Jacquette M. Timmons

The Crisis as a Message

Investor and financial coach Timmons paints the financial meltdown as a crisis of identity in a talk that links the economic to the personal.

Sony Kapoor

Changing a System of Our Own Creation

A former derivatives trader who switched sides, Kapoor employs vivid metaphors to argue that finance needs to be reigned in to bring us back to prosperity, in this, modern society's 90th such financial crisis.

Jessy Tolkan

The Youth Movement for Social Change

In her dynamic talk, Tolkan proves young activists aren't just getting ready to lead in the future--they're leading right now.

Willie Smits

Replenshing a Rainforest

Microbiologist, forester, and soil scientist Smits shares his personal journey: from witnessing firsthand environmental and human crises in Indonesia, to making the economic case for sustainable crops, to the power of a Village Hub--Smits' own invention--a cooperative combination health, communications, and business center for rural agricultural communities.

Linda Burnham

Investing in Long-Term Vision: Momentum Reconsidered

Dangerous times require brave strategies and visionary thinking. How will we work together in the years ahead?What are our boldest ideas? What will our next steps be? How will we deepen our resolve and sustain our momentum? How do we fund the future of social change? Join the board of directors of the "Momentum Foundation" for a simulated strategy session that considers the accelerating strength and power of our momentum.

Rob Stein

Investing in Long-Term Vision: Momentum Reconsidered

Dangerous times require brave strategies and visionary thinking. How will we work together in the years ahead?What are our boldest ideas? What will our next steps be? How will we deepen our resolve and sustain our momentum? How do we fund the future of social change? Join the board of directors of the "Momentum Foundation" for a simulated strategy session that considers the accelerating strength and power of our momentum.

Idelisse Malave

Investing in Long-Term Vision: Momentum Reconsidered

Dangerous times require brave strategies and visionary thinking. How will we work together in the years ahead?What are our boldest ideas? What will our next steps be? How will we deepen our resolve and sustain our momentum? How do we fund the future of social change? Join the board of directors of the "Momentum Foundation" for a simulated strategy session that considers the accelerating strength and power of our momentum.

Harry Edwards

The Fire This Time

Sports recapitulates and reflects society. Dr. Edwards traces the arc of race, sports, and society through the struggles of the civil rights movement, the deterioration of black communities, and crises of crime and violence, highlighting the need for renewed activism, from the bottom up.

Joseph Cirincione

Current Trends in U.S. Nuclear Policy

From the threat of planetary devastation to the collapse of the Bush Doctrine, from the tenuous nonproliferation movement the obstacles to disarmament, the head of the Ploughshares Fund delineates current trends and shows progressives how to organize for a safe, sane nuclear policy.

Ethan Nadelmann

True Obstacles to Drug Law Reform

The U.S. has 5% of the world's population but 25% of the world's incarcerations; imprisoned 50,000 for drug crimes in 1980, a number which has ballooned to nearly 500,000 today; and locks up more people for violating drug laws than the entirety of Europe incarcerates for all crimes. Reformer Nadelmann postulates the true obstacles to re-envisioning the drug war lies within us--as fear, prejudice, and ignorance.

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. 

Alex Gibney

What Does Torture Have to Do with Democracy?

Oscar winning director, Gibney discusses Taxi to the Dark Side, his film about the controversial death of an Afghan taxi driver. His films are transforming issues from hot buttons into powerful rallying points.

Eboo Patel

Religious Pluralism in a Democracy

Will the Faith Line be the defining factor of the 21st century? Can interfaith youth activism create a new movement for mutual understanding, respect and global understanding? This presentation outlines a hopeful and inspiring proposal for the future.

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.

Annie Leonard

The Power of "Stuff"

Environmental activist, creator and star of the web-based film "The Story of Stuff" talks about how to build real action out of a cultural sensation. It all boils down to exercising our civic engagement muscles.

