The Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy

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This schedule is a living document and minor changes in the times and in the break-out session details may be made.


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:
  • 5:10 - 5:45 - Break-out Sessions on Corporate Influence
    • Financial Industry (Pam Wilmot)
    • Environmental Concerns (Terra Fredricks)
    • Housing Crisis
    • Military Spending (Veterans for Peace, MPC)
    • Immigration - Historical Perspective (Felipe Zamborlini and Samuel Psoi)
    • Education
    • Corporate Culture (Grace Morris)
    • Healthcare (MA Nurses Association)
    • Agri-business (Theresa Earle)
  • 5:45 - 6:00 - "#Occupy Legislation Handbook" From Progressive Massachusetts - Senator Jamie Eldridge
  • 6:00 - 6:30 - "Corporate Personhood 101: A Panel Discussion" - John Bonifaz, Donna Palermino and Melia Lazu
  • 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 Morris)
    • Five Sources of Campaign Finance (Patrick Frank)
    • Tales of Non-Coordination: SuperPACs
    • Pay to Play
    • 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 | 10am - 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
    • Consumer Strategies
    • Corporate and Small Business Alliances
    • Presidental Elections (Patrick Frank)
    • The Pesticide Industry (Ellen Fine & Theresa Earle)
    • Citizen Journalism and Breaking Through the Media (Jess Schuman)
  • 12:00-12:30 - Lunch
  • 12:30-1:00 - Powermapping (Patrick Frank, Grace Morris)
  • 1:00-1:45 - Breakout Discussions
    • How to Start a Ballot Initiative
    • How to Pass Local Resolutions
    • Coalition Building
    • Community Building
    • Occupy Boston Proposal Groups
    • Federal Election Commission (Mass. League of Women Voters)
  • 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

Participating Groups for the Rally and Summit Include

  • Boston Amendment Group
  • Coffee Party in Boston
  • Common Cause
  • Dollars and Cents
  • Free Speech For People
  • Greater Boston Move to Amend
  • League of Women Voters of MA
  • Massachusetts Nurses Association
  • MassVote
  • Progressive Massachusetts
  • Public Citizen
  • Rootstrikers
  • Service Employees International Union (SEIU Local 615)

For questions, contact citizensunited@occupyboston.org

This schedule is a living document and minor changes in the times and the break-out session details may be made.

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