
David Brock, Media Matters
Linda Foley, Newspaper Guild
5:30-6:00PM
Book Signings, Concourse Level
Thomas Frank:
What's the Matter with Kansas: How Conservatives won the Heart of America
What's the Matter with Kansas: How Conservatives won the Heart of America
Sidney Blumenthal:
Clinton Wars
Clinton Wars
Don Hazen:
Start Making Sense: Turning the Lessons of Election 2004 Into Winning Progressive Politics
Start Making Sense: Turning the Lessons of Election 2004 Into Winning Progressive Politics
5:30-6:30PM
Preview: 30 Days, Room TBD
A Reality TV program about real people dealing with today's economic and social realities. The first episode, to air on the FX network weekly starting June 15, follows two New Yorkers trying to survive — and support kids — on minimum wage jobs in Columbus, Ohio.
5:30-7:00PM
Reception Sponsored by Progressive Majority, Room TBD
6:30-8:00PM
Picnic Supper, Gazebo
8:00-10:00PM
BLOG FIRE: A RADIO-ACTIVE EVENING, International Ballroom Center
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.
Participants:
Joshua Micah Marshall, Talking Points Memo
Joshua Micah Marshall, Talking Points Memo
Ana Marie Cox*, Wonkette
Jerome Armstrong, MyDD [62]
[62]
Duncan Black, Atrios [63]
[63]
David Corn*
Stephanie Miller, Democracy Radio and the Oxygen Network [64]
[64]
Emily Levine
Sam Seder*, Air America Radio
Nicco Mele, CEO of EchoDitto and formerly Presidential Candidate
Howard Dean's Webmaster
9:30PM-LATE
Please join Progress With Friends, an informal group of young (and youthful acting) progressive leaders, for a Young at Heart After Hours Party at 18th Street Lounge: 1212 18th Street, NW — down Connecticut Ave and across Dupont Circle.
Friday, June 3
8:00-9:00AM
Breakfast, International Ballroom Center
9:00-9:30AM
Welcome and Introduction, Room TBD
Bill Moyers, Public Affairs Television: [65] [66] [67]
The Historic Stakes/Historic Struggle
[65] [66] 
[67]The Historic Stakes/Historic Struggle
10:00-11:30AM
Parallel Plenaries
PLENARY 1
The Vision Thing: Facing America's Realities, Monroe
MODERATOR: Sam Pizzigati, Labor journalist and author of Greed and Good: Understanding and Overcoming the Inequality that Limits our Lives:
Spreading Wealth
Gar Alperovitz, Lionel R. Bauman Professor, University of Maryland:
Building a Democratic Economy
Building a Democratic Economy
Holly Sklar, Journalist:
What's Good for Workers is Good for America
What's Good for Workers is Good for America
PLENARY 2
Health Care: The Real Crisis, Lincoln
MODERATOR: Cathy Hurwitt, Chief of Staff and Legislative Aide, Office of Rep. Jan Schakowsky [68]
[68]
Jonathan Parker, National Campaign Director, Americans for Health Care, SEIU [69]
[69]
Paul Booth, Executive Assistant to the President, AFSCME [70]
[70]
Jacob Hacker, Peter Strauss Family Assistant Professor, Yale University [71]
[71]
Richard Kirsch, Executive Director, NY Citizen Action [72]
[72]PLENARY 3
New Energy: Apollo Moves at the State Level, Ballroom East
Jeff Rickert, Interim Executive Director, Apollo Alliance [73]
[73]
Rob Sargent, Senior Energy Policy Analyst, US PIRG [74]
[74]
Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director, UPROSE [75]
[75]
Carla Din, Western Regional Director, Apollo Alliance [76]
[76]
Steve Sleigh, Director, Strategic Resources, International Association of Machinists
[77]
and Aerospace Worker
[77]and Aerospace Worker
PLENARY 4
Educating our Children: Unfinished Business, Jefferson
Roger Wilkins, Clarence J. Robinson Professor, George Mason University:
Moving Up to the Basics
Moving Up to the Basics
Richard Rothstein, Research Associate, Economic Policy Institute:
Leave No Child Behind: What it Takes
Leave No Child Behind: What it Takes
Lily Eskelsen, Secretary-Treasurer, NEA:
The Broken Promise on Education
The Broken Promise on Education
George Wood, Principal, Federal Hocking High School:
Educating Citizens
Educating Citizens
PLENARY 5
Why Family Values should be Progressive Values, Ballroom West
Ann Crittenden, author
Maya Rockeymoore, Vice President of Research and Programs, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Page Gardner, Director, Women's Voices, Women's Vote
Lisa Guide, Associate Director, Rockefeller Family Foundation
11:45-1:00PM
Breakout Working Groups
PLENARY 1
The Social Security Campaign: Next Steps, Ballroom West
MODERATOR: Adam Luna, Campaign for America's Future [78]
[78]
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
Kathryn Olson, Democratic Staff Director, U.S. House Ways and Means Committee
PLENARY 2
Fighting for the Courts: Next Steps, Jefferson
MODERATOR: 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
Santiago Juarez, New Mexico PACE
PLENARY 3
Wal-Mart Next Steps, Lincoln
MODERATOR: Lisa Smithline, Political Director, Brave New Films [79]
[79]
Tekisha Everette, Senior Policy Analyst, Americans for Healthcare [80] [81]
[80] 
[81]
Andy Grossman, Executive Director, Wal-Mart Watch [82]
[82]
Kim Gandy, President, NOW
PLENARY 4
Making New Media: Emerging Technologies for Social Change, Ballroom East
MODERATOR: Robert Greenwald, film director/producer [83] [84]
[83] 
[84]
Christopher Rabb, Founder, Afro-Netizen [85]
[85]
Zack Rosen, Founder, CivicSpace Labs [86] [87]
[86] 
[87]
Michelle Miller, SEIU [88] [89]
[88] [89]
Deanna Zandt, AlterNet [90] [91]
[90] [91]
Ken Jordan, Open Network Portal [92] [93]
[92] [93]PLENARY 5
The Demise of Ethics in Business and Government, Monroe
MODERATOR: Ellen Miller [94]
[94]
Bill Lerach, Mieberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes and Lerach,:
Corporate corruption and accountability in the age of Enron
Corporate corruption and accountability in the age of Enron
Melanie Sloan, Executive Director, CREW:
Political corruption and accountability in the age of DeLay
Political corruption and accountability in the age of DeLay
1:00-1:15PM
Book Signings, Concourse Level
Jim Wallis:
God's Politics
God's Politics
Gar Alperovitz:
America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming our Wealth, our Liberty and our Democracy
America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming our Wealth, our Liberty and our Democracy
1:15-2:30PM
Send-off Plenary Lunch, International Ballroom Center
Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), United States Representative [95] [96]
[95] 
[96]
Morty Bahr, President, Communications Workers of America [97] [98] [99]
[97] [98] 
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Jim Wallis, author, God's Politics [100] [101] [102]
[100] [101] 
[102]
Kim Gandy, President, NOW [103] [104] [105]
[103] [104] 
[105]
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rainbow PUSH Coalition [106] [107] [108]
[106] [107] 
[108]2:30-4:00PM
March/Demonstration Against Social Security Privatization
From Washington Hilton to undisclosed location (TBA). Please arrange your departures and store luggage so you can join us.