Shivon Robinsong

Harmony and Community

John Edwards

John Edwards Interviewed by David Brancaccio

David Brancaccio

Laurie David Interviewed by David Brancaccio

David Brancaccio interviews Laurie David about her role as a donor activist and her work on environmental issues.

Thomas Frank

Progressives and the New Social Landscape: Reaching "Red America"

Thomas Frank, author of the prescient book, What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America will explore the great cultural backlash in "middle America" that has enabled conservatives to run and win on social issues. Why do working class voters now vote against their own economic interests? How can the progressive movement reach across this divide and reconnect with those who should be our allies? What role will philanthropy play?

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.

America Bracho

Healthcare and the Latino Community

Healthcare challenges are intensified in communities of color -- economic inequalities, health disparities, and racial and cultural differences play a role in compounding the challenges. Dr. Bracho discusses these issues in her presentation.

Jacob Hacker

Fixing America's Healthcare System

Policy analyst Jacob Hacker reviews the dangerous escalation of America'­s uninsured and underinsured, and presents an innovative new plan for reshaping America's healthcare system, and for providing universal coverage for all.

Robert Ross

From Hope to Change

The President of the California Endowment re-imagines the philanthropic sector. How do you make change? You need to tell the stories, you need the data, you need the messages...and you need to address the sticky issue of power.

Crystal Hayling

Healthcare Briefing

A candid, up-to-the-minute conversation on where the debate stands, what is missing, and how we continue to advocate from here to ensure that the overhaul of our broken healthcare system provides affordable access for all Americans. With Crystal Haling of the Blue Shield Foundation, Roger Hickey of Campaign for America's Future, and Anthony Wright of Health Access California, and moderated by Tom David of the Community Clinics Initiative.

Anthony Wright

Healthcare Briefing

A candid, up-to-the-minute conversation on where the debate stands, what is missing, and how we continue to advocate from here to ensure that the overhaul of our broken healthcare system provides affordable access for all Americans. With Crystal Haling of the Blue Shield Foundation, Roger Hickey of Campaign for America's Future, and Anthony Wright of Health Access California, and moderated by Tom David of the Community Clinics Initiative.

Colin Finlay

The Impact of Images

Photojournalist Colin Finlay shares striking images from the tip of the arctic to the plains of Africa that speak to the connections between people, places, wildlife, and our planet.

Jim Miller

The Tool of Social Media

Content is critical, but distribution is paramount. Robert Greenwald and Jim Miller of Brave New Films and Brave New Foundation use the tools of social media to multiply the message.

Jennifer Pozner

Every Issue is a Woman'­s Issue

Feminist journalist, media critic, and media justice activist Jennifer Pozner has dedicated her career to reforming the systems that control and create media to more fairly and equitably represent and include women.

Melissa Bradley

Building Wealth for All

There is a big difference between getting a job and creating assets. The number of people in this country who are economically "at risk" is rising daily. Melissa Bradley outlines this issue and some ways we can help build wealth across the economic spectrum.

Rob Johnson

Too Big to Fail

Months before the economic crisis, the former director at Soros Fund Management talks about excessive risk and much needed reforms in the financial system and the tension between markets, taxpayers and basic values.

Tom Steyer

Fair and Just Banking for Low Income Communities

Alan Jenkins

Momentum Overview

In this interactive session, dyanamic leaders from various fields within the progressive movement share their best thinking. They challenge us and some of our fundamental beliefs about how to support social change. They address issues and ideas that we may not have considered in grantmaking before.

Daisy Kahn

Momentum Overview

In this interactive session, dyanamic leaders from various fields within the progressive movement share their best thinking. They challenge us and some of our fundamental beliefs about how to support social change. They address issues and ideas that we may not have considered in grantmaking before.

Harald Katmair

Network Analysis: A Tool for Funding a Progressive Movement

What do mean when we talk about network-centric advocacy and how can I use these ideas to think about funding a progressive movement? Marty Kearns will help us understand the essential qualities of an effective network and how we can begin to think about building the network capacity of our own movements and communities.

