The Michigan Summit

winning the battle for change presentations

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:24:12 +0000

To make sure you’re ready to fight for Michigan’s future alongside us, we’ve uploaded all the materials from the trainings and other panel discussions so you can still get involved.

Take some time to listen to Van Jones’ illuminating speech, glean more tools of the trade from successful campaigns and peruse photos of the fun by heading over to The Michigan Summit.

Ballot Initiative – One Kalamazoo:

Winning the Ballot Initiative – One Kalamazoo – Winning the Battle for Change

Beth Bingham – Winning the Battle for Change:

Beth Bingham – Winning the Battle for Change

online registration closed

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:45:21 +0000

Thank you for interest in the 2010 Michigan Summit! Unfortunately, online registration is closed, but you can always register at the door! Please email karen@progressmichigan.org or call 517.999.3646 for more information.

This year’s Michigan Summit is being held at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing, MI on Saturday, June 12 2010.

tactics

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:51:47 +0000

Hello Summit Attendees!

On this page you will find some helpful past campaign documents your can use for campaigns in your own backyards.

Get started with a refresher on some top tactics presented at the Michigan Summit 2010
TacticsHandout

Great Materials from the OneKalamazoo Campaign
Neighbors Video
People On the Street TV Ad
NAACP Kalamazoo President Audio Ad
People on the Street Audio Ad
Audio Ad
Brochure
Door-to-Door Post it
Mailer
Mailer 2
Targeted Print Ad
Spanish Ad
Union Postcard
Yard Sign

Learn how the Recovery Act is working here in Michigan:
Michigan Site
National Site

Some Helpful Handouts from the Successful Campaign to Gain Metro Transit in Kalamazoo.
Transit Brochure
Postcard Sent to People Not Able to Reach by Phone
Postcard Sent to Reminder People to Vote Yes

Health Care Reform Materials
Health Care Tactics Handout
Handout
Really Good Grassroots Organizing\

survey

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:48:43 +0000

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State Rep. Woodrow Stanley

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:37:00 +0000

The Elliot-Larson Civil Rights Act II
State Rep. Woodrow Stanley

State Representative Woodrow Stanley is serving his first term in the Michigan House of Representatives, representing the 34th House District, which includes the City of Flint.

Representative Stanley is a graduate of Mott Community College and the University of Michigan-Flint. He also has an honorary doctorate from Detroit College of Business, now Davenport University.

Stanley has spent decades working for the people of Flint and Genesee County. He was first appointed 2nd Ward Councilman in 1983, and won four consecutive terms until his election as Mayor of Flint in 1991. His eleven years as mayor were highlighted by the establishment of economic development zones in the city; the expansion of the University of Michigan-Flint, and a series of charitable youth initiatives.

Since 2004, Stanley has served on the Genesee County Board of Commissioners and was elected Chair in 2008. Stanley has served as president of the Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Mayors Association and chair of the National League of Cities Advisory Council.

Stanley and his wife, Reta, live in Flint and are active members of Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church. They have two children, Heather and Jasmine and four grandchildren; Carmia, John, III, Sasha and Karson.

Susan E. Reed

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:33:58 +0000

Michigan is not Arizona: Welcoming Immigrants
Susan Reed, Michigan Immigrant Rights Center

Susan E. Reed is Immigration Law Attorney at the Michigan Poverty Law program and in that capacity leads the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC). MIRC focuses on the following objectives: technical and co-counsel assistance and training to Michigan legal aid and pro bono attorneys handling immigration and immigrant rights matters; systemic advocacy on behalf of Michigan’s low-income immigrants and their families; legislative and legal development tracking and analysis; and coalition-building among immigration assistance providers and immigrant advocates statewide. Susan is a graduate of Marquette University and the University of Minnesota Law School. She previously served as a staff attorney at Farmworker Legal Services of Michigan and at Justice for Our Neighbors West Michigan, the immigration legal services program of the United Methodist Committee on Relief.

Dr. Rob Johnson

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Moderator: Blueprint for Change

A powerhouse panel of Michigan leaders outline their vision of a 2010 reform agenda for Michigan that creates good-paying jobs, strengthens our communities, improves education, protects families, enhances the environment and expands freedoms.

