Join the " Brown Bag Lunch Vigils!
Join the "Healthcare NOT Warfare" campaign!
Click here for the Congressional Schedule
Click on events to see lists of panelists and facilitators.
11:00-2:00 p.m.: Organizational Gathering and Planning Session for Regional Coordinators
2:00-4:00 p.m.: Early Registration
Opening Reception: Celebrating the Ohio Victories and Building the Progressive Movement
See list of Special Guests!
Drawing for door prize -- Must be present to win!
4:00-5:00 p.m.: Workshop with Tom Hayden
Challenging Congress and Building the Peace Movement Inside the Democratic Party
5:00-8:00 p.m.: Two parallel tracks available (see below). Also, Ohio Democracy Coalition and Democrats.com will each hold meetings between 5-8 p.m.
Track 1: Organizing at the Grassroots to Build the Movement Through PDA
Choose from the session that best answers your current questions, or attend all three for an organizational overview!
5:00-5:45 p.m.: Getting a Chapter and/or Caucus Started
6:00-6:45 p.m.: Expanding the Reach and Effectiveness of Your Chapter or Caucus
7:00-7:45 p.m.: Establishing Your Caucus and Your Membership in Positions of Power Within Your State Democratic Party
Read list of facilitators.
Track 2: Choose one, attend all, or mix with sessions from Track 1. Click title to see list of facilitators.
5:00-5:45 p.m.: Blogging 101: Getting the Progressive Message Out Online
6:00-7:15 p.m.: Root Camp
7:15-8:00 p.m.: Blogging 101: Getting the Progressive Message Out Online
8:00-9:00 a.m Rise and Resist with CODEPINK--A "meet and greet" continental breakfast ($10 per person) (Register online)
See list of Special Guests!
8:30-9:15 a.m.: Register and check-in with your Regional Group!
9:15-9:45a.m.: Keynote Address
JUST CONFIRMED! U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr.
"Building A More Perfect Union"
9:45-11:00 a.m. Keynote Panel:
Challenges and Opportunities for Progressive Democrats in 2005
11:00-11:15 a.mBreak
11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Panel on the Media:
Communicating a Progressive Message to the American Public Through the Media
12:45-1:00 p.m. Break.
Pick Up a Brown Bag Lunch ($7)
1:00-2:00 p.m. Lunch and Dialogue with our Alliance Partners
Panel on Building the Movement:
Building the Progressive Movement Inside and Outside the Democratic Party
2:00-2:15 p.m. Break.
2:15-3:30 p.m.
Panel on Unifying the Movement:
Organizing the Rainbow and Unifying the Movement
3:30-4:45 p.m.
Panel on Spiritual Communities:
Organizing the Spiritual Community to Heal a Divided Nation
4:45-5:30 p.mInformal Gathering--An opportunity to meet with PDA members from your state and region
-- OR --
You can join with NOW, CODEPINK and PDA activists in a gathering in support of Roe vs. Wade in front of the Supreme Court.
Drawing for door prize -- Must be present to win!
5:30-7:30 p.m. Free Time
Dinner on your own--a great time to meet with new friends, allies and partners!
7:30 p.m. Auditorium doors open
8:00 p.m. MUSIC TO MOBILIZE with special appearances by Trick Daddy, Keaton Simons, Nina B, Swole, Rebecca Cooper, The Hint, Poker Face and Wil B.
Purchase tickets online.
8:00-8:30 a.m. Register and check in with your regional group.
8:30-9:00 a.mInterfaith Gathering
9:00-10:45 a.m.
Panel on Peace and Justice:
Organizing the Peace and Justice Movement Inside and Outside the Democratic Party
10:45-11:00 a.mBreak
11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Panel on Election Reform:
Building the Pro-Democracy Election Reform Movement in 2005
12:15-1:15 p.m.
Brown Bag Lunches, $7/bag
Regional Break-out
Meet with your regional group.
1:15-1:30 p.mBreak and Reassemble with Full Group
1:30 p.mDrawing for door prize -- Must be present to win!
1:30-2:45 p.m.
Panel on Health Care:
How Progressives Can Organize and Strengthen the Universal Healthcare Movement and the HIV/AIDS Global Pandemic Movement
2:45-4:00 p.m.
Panel on Entitlements:
Honoring Our Commitment to Future Generations: Stopping the Bush Attacks on Social Security and Medicare
4:00-5:00 p.mWhere Do We Go From Here?
"What We've Accomplished/Lessons Learned" by Tim Carpenter, PDA Executive Director
Sharing the Progressive Timeline for 2005,
Ratifying the PDA Action Plan and Organizing Model
5:00-6:00 p.m. Informal Gathering to meet with friends...
Organize, organize, organize.
PDA wants to thank you for your time, energy and support--nobody can take your place!