Kristin Falk

Network-Centric Advocacy and Civic Engagement

What do mean when we talk about network-centric advocacy and how can I use these ideas to think about funding a progressive movement? Marty Kearns will help us understand the essential qualities of an effective network and how we can begin to think about building the network capacity of our own movements and communities.

Jacqueline Tarry

Philanthropy's Wake Up Call: Time for More than Business as Usual. Activists and Funders Get Real

What Now? What's Next? A panel of activists and funders initiate a conversation about where we are now, where we must go and how we can get there. What are the hard questions we need to ask ourselves? What's gone right? What's gone wrong? What are the innovations, collaborations and strategies most likely to underwrite real social change? How can well-deployed resources fund the renewal of the progressive movement?

Suzanne Gollin

Philanthropy's Wake Up Call: Time for More than Business as Usual. Activists and Funders Get Real

What Now? What's Next? A panel of activists and funders initiate a conversation about where we are now, where we must go and how we can get there. What are the hard questions we need to ask ourselves? What's gone right? What's gone wrong? What are the innovations, collaborations and strategies most likely to underwrite real social change? How can well-deployed resources fund the renewal of the progressive movement?

John Kao

The New Geography of Innovation

In a presentation that mixes speech, music, and audience input, the renown author and thinker dubbed "Mr. Creativity" talks about the meaning and importance of innovation, how we innovate, and the future as a design problem.

Peter Leyden

New Technologies to Transform Politics

Maria Teresa Petersen

The New Face of the Electorate

Latinos are not only a major consumer of internet content, but Latinos in the United States consume media predominantly in English. More facts about this growing sector of the U.S. electorate are presented by the Executive Director of Voto Latino.

Greg LeRoy

The Power of Momentum

Progressive Donors live in interesting times. With a conservative majority in virtually every branch of government, Americans divided on social issues as never before, and the movement for social justice and human rights under siege, we are forced to ask ourselves: What now? What next? What is the best use of our time, money, foundations, energies and capabilities to forge a deeper and more responsive progressive movement in the years ahead?

Drew Dellinger

The Power of Momentum

Progressive Donors live in interesting times. With a conservative majority in virtually every branch of government, Americans divided on social issues as never before, and the movement for social justice and human rights under siege, we are forced to ask ourselves: What now? What next? What is the best use of our time, money, foundations, energies and capabilities to forge a deeper and more responsive progressive movement in the years ahead?

Laura Quinn

Data for Political Change

In this data-driven presentation, Quinn demonstrates that well-culled, targeted data can nurture a vibrant and growing progressive community, contrasting how past campaigns missed the mark.

Bishop Gene Robinson

Finding the Power Within

On the roles of faith, hope, and love in social justice; and why loving our fellow human beings has nothing to do with liking them.

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.

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.

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?

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?

Jacqueline Tarry

Arts & Culture: Inspiring Change

Art moves and inspires. It can provoke thought and lead us to insight. It can expand our vision or awe us with beauty. From Diego Rivera to Mahalia Jackson to Bill T. Jones, art has also been a force for progressive social change. Despite its power to transform communities, change hearts and minds, and inspire action, arts and culture are often left out of discussions of social change funding strategies. This session will explore how donors can support the arts - and social change - to bridge this important gap building progressive movement.

Malika Dutt

Arts & Culture: Inspiring Change

Art moves and inspires. It can provoke thought and lead us to insight. It can expand our vision or awe us with beauty. From Diego Rivera to Mahalia Jackson to Bill T. Jones, art has also been a force for progressive social change. Despite its power to transform communities, change hearts and minds, and inspire action, arts and culture are often left out of discussions of social change funding strategies. This session will explore how donors can support the arts - and social change - to bridge this important gap building progressive movement.

Gus Newport

Arts & Culture: Inspiring Change

Art moves and inspires. It can provoke thought and lead us to insight. It can expand our vision or awe us with beauty. From Diego Rivera to Mahalia Jackson to Bill T. Jones, art has also been a force for progressive social change. Despite its power to transform communities, change hearts and minds, and inspire action, arts and culture are often left out of discussions of social change funding strategies. This session will explore how donors can support the arts - and social change - to bridge this important gap building progressive movement.