Moderator: Rob Johnson, Director of the Economic Policy Initiative, the Roosevelt Institute

Rob Johnson is Senior Fellow and Director of the Project on Global Finance at the Roosevelt Institute and is a regular contributor to NewDeal 2.0, which runs his “FinanceSeer” column. He serves on the United Nations Commission of Experts on Finance and International Monetary Reform. Previously, Dr. Johnson was a managing director at Soros Fund Management, where he managed a global currency, bond and equity portfolio specializing in emerging markets. He was also a managing director at the Bankers Trust Company. Dr. Johnson has served as chief economist of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee under the leadership of Chairman William Proxmire and was senior economist of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee under the leadership of Chairman Pete Domenici. Dr. Johnson was an executive producer of “Taxi to the Dark Side,” an Oscar-winning documentary produced and directed by Alex Gibney. Dr. Johnson is a member of the Development Advisory Board of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., and is the former president of the National Scholastic Chess Foundation. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Economic Policy Institute and the Institute for America’s Future. Dr. Johnson received his Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Princeton University and a B.S. in both Electrical Engineering and Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Catherine Orenstein

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Whoever Tells The Story, Writes the History
Catherine Orenstein, Founder, the OpEd Project

CATHERINE (KATIE) ORENSTEIN, Founder and Director of The OpEd Project, has contributed to the op-ed pages of the New York Times, Washington Post and Miami Herald. Her commentaries on women, politics, popular culture, mythology and human rights have been nationally syndicated and appear in anthologies. She has lectured at Harvard and appeared on ABC TV World News, Good Morning America, MSNBC, CNN and NPR All Things Considered. A graduate of Harvard (MA) and Columbia (MA) universities, she is the author of Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality & the Evolution of a Fairy Tale, which explores stories told about women over 500 years across multiple continents, and how they shape our lives today. It has been translated into multiple languages and is under consideration for a television series. Newsweek called it “revelatory,” The Wall Street Journal called it “beguiling,” and feminist author Naomi Wolf called it “laid back, readable brilliance.”

Orenstein has lived and worked around the world and particularly in Haiti, where she traveled as a folklore student and journalist in the 1990s, during a time of political upheaval. As a result of that experience, she has reported extensively on Haiti; organized fact-finding delegations for journalists, scholars and lawmakers; and consulted with the United Nations human rights mission. In 1996 she worked with a team of international human rights lawyers to assist victims of military and paramilitary violence in seeking justice. She investigated tortures, rapes, political assassinations and massacres; interviewed hundreds of victims, witnesses and alleged criminals; and coordinated lawyers’ and victims’ efforts to build cases against their persecutors. She has written about some of these cases and their aftermaths in Haiti and in the United States.

Orenstein has received a Peabody-Gardner Fellowship, Tinker Grant and a Cordier Essay Prize (from Columbia University), and was a finalist for the 2004 Prize for Promise, designed “to identify young women, aged 21-35,of great promise and vision who could… become world leaders in their respective fields.” She is a fellow with The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership, and a fellow of the Echoing Green Foundation, which selected The OpEd Project as one of 19 of the most innovative social enterprises worldwide, out of a pool of 1500 applicants.

Ellen Cogen Lipton

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:28:15 +0000

Presents:

Defining Michigan: The Battle Over Stem Cells
Rep Ellen Cogen-Lipton

Lipton, a patent attorney and Harvard Law graduate, also holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Williams College. She has served on a number of boards in the community, including as the public representative on the State Board of Accountancy, a position she was appointed to by Governor Granholm.

Lipton lives in Huntington Woods with her husband, Marc, and their two children, Corey and Celia.

Charles Ballard

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:23:54 +0000

Presents:

Reforming the State Budget to provide A Better Michigan Future
Charles Ballard, Professor of Economics, Michigan State University

Charles Ballard has been on the Economics faculty at Michigan State University since 1983, when he received his Ph.D. from Stanford University. In 2007, he became Director of the State of the State Survey, in MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research. In 2007, he won the Outstanding Teacher Award in MSU’s College of Social Science. He has served as a consultant with the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Health & Human Services, and Treasury, and with research institutes in Australia, Denmark, and Finland. His books include Michigan at the Millennium and Michigan’s Economic Future.