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**How to talk to people about this subject (Pam Wilmot) | **How to talk to people about this subject (Pam Wilmot) | ||
**How corporations work and how to get them to work for us (Grace Ross) | **How corporations work and how to get them to work for us (Grace Ross) | ||
**Five Sources of Campaign Finance (Patrick | **Five Sources of Campaign Finance (Patrick Frank) | ||
**Tales of Non-Coordination: SuperPACs (TBD) | **Tales of Non-Coordination: SuperPACs (TBD) | ||
**Pay to Play (TBD) | **Pay to Play (TBD) | ||
Revision as of 17:09, 13 January 2012
Friday, January 20 | Rally to Unite Citizens for Democracy | St. Paul's Cathedral | 138 Tremont St, Boston | 4pm - 8 pm
- 4:00 - 4:30 - Community Gather Time
- 4:30 - 4:50 - "We the People" Rep. Cory Atkins
- 4:50 - 5:10 - " Cross-Partisan Organizing: Finding Areas of Agreement" Szelena Grey of Rootstrikers
- 5:10 - 5:45 - Break-out Sessions
- Financial Industry (Pam Wilmot)
- Environmental Concerns (TBD)
- Housing Chrisis (TBD - Domenic?)
- Military Spending (TBD - VFP, MPC, ?)
- Immigration (TBD)
- Education (TBD - Occupy Harvard)
- Corporate Culture (Grace Ross)
- Healthcare (MA Nurses Association)
- Agri-business (Terra Friedrichs)
- 5:45 - 6:00 - Occupy Legislation Handbook - Jamie Eldridge
- 6:00 - 6:30 - Corporate Personhood Panel with John Bonifaz, Donna Palermino and TBD
- 6:30 - 7:00 - Questions and Answers
- 7:00 - 7:30 - Break-out Group Discussions
- How to talk to people about this subject (Pam Wilmot)
- How corporations work and how to get them to work for us (Grace Ross)
- Five Sources of Campaign Finance (Patrick Frank)
- Tales of Non-Coordination: SuperPACs (TBD)
- Pay to Play (TBD)
- Public Financing of Elections (Jules Levine)
- 7:30 - 8:00 - Reception and Entertainment
- 8:00 - 8:10 - Closing Remarks
Saturday, January 21 | Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Suffolk University, Donahue Hall | 41 Temple St., Boston | 10pm - 4pm
- 9:30 - 10:00 - Community Gathering
- 10:00 - 10:45 - Lawrence Lessig Presentation
- 10:45 - 11:00 - Questions and Answers
- 11:00 - 11:20 - Coffee Break and Book Signing
- 11:20 - 12:00 - Breakout Sessions II
- Impacting Local Elections (Jules Levine & Harmony ?)
- Article V Convention (TBD)
- Consumer Strategies (TBD)
- Corporate and Small Business Alliances (TBD)
- Presidental Elections (Patrick Frank)
- The Pesticide Industry (Ellen ? & Theresa ?)
- Citizen Journalism and Breaking Through the Media (TBD)
- 12:00-12:30 - Lunch
- 12:30-1:00 - Powermapping (Patrick Frank, Grace Ross, TBD)
- 1:00-1:45 - Breakout Discussions
- How to Start a Ballot Initiative (TBD)
- How to Pass Local Resolutions (TBD)
- Colation Building (TBD)
- Community Building (TBD)
- Occupy Boston Proposal Groups (TBD)
- FEC (Mass. League of Women Voters - TBD)
- 1:45 - 2:30 - Present Break-out Proposals
- 2:30 - 3:15 - Citizens Lobbying Training Workshop (Grace Ross, Avi Green, Pam Wilmot)
- 3:15 - 3:30 - Next Steps - Join a Working group (Jules Levine)
- 3:30 - 4:00 - Occupy Boston Open House
- 3:15 - 4:00 - Grace Ross - Citizens Lobbying Training Workshop
- Speakers to include Lawrence Lessig (~10:30am), Jules Levine, Donna Palermino, Patrick Frank, Pam Wilmot, Arthur Macewan and Grace Ross (to close the day)
- Event to involve lectures, panel discussions and break-out sessions.
Participating Groups for the Rally and Summit Include
- Boston Amendment Group
- Coffee Party in Boston
- Common Cause
- Dollars and Cents
- Free Speech For People
- League of Women Voters of MA
- Massachusetts Nurses Association
- MassVote
- Move to Amend
- Progressive Massachusetts
- Public Citizen
- Rootstrikers
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU Local 615)