Alona Clifton

Bring It Home! Local Investment, National Impact

How can we mobilize our constituencies and bring in new voices to the electoral process? How can we broaden and nurture our progressive electoral base? Learn how the CityVote model has successfully changed the face of the Boston electorate and how funders can think about investing in long-term electoral work.

Mark Ritchie

Bring It Home! Local Investment, National Impact

How can we mobilize our constituencies and bring in new voices to the electoral process? How can we broaden and nurture our progressive electoral base? Learn how the CityVote model has successfully changed the face of the Boston electorate and how funders can think about investing in long-term electoral work.

Barbara Arnwine

Civic Participation: Building the Power to Govern

The 2004 election was a watershed for progressive electoral organizing with increased funding, better coordination in the field, and quantifiable success in registering and mobilizing progressive constituencies. As we look to another important national election, what lessons from 2004 can we apply to 2006? Come to this session and design a philanthropic approach that addresses the urgent opportunities of 2006 and creates the infrastructure to build long-term, sustainable progressive electoral power.

Eric Gorovitz

Civic Participation: Building the Power to Govern

The 2004 election was a watershed for progressive electoral organizing with increased funding, better coordination in the field, and quantifiable success in registering and mobilizing progressive constituencies. As we look to another important national election, what lessons from 2004 can we apply to 2006? Come to this session and design a philanthropic approach that addresses the urgent opportunities of 2006 and creates the infrastructure to build long-term, sustainable progressive electoral power.

Jacqueline Tarry

Economic Justice: Affording the American Dream

According to a recent poll conducted by the Pew Research Center 82 percent of Americans feel that an increase in the minimum wage is an important priority. Raising the minimum wage and other economic justice campaigns provide the progressive movement with one of our clearest opportunities to connect the public with our values, broaden our base, and win real victories for working people. Together we will explore how donors can support short- and long term strategies to broaden economic opportunity and increase the power of progressive movement.

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

Economic Justice: Affording the American Dream

According to a recent poll conducted by the Pew Research Center 82 percent of Americans feel that an increase in the minimum wage is an important priority. Raising the minimum wage and other economic justice campaigns provide the progressive movement with one of our clearest opportunities to connect the public with our values, broaden our base, and win real victories for working people. Together we will explore how donors can support short- and long term strategies to broaden economic opportunity and increase the power of progressive movement.

Greg LeRoy

Extreme Makeover: Redefining Collaboration

A look at how blue-green (labor and environment) collaborations have been fortifying the progressive movement by building a common vision, finding shared values, and breaking down traditional barriers between organizations, strategies and issue areas. Is it working? How do we continue to strengthen our alliances and broaden the movement in productive, strategic, and engaging ways?

Taj James

Extreme Makeover: Redefining Collaboration

A look at how blue-green (labor and environment) collaborations have been fortifying the progressive movement by building a common vision, finding shared values, and breaking down traditional barriers between organizations, strategies and issue areas. Is it working? How do we continue to strengthen our alliances and broaden the movement in productive, strategic, and engaging ways?

Ted Nordhaus

Frame This! Vision, Values and Framing in Action

In this era of formidable right-wing propaganda machines, that can transform war heroes into traitors and prejudice into patriotism, how can progressives more effectively telegraph what they stand for and bridge America's widening cultural divide? Join a conversation about progressive values, and how our fundamental beliefs about life, society, family, fundamental rights, and the purpose of government should be re-framed, re-tooled, and re-communicated.

john a. powell

Global Change: Funding a Connected World

The world is getting smaller. Products, expertise and ideas are flowing across borders with dizzying speed and ease. As big businesses and free markets embrace globalization, social activists and philanthropists are also embracing this change. Unfortunately, this donor interest in global giving is colliding with a daunting and ever-changing regulatory environment. This session will illustrate tangible strategies for navigating this environment and supporting social justice throughout the world.

