Four days of days of learning, planning and organizing.
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To celebrate this milestone, and to reflect and renew our civic spirit and resolve we are convening an unprecedented gathering of public interest organizers, advocates, experts, and concerned citizens for four days at historic Constitution Hall in Washington DC.
Leaders of influential civic groups in a variety of fields will explain how with modest budgets, and determined, focused purpose, they successfully changed our country for the better. This unprecedented gathering will showcase the strategic insights these leaders gained over the years and will offer perspectives on new innovations and strategies for future efforts. Jim Hightower
Ralph Nader
Barry Scheck- The Innocence Project
Karen Friedman- Pension Rights Center
Michael Jacobson- Center for Science in the Public Interest
Clarence Ditlow- Center for Auto Safety
Ralf Hotchkiss- Whirlwind Wheelchair
Sidney Wolfe – Public Citizen Health Research Group
Lunch
F. Paul Bland- Public Justice
Robert Fellmeth- Children’s Advocacy Institute
Robert T Coulter- Indian Resource Institute
Michael McPhearson- Veterans for Peace
Jay Feldman- Beyond Pesticides
Jamie Love- Knowledge Ecology International
Jeff Ruch- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
Harvey Rosenfeld- Consumer Watchdog
Al Fritsch- Appalachia Science in the Public Interest
Andre Delattre- US Public Interest Research Group
Lois Gibbs- Center for Health, Environment and Justice
Leading authors, documentary filmmakers, journalists, cartoonists, new media content producers and other creative advocates will gather to discuss tactics to reform our communications landscape, and open the airwaves and internet up to serious and compelling content. Together we will launch a new organization – “Voices” – a full-spectrum advocacy group to champion an open, democratic communication commons. Ralph Nader
Taming The Media Beast
Nicholas Johnson
Michael Copps
Media For A Democracy John Nichols
Corporate Control of the Media and Broadband Jeff Chester Jeff Cohen
Patti Smith
All The News That’s Fit To Exclude Eugene Jarecki Laura Flanders
Jim Naureckas
Winona LaDuke
The Media is Missing in Action
Mark Green
“Best stories you never hear” Lori Wallach on Trade
Ken Reed on Sports
Richard Newman on Torts
Phyllis Bennis on Empire
Cathy Ozar on Plight of family farmer Jenean Jackson on Mass Media criticism Rena Steinzor on Wall Street’s Crimes Phillip Weiss on Criticism of Israeli government Jeff Cohen on Media
Pete Davis on Minimum Wage
Stephen Cohen on Russia
Breaking Media Taboos Phil Donahue
Senseless Censorship Mickey Huff-Project Censored
Of Cartoons And Censors Matt Wuerker- Editorial Cartoonist Politico
Overcoming Our Gatekeepers Jeff Chester
The Golden Age Of Documentaries Kirk Wiebe- Good American
Former military and national security experts, diplomats, veterans, and leaders of organizations dedicated to waging peace will discuss strategies to resist the pressure for perpetual war, and to proactively promote peaceful alternatives. We will also launch a new civic “Secretariat” to bring together experts and citizen leaders with the stature, credibility, experience and wisdom to counter and respond rapidly to the drumbeat for future unlawful or unnecessary military adventures. Ralph Nader
Why Things Go Bad? Lawrence Wilkerson
American Bias for War
Paul Pillar
The Middle East – The Horrors of War Mathew Hoh Raed Jarrar
Waging Peace For a Change Jim Cason- American Friends
Kevin Martin- Peace Action Medea Benjamin- Code Pink
Mass Media, Mass Deception Chris Hedges Eugene Jarecki
Defective Defense William Hartung Danielle Brian
Government Suppression of Dissent and Truth John Kiriakou
Tom Drake Jesselyn Radack
Sowing the Seeds for Peace
Colman McCarthy
Corruption of US Foreign Policy Allan Nairn
Constructive Engagement For Peace
Stephen Kinzer
Why We Fight? Eugene Jarecki
A new civic platform will be presented by our nation’s leading advocates. This platform will be advanced by presenting a “Great Citizen Summons of Members of Congress” that will form the basis of a sustained nationwide organizing effort. Electoral Reforms Mark Green
Public Budgets
Dennis Kucinich
Consumer Protections
Marta Tellado
Civil Service Tom Devine Max Steir
Corporate Crime Russell Mokhiber
The Commons and Corporate Welfare Ralph Nader
Medicare For All Karen Higgens
Labor Law Reform Mark Dimondstein
Minimum Wage /Minimum Income Robert Pollin
Global Trade Treaties Lori Wallach
Community based Economics Michael Shuman
Sustainable Energy David Freeman
Restoring Rule of Law Bruce Fein Jonathon Turley
Citizen Summons Ralph Nader Medea Benjamin Wenonah Hauter Miles Rapaport
On May 24, Breaking through Power – The Media, We will discuss forming a new advocacy group “Voices” that will work to open up the commercial media, that use the public airwaves free of charge, to much more serious content.
Over four days, speakers will present innovative ideas and strategies designed to take existing civic groups to higher levels of effectiveness. The participants will be asked to support the creation of several new organizations.
Thousands of people at Constitution Hall and around the country and connect long-available knowledge to long-neglected action for the necessities and aspirations of people from all backgrounds.
DAR Constitution Hall is Washington DC’s largest Concert Hall.
1776 D Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 628-1776 Near 17th and C
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