The Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy
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)