Kisha Montgomery

Global Change: Funding a Connected World

The world is getting smaller. Products, expertise and ideas are flowing across borders with dizzying speed and ease. As big businesses and free markets embrace globalization, social activists and philanthropists are also embracing this change. Unfortunately, this donor interest in global giving is colliding with a daunting and ever-changing regulatory environment. This session will illustrate tangible strategies for navigating this environment and supporting social justice throughout the world.

Harmony Goldberg

Here, There and Everywhere: Local Meets Global

Connecting across borders and participating in global movements builds our own progressive movement and adds cohesion to our vision for a just world, particularly in the current global environment. Join this conversation about how our support for connection-making can help movements flourish both here and abroad.

Monica Moore

Here, There and Everywhere: Local Meets Global

Connecting across borders and participating in global movements builds our own progressive movement and adds cohesion to our vision for a just world, particularly in the current global environment. Join this conversation about how our support for connection-making can help movements flourish both here and abroad.

Judith Bell

Race & Poverty: The Katrina Imperative

The alarm has been sounded. Hurricane Katrina was a wake up call to the people in this country. The ways in which race, class and income disparities continue to plague this nation has never been so clearly illustrated. What do we do with this moment? How can we support rebuilding efforts that address these social and economic inequities? This session will explore post-Katrina construction in its broadest context including how to connect those efforts to maintain and spark a broader discussion about race and class in America.

Maya Wiley

Race & Poverty: The Katrina Imperative

The alarm has been sounded. Hurricane Katrina was a wake up call to the people in this country. The ways in which race, class and income disparities continue to plague this nation has never been so clearly illustrated. What do we do with this moment? How can we support rebuilding efforts that address these social and economic inequities? This session will explore post-Katrina construction in its broadest context including how to connect those efforts to maintain and spark a broader discussion about race and class in America.

Kalpana Khrishnamurthy

Reproductive Justice: Choosing a Broader Movement

The maternal mortality of African American women is four times that of white women. The U.S. government prioritizes abstinence-only HIV prevention. Wal-Mart refuses to sell emergency contraception. Toxic military sites in Alaska threaten the reproductive health of Native American women. Clearly, reproductive rights reaches beyond just choice. Join us to explore funding strategies for a reproductive justice movement that wins on choice and other key issues by engaging under-represented communities and connecting to other movements.

Eveline Shen

Reproductive Justice: Choosing a Broader Movement

The maternal mortality of African American women is four times that of white women. The U.S. government prioritizes abstinence-only HIV prevention. Wal-Mart refuses to sell emergency contraception. Toxic military sites in Alaska threaten the reproductive health of Native American women. Clearly, reproductive rights reaches beyond just choice. Join us to explore funding strategies for a reproductive justice movement that wins on choice and other key issues by engaging under-represented communities and connecting to other movements.

Alli Chagi-Starr

Sustainability: The Ties That Bind

Jobs. Energy. Global trade. Corporate power. Wages and benefits. Control of natural resources. Privatization. This doesn't have to be another laundry list of disparate issues on the progressive agenda. Connect these issues and you'll find a vision of community, equity, true prosperity and health. At this session, participants will collectively design a funding strategy for a Sustainability Initiative that enhances the environment, economic security and community integrity.

David Foster

Sustainability: The Ties That Bind

Jobs. Energy. Global trade. Corporate power. Wages and benefits. Control of natural resources. Privatization. This doesn't have to be another laundry list of disparate issues on the progressive agenda. Connect these issues and you'll find a vision of community, equity, true prosperity and health. At this session, participants will collectively design a funding strategy for a Sustainability Initiative that enhances the environment, economic security and community integrity.

Melody Barnes

The Soul of Movement

What is the role of faith in the movement for a just and sustainable society? What is the organizing potential within communities of faith? Join a conversation that explores both our ambivalence and our need to claim an authentic role in the national conversation about morality, meaning and faith.

