Thursday, November 12, 2020

Hosted by the Progressive Caucus Action Fund (a 501(C)(4) non-profit organization)

 

1:00 PM EST

The Road Ahead

A post-election panel discussion with progressive leaders

Welcome:
Liz Watson, Executive Director, PCAF

Remarks:
Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, Incoming President & CEO, Children's Defense Fund

Moderator:
Lorella Praeli, President, Community Change Action

Panelists:
Rep. Mark Pocan, CPC Co-Chair
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, CPC Co-Chair
President Becky Pringle, National Education Association
Vanita Gupta, President & CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights

 

2:15 PM EST

Meet the New Progressive
All-Stars!

An introduction to newly elected progressive Members of Congress and groundbreaking state and local leaders

OPENING
Welcome: Vimala Phongsavanh, Organizing Director, PCAF
Host: María Teresa Kumar, President & CEO, Voto Latino
Remarks: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer

CONGRESSIONAL PANEL 1 
Moderator:
Rahna Epting, Executive Director, MoveOn

Panelists:
Kai Kahele, Member-Elect (HI-02)
Marie Newman, Member-Elect (IL-03)

STATE AND LOCAL PANEL 
Panelists:
State Representative Attica Scott, Kentucky General Assembly
Helen Gym, Councilmember At Large, Philadelphia City Council
Gregorio “Greg” Casar, Council Member, Austin City Council

CONGRESSIONAL PANEL 2 
Moderator: Shane Larson, Senior Director for Government Affairs and Policy, Communications Workers of America

Panelists:
Jamaal Bowman, Member-Elect (NY-16)
Teresa Leger Fernandez, Member-Elect (NM-03)

 

Friday, November 13, 2020

Hosted by the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center (a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization)

 

1:00 PM EST

Bold Solutions to the Four Pandemics: Coronavirus, Structural Racism, Runaway Inequality, & Climate Catastrophe

Progressive leaders discuss bold new ideas from across the progressive movement

Welcome:
Alan Barber, Policy Director, CPC Center

Remarks: Sen. Elizabeth Warren
 

GROUP 1

Presentations:

  • Duct Tape & Glue Won’t Work: The Real Investments We Need to Solve The Current Crisis and Runaway Inequality: Kate Taylor-Mighty, Program Manager, Groundwork Collaborative

  • A Caring Economy: Rebuilding Our Economy to Work for Care Workers and Families: Brenda Williams, Home Care Worker and Activist, SEIU Home Care Action Team

  • Left Out & Locked Up: Ending the Cruel Targeting and Exclusion of Immigrant Communities: Greisa Martinez, Executive Director, United We Dream

  • Building an Anti-Racist and Anti-Militaristic Vision of U.S. Foreign Policy: Salih Booker, President & CEO, Center for International Policy

  • Cancel the Debt Collectors: Ending Student Loan Debt to Spur Economic Recovery: Meleiza Figueroa, Organizer, Cancel Student Debt Campaign

  • The Fierce Urgency of Now: The Pandemic Case for Guaranteed Healthcare: Ady Barkan, Founder, Be a Hero Fund

Discussion 
Moderator:
John Cavanagh, Executive Director, Institute for Policy Studies

Panelists:
Rep. Jesús G. “Chuy” García
Rep. Ilhan Omar

GROUP 2
Presentations:

  • Fixing the Cracks in our Foundation: The Necessity of Democracy Reform to Achieving Progressive Policy: Sabeel Rahman, President, Demos

  • More than a Seat at the Table: Strengthening Worker Power is the Key to a Just Recovery: Liz Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO

  • Stopping Economic Freefall: Why Paycheck Recovery is a Smart Solution for Workers and Businesses: Prof. Darrick Hamilton, Director, Institute for the Study of Race, Stratification and Political Economy, The New School

  • On the Clock: The Urgent Need to Address the Climate Crisis: Julian Brave NoiseCat, Vice President of Policy & Strategy, Data for Progress

  • Multiracial Organizing to Build Power in Rural Communities: George Goehl, Executive Director, People's Action Institute

  • It's Time to Be Bold: Ending Hyde, and Determining Our Own Future in the Face of a Hostile Supreme Court: Destiny Lopez, Co-Director, All* Above AlL

Discussion

Moderator:
Thea Mei Lee, President, Economic Policy Institute

Panelists:
Rep. Deb Haaland
Rep. Jared Huffman

 

2:45 PM EST

Celebrating Progressive Leaders

A celebration of grassroots movements and congressional champions

Welcome:
Liz Watson, Executive Director, CPC Center 

Host:
Deepak Bhargava, Distinguished Lecturer at CUNY's School of Labor and Urban Studies

Remarks:
Bob Borosage, President, Institute for America’s Future
Alyssa Milano, Actress and Activist
Rep. Veronica Escobar
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi 

Making Good Trouble: Remembering John Lewis
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, CPC Co-Chair
Rep. Mark Pocan, CPC Co-Chair
Rep. Barbara Lee, CPC Chair Emeritus

Progressive Leadership Award: Poor People’s Campaign
Presented by Rep. Barbara Lee
Accepted by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, and Shailly Gupta Barnes

Game Changer Award: Unemployed Action
Presented by Rep. Jamie Raskin
Accepted by Angela Moore

Celebrating CPC Co-Chair Mark Pocan