All-Day Grassroots Training

Sponsored by Wellstone Action, Student PIRGs, and Campus Progress
Center for American Progress, 1333 H St. N.W. 10th Floor Washington, D.C.

Closed press.

6:30 – 9:00 pm

"The Trials of Darryl Hunt"

Film screening and panel discussion with the filmmakers
E Street Cinema, 555 11th Street NW in downtown Washington, DC

The Trials of Darryl Hunt documents a brutal rape and murder in North Carolina, and offers a deeply personal story of a wrongfully convicted man, Darryl Hunt, who spent twenty years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Be the first to see this movie and meet Darryl before it debuts on HBO in 2007! Join us for a screening and panel discussion with Darryl Hunt; Mark Rabil, Darryl Hunt’s attorney; Nkechi Taifa, senior policy analyst at Open Society Policy Center; and Clyde Williams, Center for American Progress.

For more information on the film, visit www.breakthrufilms.org.

This is an optional event the evening before the conference.

2006 Campus Progress National Student Conference
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, NW, Washington, DC
Click on our Multimedia tab to view streaming video of the Conference panels, photos, and more!

8:15 am – 9:15

Registration / Welcome Breakfast

9:15 am – 10:20

Morning Plenary

David Halperin, Director, Campus Progress, and Senior Vice President, Center for American Progress
Maria Teresa Petersen, Executive Director, Voto Latino
Adrienne Maree Brown, Executive Director, Ruckus Society

Introduction: Nathan Dickerson, student, The University of Kentucky

Reverend Dr. James Alexander Forbes, Jr., Senior Minister, The Riverside Church, New York

10:20 am – 10:35

Break

10:35 am – 11:45

Panel Discussion

Making Change a Career
What are you doing with the rest of your life?

Majora Carter, Executive Director, Sustainable South Bronx, 2005 MacArthur Fellow
Eli Pariser, Executive Director, MoveOn Political Action Committee
Samantha Power, Harvard Professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
Sonal Shah, Vice President for Corporate Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability, Goldman Sachs
Jefferson Smith, Executive Director, Oregon Bus Project

Moderator: Christopher Hayes, Senior Editor, In These Times

11:45 am – 12:05

Break – Lunch is served

12:05 pm – 1:00

Lunch

Campus Progress Awards

Introduction: Hollie Russon Gilman, student, University of Chicago
Presented by: Paul Begala, Political Analyst and CNN Commentator

Introduction: JaMeese Mangum, student, North Carolina Central University
John D. Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress

Introduction: Lauren Patrizi, student, Loyola University Chicago
Keynote address by Senator Barack Obama

1:00 pm – 1:15

Break

1:15 pm – 2:30

Breakout I – Skills Seminars

Media Bootcamp
How to work with the press to get out your message

Joe Lockhart, Former Press Secretary to President Bill Clinton
Grant Ginder, Associate Editor, Mic Check Radio, Center for American Progress

Moderator: Daniella Gibbs Leger, Director of Press Relations, Center for American Progress

Words That Move
Advocacy writing and blogging

John Aravosis, Blogger, AmericaBlog
John Burton, Research Associate, Center for American Progress
Ken Silverstein, Washington DC Editor, Harper’s Magazine
Lisa Witter, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Fenton Communications

Moderator: Nico Pitney, Assistant Editor, ThinkProgress.org, Center for American Progress

Designing Progress
How to make your message pop and your campaign take off

Bronwyn Keenan, Associate Director of Special Events, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Chaz Maviyane-Davies, Professor of Design, Massachusetts College of Art in Boston
S. Christina Raia, SVP and Director of Brand Planning, Arnold Worldwide Advertising

Moderator: Jehmu Green, National Director, Project Vote, and Former President of Rock the Vote

The New Muckrakers
Investigative journalism, research, and fact-checking in the digital age

Emily Biuso, Intern Coordinator, The Nation
Josh Kalven, Senior Researcher, Media Matters for America
Justin Rood, Blogger, TPMMuckraker.com
Laura Rozen, Senior Correspondent, The American Prospect, Blogger, WarandPiece.com

Moderator: Amanda Terkel, Research Associate, ThinkProgress.org, Center for American Progress

2:30 pm – 2:45

Break

2:45 pm – 4:00

Breakout II – Issue Discussions

Beyond the Great Society
Addressing poverty in the 21st century

Richard P. Appelbaum, Professor of Sociology and Global and International Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara
Mark Greenberg, Executive Director, Task Force on Poverty, Center for American Progress
Jen Kern, Director, ACORN Living Wage Resource Center
Almas Sayeed, Congressional Hunger Center Research Fellow, Center for American Progress

Moderator: Cassandra Q. Butts, Senior Vice President for Domestic Policy, Center for American Progress

Get In? Get Out?
When and how should the U.S. and other nations intervene across borders?

