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)