Ben Senturia

The Soul of the Movement

What is the role of faith in the movement for a just and sustainable society? What is the organizing potential within communities of faith? Join a conversation that explores both our ambivalence and our need to claim an authentic role in the national conversation about morality, meaning and faith.

Michael Brune

This Brand is Your Brand: Turning the Tables on Corporate Greed

There is no reason to hope that the government will reign in corporate excess, at least during the next four years. Through targeting corporate brand names, activists are forcing direct change from the offending corporations themselves. Learn about the application of lessons from the environmental movement to creative corporate campaigning, from mindbombs to moral binds. What can we learn from the stories of successful market campaigns against Home Depot, Citibank, WalMart and others as organizers use these strategies to reverse globilization's race to the bottom.

Wade Rathke

This Brand is Your Brand: Turning the Tables on Corporate Greed

There is no reason to hope that the government will reign in corporate excess, at least during the next four years. Through targeting corporate brand names, activists are forcing direct change from the offending corporations themselves. Learn about the application of lessons from the environmental movement to creative corporate campaigning, from mindbombs to moral binds. What can we learn from the stories of successful market campaigns against Home Depot, Citibank, WalMart and others as organizers use these strategies to reverse globilization's race to the bottom.

Gibran Rivera

Vision and Values: Progressive Morality?

The seemingly unified vision built around faith and morality was a starting point to explain the puzzle of the Right's rise to power. Appealing to themes of "personal responsibility", "tax relief" and "morality", they were able to seize power and exploit our fear through Orwellian "Patriot Acts" and "Clear Skies" initiatives. How do we reclaim language in a way that defines our own vision and values? Can a "progressive morality" effectively counter the Right's vision? How do we translate our vision into concrete action? Join a discussion that will address those questions and perhaps an even harder question: How can we support this work?

Jean Hardisty

Vision and Values: Progressive Morality?

The seemingly unified vision built around faith and morality was a starting point to explain the puzzle of the Right's rise to power. Appealing to themes of "personal responsibility", "tax relief" and "morality", they were able to seize power and exploit our fear through Orwellian "Patriot Acts" and "Clear Skies" initiatives. How do we reclaim language in a way that defines our own vision and values? Can a "progressive morality" effectively counter the Right's vision? How do we translate our vision into concrete action? Join a discussion that will address those questions and perhaps an even harder question: How can we support this work?

Ted Nordhaus

We're Ready, Don't Keep Us Waiting: Young Leaders Getting it Done!

Bringing new and creative strategy, vision and culture to the fight for social justice, youth organizing stands at the forefront of the progressive movement. What can the funding community, and the movement at large, learn from youth organizing models? How can we support the young leaders of today to recruit and develop the young leadership of tomorrow?

Lateefah Simon

We're Ready, Don't Keep Us Waiting: Young Leaders Getting it Done!

Bringing new and creative strategy, vision and culture to the fight for social justice, youth organizing stands at the forefront of the progressive movement. What can the funding community, and the movement at large, learn from youth organizing models? How can we support the young leaders of today to recruit and develop the young leadership of tomorrow?

Kirk Johnson

What values are we fighting for?

In the war on terror, sending a clear signal that "our friends are our friends" is how we demonstrate our moral compass. Arabist and writer Kirk Johnson narrates the story behind The List Project to resettle Iraqi Allies.

Daniel Levy

Prospects for Peace in the Middle East

Deborah Peterson Small

Race and the Drug War

What are 10 ways the War in Iraq is like the War on Drugs? Founder and Director of Break the Chains Deborah Small breaks down the fallacies in both conflict -- as well as the fallacy of conflict analogies -- in this illuminating presentation.

Manuel Pastor

La Conyuntura vs. the Long Run

An organizer and academic, Pastor gives an informative and entertaining talk on California's demographics as a harbinger for the country's, as well as la conyuntura (the immediate) vs. the long run, along with an inspirational quote from Eminem.