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

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 on Corporate Influence
- 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 | 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 (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

Participating Groups for the Rally and Summit Include

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