Phyllis Bennis, Fellow, Transnational Institute and The Institute for Policy Studies
Salih Booker, Executive Director, Global Rights
Lawrence Korb, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Adam Taylor, Director of Campaigns and Organizing, Sojourners

Moderator: Heather Hurlburt, Writer and Consultant

Dangerous Professors, Dangerous Ideas?
A conversation about academic freedom

Jacob Laksin, Senior Editor, FrontPage Magazine
Samuel Richards, Professor of Sociology, Penn State University, and one of David Horowitz’s “101 Most Dangerous Academics in America”

Moderator: Adam Jentleson, Policy and Advocacy Manager, Campus Progress, Center for American Progress

The War on Science
How conservatives distort debate and policy on global warming, women's health, evolution...

Daniel A. Lashof, Science Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council
Judd Legum, Research Director, Center for American Progress
Chris Mooney, Author, The Republican War on Science
Susan Wood, Former Director, Office of Women’s Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Moderator: Amanda Angelotti, Special Assistant, Campus Progress, Center for American Progress

4:00 – 4:15

Break – Snacks are served

4:15 – 5:30

Breakout III – Issue Discussions

Shrinking Access, Growing Debt
Restoring America's commitment to making college affordable for all

Congressman George Miller of California
Tamara Draut, Director, Economic Opportunity Program, Demos
Frederick Hess, Director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Jennifer Pae, Vice President, United States Student Association
Luke Swarthout, Associate Director, State PIRG Higher Education Project 

Moderator: Heather McGhee, law student, University of California, Berkeley

Making Truth Convenient
Ending our oil addiction, building sustainable communities

John Holtzclaw, Transportation Committee Chair, The Sierra Club
Aaron Naparstek, Project Director, Open Planning Project
Shin-pei Tsay, Chief Operating Officer, Project for Public Spaces

Moderator: Ben Adler, Associate Editor, CampusProgress.org, Center for American Progress

Is It Bigger Than Hip-Hop?
A generation's voice simultaneously heard and ignored

Joseph “Fat Joe” Cartagena, Rapper, Actor, Entrepreneur
Bakari Kitwana, Director of Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues on Hip Hop, and Author of The Hip Hop Generation
Alexis McGill, Executive Director, Citizen Change
Amina Norman-Hawkins, President, Chicago Hip Hop Initiative
Billy Wimsatt, Executive Director, League of Young Voters

Moderator: Jeff Johnson, Senior Advisor for Youth and Urban Outreach, People for the American Way

Crossing the Divide
What's next for immigration policy?

Melody Gonzalez, National Co-Coordinator, Student Farmworker Alliance
Roberto Lovato, Writer, New America Media
Frank Sharry, Executive Director, National Immigration Forum

Moderator: Dan Restrepo, Senior Policy Advisor, Center for American Progress

5:30 – 5:40

Break

5:40 – 6:00

Closing Plenary

Introduction: Kira Sparks, student, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin

6:00 – 7:00

Reception

Conference After-Party

Drink specials and free food!
Adams Mill Bar and Grill, 1813 Adams Mill Road NW in Adams Morgan

All-Day Journalism Training for Campus Progress Publications Network Students
Location: Center for American Progress, 1333 H St. N.W. 10th Floor Washington, D.C.

This event is limited to members of Campus Progress-supported publications. Closed press.

Registration/Breakfast

Welcome

David Halperin, Director, Campus Progress, and Senior Vice President, Center for American Progress

Opening Address

David Corn, Washington Editor, The Nation

Spice it Up: How to Turn Your Academic Work Into Good Journalism

Christopher Hayes, Senior Editor, In These Times
Heather McGhee, law and journalism student, University of California, Berkeley

Break

The Intersection of Politics, Arts and Culture

Hillary Frey, Books Editor, Salon.com

Uncovering Facts: Getting the Story

Seymour Hersh, staff writer, The New Yorker
Laura Rozen, senior correspondent, The American Prospect

Lunch

On Progressive Journalism

EJ Dionne, syndicated columnist

Structured Discussion

Ben Adler, Associate Editor, CampusProgress.org
Elana Berkowitz, Editor, CampusProgress.org
Emily Hawkins, Publications Manager, Campus Progress

Break

Opinions

Lakshmi Chaudhry, Senior Editor, In These Times
Amy Sullivan, Contributing Editor, Washington Monthly
Matt Yglesias, staff writer, The American Prospect

Critique Sessions

Christopher Hayes, In These Times
Heather McGhee, Law and Journalism student, University of California, Berkeley
Spencer Ackerman, The New Republic
Matt Ygelesias, The American Prospect
Ezra Klein, The American Prospect

Reception