Momentum Speaker Directory
 
Speaker Title Plenary Year

Nikki Fortunado Bas

Roads to Good Jobs

As we lament the financial meltdown, Bas reminds us that disadvantaged communities face a perpetual recession. The Executive Director of EBASE demonstrates, through concrete personal stories, how the basic concepts of the living wage, the community benefits model, and expanding the pie are pathways to a green and sustainable inclusive jobs movement.

 Work 2009

Mary Anne Hitt

The True Cost of Mountaintop Removal

Mountaintop removal coal mining is as bad as it sounds but how does it directly affect you? This amazing presentation makes the connection between you and this horrendous practice through an innovative and powerful use of Google Earth.

 Earth 2008

Angelica Salas

Fighting for Immigration Reform

Community organizer Angelica Salas discusses the grueling battles people fight to secure legal status and shares lessons in organizing and developing policy proposals for immigration reform.

 Neighborhood 2008

Premal Shah

Lending with Mutual Dignity

Premal Shah, president of Microlending phenom Kiva, talks about raising money "Howard Dean-style" (or "Barack Obama-style") might be able to bring down the cost of borrowing for the world's working poor.

Money 2008