The Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy

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'Friday, January 20 | Rally to Unite Citizens for Democracy | St. Paul's Cathedral | 138 Tremont St, Boston | '4pm - 8 pm

  • This is a preliminary schedule of events for the Rally.
    • 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 ?)
      • 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

  • 10:00 - 10:15 - Welcome Address and Introduction
  • 10:15 - 10:45 - Lawrence Lessig Presentation
  • 10:45 - 11:30 - Break-out Group Discussions
  • 11:30 - 12:15 - Break-out Group Discussions
  • 12:15 - 1:00 - Lunch
  • 1:00 - 1:45 - Break-out Proposals
  • 1:45 - 2:30 - Break-out Proposals
  • 2:30 - 3:15 - Proposal Presentations
  • 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)
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