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Momentum Speaker Directory

Speaker	Title	Plenary	Year
Kevin Bales	The Price of a Human Life Bales discusses the definition of slavery, how the population explosion has transformed slavery in the modern age, and how changing the patterns of global demand can effectively increase the value of human beings.	Rights	2009
Donna Edwards	Race, Rights, and Politics in America A conversation with Benjamin Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP, and Rep. Donna Edwards; moderated by Alexis McGill Johnson.	Evening Program	2009
Benjamin Jealous	Race, Rights, and Politics in America A conversation with Benjamin Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP, and Rep. Donna Edwards; moderated by Alexis McGill Johnson.	Evening Program	2009
Kate Kendell	LGBT Rights at a Crossroads Since the 1970s, the LGBT movement has made strides in protection and fairness in communities across the country. Despite these accomplishments, Kendall raises the passage of California's Prop. 8 as a prime example of how far we still have to go.	Rights	2009
Alexis McGill Johnson	Race, Rights, and Politics in America A conversation with Benjamin Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP, and Rep. Donna Edwards; moderated by Alexis McGill Johnson.	Evening Program	2009
Ali Noorani	Reforming Immigration for America Our current immigration policy has resulted in a humanitarian crisis caused not by a force of nature but by our own government. Noorani proposes a path for fixing our immigration system and shares how progressives can help.	Rights	2009
Malika Saada Saar	Protecting Women on the Margins Over 85% of women behind bars were first victims of sexual or other physical violence; the cradle-to-prison pipeline for disadvantaged men parallels a pipeline from birth to sexual violence to the criminal justice system for women at the margins. Saar insists that the voices of marginalized, invisible, and forgotten women are critical to the reproductive justice movement.	Rights	2009
Debra Bowen	The Right to Vote -- and Have it Count How can a toothpick undermine democracy? California's current Secretary of State outlines the real crisis this nation faces in protecting the right of every person to vote -- and for every vote to be counted. Refreshingly frank words from a committed public official.	Democracy	2008
Luis Arteaga	Race to the Center: Race and the Progressive Movement A discussion about how to ensure that the progressive movement is inclusive and moving the issue of race from the margin to the center. Shifting demographics in our communities are changing the face of the progressive movement. How can the progressive movement harness this energy and potential?	Strategy Session	2005
Linda Burnham	Race to the Center: Race and the Progressive Movement A discussion about how to ensure that the progressive movement is inclusive and moving the issue of race from the margin to the center. Shifting demographics in our communities are changing the face of the progressive movement. How can the progressive movement harness this energy and potential?	Strategy Session	2005
Meizhu Lui	Race to the Center: Race and the Progressive Movement A discussion about how to ensure that the progressive movement is inclusive and moving the issue of race from the margin to the center. Shifting demographics in our communities are changing the face of the progressive movement. How can the progressive movement harness this energy and potential?	Strategy Session	2005
john a. powell	Race to the Center: Race and the Progressive Movement A discussion about how to ensure that the progressive movement is inclusive and moving the issue of race from the margin to the center. Shifting demographics in our communities are changing the face of the progressive movement. How can the progressive movement harness this energy and potential?	Strategy Session	2005