Momentum Speaker Directory
 
Speaker Title Plenary Year

Anna Burger

The Employee Free Choice Act

"The most powerful woman in the labor movement," Burger talks about the EFCA, sharing the prosperity, and why labor unions aren't just good for union members, but for all workers.

Work 2009

Jorge Mursuli

A National Progressive Hispanic Vote

Every month, 50,000 Latinos in the U.S. turn 18; and with Latinos projected to be 50% of the U.S. population by 2050, the vote of this demographic group is more important than ever.  Mursuli shares his vision for creating a sustainable national Hispanic progressive vote that manifests in long-term systemic change and the steps to make it happen. 

Connections 2009

Tzeporah Berman

The Last North American Forest

How can an angel wielding a chainsaw save a forest? Forest Ethics Founder and Strategic Director Tzeporah Berman discusses an effective market campaign against direct mail catalogues and the rapid disappearance of historic North American forests.

Earth 2008

Tanya Harris

Katrina: 3 Years Later

As a an ACORN organizer born and raised in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Tanya Harris shares a firsthand experience of what has happened--and what still needs to happen--since the hurricane.

Neighborhood 2008

Jon Hiatt

Community Labor Coalitions

Hiatt advocates for collaboration between the organized labor movement and an emerging labor movement of worker centers and community based organizations. Presentation of "Community-Labor Coalitions: Los Angeles Car Wash Campaign."

Money 2008

Peter Leyden

New Technologies to Transform Politics

Neighborhood 2008