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2009 Conference Events AgendaLobby Day Agenda: Tuesday, July 9th, 2009
Lutheran Church of the Reformation Parish Hall
212 East Capitol Street, Washington, DC 20003-1036 At the Lobby Day, Campus Progress will be training, prepping, and taking hundreds of fired up young progressives to Capitol Hill to demand concrete solutions to the economic challenges that young people face on issues like health care, green jobs, and higher education.
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and Registration 9:00 – 9:40 a.m. Lobby Training
A general overview of the day, grassroots lobbying tactics and structure, and how to take your lobbying skills back to your community.
Presented by Campus Progress 9:40 – 10:20 a.m. Issue Breakouts Climate and Energy
The American Clean Energy and Security Act just passed the House of Representatives and is heading to the Senate. This bill is far from enough and the Senate is the last place where we’ll get a chance to strengthen it. Tell you senators you want a real ‘Clean Energy Bill’ and not one full of handouts to polluting corporations.
Presented by the Energy Action Coalition & Tommaso Boggia
College Affordability
President Obama laid out an ambitious plan to increase access to higher education and decrease the student loan burden on college graduates, but the legislature is stalling. Too many representatives are putting their banking interests in over their constituents’ and it’s about time that they get a visit from some passionate young people telling them to put students over banks.
Presented by U.S. PIRG & Pedro de la Torre Health Care
For too long we have been postponing comprehensive health care reform allowing for special interests to get increasingly more entrenched and powerful. Finally we have enough momentum to make some progress on this pervasive issue and provide health care for all, but we need to make our voices loud and heard.
Presented by HCAN & Natasha Bowens
10:20 – 10:40 a.m. Travel to Capitol South 10:40 – 11:00 a.m. First Meeting Prep Most meetings have been scheduled starting at 11:00. If this is the case for you, take this time to meet with other people in your team to assign roles, prep talking points and get pumped.
11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Lobby Visits You will be provided with a list of meetings you have been scheduled to attend. We did our best to schedule meetings with at least one of your congressional representatives, but not every office responded.
End of day At the end of your last meeting
If you have any questions, call 202 725 4874
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