Agenda for Take Back America 2007
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Agenda
Monday, June 18, 2007
| Time | Session Name | Track | Speaker |
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11:00 AM
Ends: 12:15 PM
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Our Time Has Come
  
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Robert Borosage Representative Keith Ellison Eli Pariser Representative Jan Schakowsky Andrea Batista Schlesinger |
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12:30 PM
Ends: 2:00 PM
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Lunch Plenary, Apollo: New Energy and New Jobs
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Phil Angelides Kathleen McGinty Carl Pope Jerome Ringo |
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12:45 PM
Ends: 1:45 PM
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Global Warming And Voter Apathy - Inextricable Linkage
It's true. America's political inaction on the climate crisis shares an institutional cause with the growing ranks of apathetic voters. Indeed, our countrymen are more and more ... 
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Self-Organizing Session | Mr. Corbett Kroehler |
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12:45 PM
Ends: 1:45 PM
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How to use the TBA 2007 website to follow all the action at the event
This year, Take Back America has partnered with Confabb.com to bring you a new, fully interactive conference experience. Join us to learn how to use all of the the social media,... |
Self-Organizing Session |
Jon Mandell Jason Rozenblat |
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2:15 PM
Ends: 3:30 PM
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The War of Ideas: A Real Security Agenda for America
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Robert Borosage John Cavanagh Mel Goodman Anita Sharma Rep. Lynn Woolsey |
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2:15 PM
Ends: 3:30 PM
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The War of Ideas: How Conservatism Has Failed
Featuring "CPAC: The Unauthorized Documentary" by Max Blumenthal, The Nation |
Melody Barnes Harold Meyerson Rick Perlstein Connie Rice Cecile Richards |
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2:15 PM
Ends: 3:30 AM
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The War of Ideas: New Economics
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Roger Hickey Dr. Julianne Malveaux Larry Mishel Rich Trumka |
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2:15 PM
Ends: 3:30 PM
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A Winning Candidacy: The Phases of a Successful Campaign
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Progressive Majority: Candidate and Elected Official | |
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2:15 PM
Ends: 3:30 PM
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Making the Decision to Run: Is My Time Now?
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Progressive Majority: Leadership Development | |
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2:15 PM
Ends: 3:30 PM
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Developing a Fail-Safe Message and Stump Speech
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Progressive Majority: Leadership Development | |
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2:30 PM
Ends: 3:30 PM
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The Impeachment Process
This session will provide information about the impeachment process and provide a forum to discuss the possibility of impeaching current officials. 
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Self-Organizing Session |
Mrs. Jane Dugdale Bob Fertik Glen Ford David Swanson |
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2:30 PM
Ends: 3:30 PM
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Clean & Fair Elections Now
You know the problem - campaign cash is the currency of our democracy. Money drowns out the votes and voices of ordinary Americans resulting in policies that benefit the wealthy... |
Self-Organizing Session |
Angela Canterbury Arn Pearson Aimee Tavares |
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3:45 PM
Ends: 5:00 PM
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Women Rising: The Issues that Count
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Ellen Bravo Irasema Garza EJ Graff Cecile Richards Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner |
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3:45 PM
Ends: 5:00 PM
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Out of Iraq: What Comes Next?
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Representative Barbara Lee Tom Matzzie Rep. Patrick Murphy Rep. Carol Shea-Porter Jon Soltz |
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3:45 PM
Ends: 5:00 PM
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The New Progressive Majority
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Dr. Juan Andrade, Jr. Page Gardner Stan Greenberg Michael Kieschnick |
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3:45 PM
Ends: 5:00 PM
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We've Got Issues: Young People in Action
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Ellynne Bannon Jon Hoadley Eddy Morales Juan Pacheco Madhuri Singh Jessy Tolkan Elandria Williams |
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3:45 PM
Ends: 5:00 PM
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Voicing Your Values: How to Talk About Progressive Issues
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Progressive Majority: Candidate and Elected Official | |
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3:45 PM
Ends: 5:00 PM
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Campaign 101: The Phases of a Successful Campaign
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Progressive Majority: Leadership Development | |
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3:45 PM
Ends: 5:00 PM
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Politics the Wellstone Way: Field and Base Vote Organizing
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Progressive Majority: Leadership Development | |
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4:00 PM
Ends: 5:00 PM
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Conservatives are to Supply-Side Economics as Progressives are to ________?
You probably have never heard of Dan Ancona. But you may have never heard of Russell Kirk either, and his writings in the 1950s helped Add your review |
Self-Organizing Session |
Dan Ancona Jenifer Fernandez Ancona |
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4:00 PM
Ends: 5:00 PM
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Reaching the Public
Ways to reach the public to promote core progressive values and create DEMAND for progressive ideas and candidates. |
Self-Organizing Session |
Jeffrey Feldman Dave Johnson Conor Kenny |
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5:00 PM
Ends: 5:15 PM
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Book Signing
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Ellen Bravo Stan Greenberg Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner |
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5:15 PM
Ends: 6:15 PM
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Creating a National Popular Vote for President: Organizing Insurrection in "Spectator States"
Maryland State Senator Jamin Raskin and Ryan O'Donnell of FairVote will discuss the exciting campaign for a National Popular Vote, which was just passed into law in the state of... |
Self-Organizing Session | Jamin Raskin |
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5:15 PM
Ends: 6:15 PM
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Election Protection 2008
We'll review the challenges we face with electronic voting machines, caging lists, voter intimidation and so much more in 2008. We'll organize to protect the vote.
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Self-Organizing Session |
Allegra Dengler Ana Henderson Lynn Landes Dr. Jonathan SimonJD Jonathan Simon |
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6:00 PM
Ends: 7:00 PM
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Progressive Majority Reception
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Donna Brazile | |
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6:30 PM
Ends: 8:00 PM
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Barbecue Dinner
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6:30 PM
Ends: 7:30 PM
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The Quiet Revolution: Combating the Right Wing Attack on our Constitutuion
Film-screening and discussion. Hosted by Emmy award-winning actor Bradley Whitford, Quiet Revolution is a short documentary that features congressional leaders like Barack O'bam... |
Self-Organizing Session |
Nan Aron Kellye McIntosh |
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6:30 PM
Ends: 7:30 PM
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Do You Want a New U.S. Foreign Policy?
Join Foreign Policy In Focus and the Institute for Policy Studies in a discussion of how to take back American foreign policy. Americans went to the polls last November to elect... |
Self-Organizing Session | John Cavanagh |
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8:00 PM
Ends: 9:30 PM
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The New Populist Energy
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Senator Sherrod Brown Roger Hickey Senator Amy Klobuchar Senator Bernie Sanders Katrina vanden Heuvel |
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9:30 PM
Ends: 12:00 AM
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Film Night: Taxi to the Dark Side
Alex Gibney examines the Bush administration's policy on torture in his film Taxi to the Dark Side which investigates the death of an Afghani taxi driver who died from in... |
Alex Gibney | |
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9:30 PM
Ends: 12:00 AM
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Film Night: Lift the Ban
Robert Greenwald and Brave New Foundation present the world premier of Lift the Ban, which tells the story of Stephen Benjamin who served in the Navy as a much need Arabi... |
Robert Greenwald | |
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9:30 PM
Ends: 12:00 AM
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Party: Next Generation Leaders Late Night
Sponsored by Young People For, Living Liberally, and Progress With Friends Featuring "Greyhound Diaries"-a rolling snapshot in words, images, and song of people struggling to... |
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