agenda

Friday, June 11, 2010
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wellstone Action Field Planning Training
Michigan Education Association – RSVP for address!
Cost: FREE! (Must RSVP by noon on June 10)

1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
OpEd Project Training
Sorry this training is FULL

5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Special Progressive Friday Reception To Honor Equality Michigan
Perspective II, 319 East Grand River Avenue, Lansing, MI 48906-4416

Saturday, June 12, 2010
8 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Registration, Kellogg Center, East Lansing, Centennial Room

9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Organizational Exhibits

AAUW of Michigan
ACCESS
ACLU
AFT Michigan
APIA
Arcus Foundation
Bergman Inc.
Campaign for Justice
Center for Progressive Leadership
Clean Water Action
Clerical Technical Union of MSU
Common Cause
Inland Press
Main Street Strategies
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
Michigan Citizen Action
Michigan Citizens for Stem Cell Research and Cures (MCSCRC)
Michigan Education Association
Michigan Election Reform Alliance
Michigan Laborers’ Union
Michigan National Organization for Women
Michigan Nurses Association
Michigan Project for Informed Public Policy
Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion
Michigan UAW – Cap Council
MichUHCAN
NASW – Michigan
Pew Environment Group
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Michigan
Pride At Work – Michigan
Progressive Majority
SEIU Michigan
Sierra Club
The White House Project
Transportation Riders United INC.
United Food and Commercial Workers of Michigan
Utility Workers Union of America, Local 223

9 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.

Welcome

Karen DeMott, Director, 2010 Michigan Summit
David Holtz, Executive Director, Progress Michigan
Tribute to Lynn Jondahl

9:25 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

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

The most crucial factor in determining history is most often not the distinction between what is fact and what is fiction, but who tells the story. Katie Orenstein, Founder and Director of the OpEd Project, talks about why marginalized voices and women in particular tend to write themselves out of the story, and how to reverse the “culture of self abnegation” – in which marginalized voices of all kinds, and particularly women, rationalize and internalize their own marginality.

Attendees will walk away with these ideas/questions, as well as actionable steps:

1) What is the source of credibility, and how do you establish it? 2) How do you construct an evidence-based, contribution-driven argument (as opposed to rhetoric)? 3) What’s the difference between being “right” and being effective? (What factors determine which you will be?) 4) What’s the bigger picture – and how do you and your ideas fit into it? 5) What is the power of your knowledge and experience in terms of its value to others?

10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Winning The Battle For Change

Winning doesn’t come easy or often enough. It takes passion, organization, dedication, funds, strategy, education and great volunteers. Our panel explains how successful campaigns achieved victories for equality, health care reform, stem cell research and what it can mean for change in 2010 and beyond.

Moderator: Linda Teeter, Executive Director, Michigan Citizen Action

The Lessons of One Kalamazoo’s Victory For Equality
Jon Hoadley, former Campaign Director, One Kalamazoo

How Health Care for America Now Won in Michigan
John Freeman, Michigan Director, Health Care for America Now

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

How the Recovery Act is Creating Jobs in Michigan

Beth Bingham, Director, Michigan Economic Recovery Office

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 a.m.

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: Doug Pratt, Director of Communications, Michigan Education Association

Creating Michigan Green Collar Jobs
Carla Walker-Miller, CEO, Walker-Miller Energy Services & member Michigan Businesses for Clean Energy

Michigan’s Health Care Reform Challenge
State Rep. Kate Segal

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

Transitioning to An Innovation-Based Economy
Sam Singh, The New Economy Initiative

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

Investing in Education
K.P. Pelleran, State Director, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Michigan

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Andy Levin, Deputy Director of Michigan Dept. of Labor, Energy & Economic Growth

Keynote Speaker
Van Jones, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Afternoon Breakout Panels

Track I Michigan’s Freedom Fighters

Moderator: David Holtz, Executive Director, Progress Michigan

Facing the 2010 Civil Rights Challenge
Donnell White, Deputy Executive Director, Detroit Branch NAACP

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

Fundamental Freedom: Defending The Accused
Tracey Brame, Associate Dean, Cooley Law School

Fighting for the Rights of People with Disabilities
Dohn Hoyle, Executive Director, The Michigan Arc

Empowering People in the Redistricting Process
Christina Kuo, Executive Director, Common Cause

Public Funding for Family Planning
John Keserich, Field Manager, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Michigan

Michigan Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Equality in 2010
Patrick Schuh, Michigan Political Director, ISSI

Track II Putting Michigan to Work

The Future of Green Collar Jobs in Michigan
Luke Canfora, State Director, Repower Michigan

Green Jobs = Good Pay; the Weatherization Example
Dan Fingas, Michigan Laborers

Help Wanted: Jobs in Local Economy
Domiana Carter, Green Jobs Training Program Manager, Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice

Retooling for the Green Economy
Dana Sevakis, Michigan coordinator, the Apollo Alliance

When Less is More. How Energy Conservation and Efficiency Are Michigan Job Creators
Sarah Mullkoff, Michigan Campaign Coordinator, Clean Water Action

The Millennials Look At Their Future for Work
Roosevelt Institute Campus Network
Valerie Bieberich, Student, University of Michigan
Cory Connolly, Student, Michigan State University

Track III Growing Up, Not Old—The Future of Michigan Cities

Moderator: Tahirih Ziegler, Executive Director of LISC Michigan

How the Recovery Act Has Affected Michigan’s Urban Centers
Brandon Jessup, Chair, Michigan Forward

The Great Urban Debate: Resizing Cities
Mayor Dayne Walling, City of Flint
Dan Kildee, CEO of Community Progress

How Community Benefit Agreements Build Power for Communities
Tova Perlmutter, Executive Director, Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice

Making Cities Healthy
Gwen Williams, Director, Community Services Muskegon Family Care and healthCARE Inc.

Sustainable Communities: Securing Income and Wealth for Families
Tahirih Ziegler, Executive Director of LISC Michigan

3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Great Skills, Great Training Workshops

Some of our experts share the tools of the trade for winning campaigns

Track I Really Good Grassroots Organizing

State Rep. Sarah Roberts
John Freeman, Health Care for American Now
Dessa Cosma, Planned Parenthood of Michigan

Track II Meet the New Press

State Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith
Darci E. McConnell, President & CEO McConnell Communications, Inc.
Graham Davis, Online Media Strategist

Track III Creating and Powering Your Message

State Rep. Barb Byrum
Joe DiSano, Mainstreet Strategies
Jamaine Dickens, Commerce Communications

Track IV Campaign Planning and Building Effective Coalitions

State Rep. Rashida Tlaib
Amy Chapman, CEO ISSI, Michigan Director Obama for America
Cietta Kiandoli, Program Director, State Voices

4:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
The Road Ahead

Hilary Doe, Director, Roosevelt Institute Campus Network
Roosevelt Campus Network, ”Think 2040: A Blueprint for the Millennial America”
Flint Mayor Dayne Walling and Amanda Stitt, Executive Director, Michigan Voice

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Post Summit Reception