Kevin Bales
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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.
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Rights |
2009 |
Nikki Fortunado Bas
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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.
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Work |
2009 |
Anna Burger
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"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.
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Work |
2009 |
Mimi Chakarova
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Photographer and activist Chakarova puts a face on global sex trafficking through "The Price of Sex," a project done in collaboration with the Center for Investigative Reporting.
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Conflict |
2009 |
David Chen
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Through case studies of socially responsible enterprises, Chen shows how investors can unlock the value of assets by turning a problem on its head.
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Capital |
2009 |
Joseph Cirincione
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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.
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Conflict |
2009 |
Donna Edwards
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A conversation with Benjamin Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP, and Rep. Donna Edwards; moderated by Alexis McGill Johnson.
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Evening Program |
2009 |
Harry Edwards
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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.
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Conflict |
2009 |
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
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The head of Green for All believes this is the moment, and our movement needs to take advantage of it. A stirring and deeply personal presentation on organizing power by engaging community.
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Carbon |
2009 |
Allison Fine
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Author Fine dispels myths about social media and shows how members of every generation are using these tools to connect, organize, and activate.
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Power |
2009 |
Crystal Hayling
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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.
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Health |
2009 |
Roger Hickey
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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.
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Health |
2009 |
Benjamin Jealous
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A conversation with Benjamin Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP, and Rep. Donna Edwards; moderated by Alexis McGill Johnson.
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Evening Program |
2009 |
John Kao
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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.
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Morning Plenary |
2009 |
Sony Kapoor
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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.
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Capital |
2009 |
Laura Karpman
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Karpman sets to music Langston Hughes' under-appreciated Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz, telling the story of America through culture, wit, beauty, and pain.
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Connections |
2009 |
Kate Kendell
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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.
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Rights |
2009 |
Alexis McGill Johnson
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A conversation with Benjamin Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP, and Rep. Donna Edwards; moderated by Alexis McGill Johnson.
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Evening Program |
2009 |
Lawrence Mishel
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A concise and cogent look at the economic crisis, how we got here, and how to get out, barring the hackneyed platitude "tough it out, America."
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Capital |
2009 |
Jorge Mursuli
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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.
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Connections |
2009 |
Ethan Nadelmann
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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.
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Connections |
2009 |
Ali Noorani
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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.
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Rights |
2009 |
Manuel Pastor
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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.
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Work |
2009 |
john a. powell
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The head of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity maps out opportunity to affirm what many people--particularly people of color--already know.
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Power |
2009 |
Laura Quinn
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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.
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Power |
2009 |
Bishop Gene Robinson
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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.
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Power |
2009 |
Malika Saada Saar
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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.
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Rights |
2009 |
Sahar Shafqat
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The associate professor from St. Mary's College on the roots of the conflict in Pakistan, the effects of U.S. involvement before and after 9/11, and why the currently lawyers' movement in Pakistan gives us cause for hope and change in the region.
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Conflict |
2009 |
Willie Smits
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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.
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Carbon |
2009 |
John Stocks
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The head of the National Education Association illustrates the pressures on our country's system of public education and the two responding camps emerging. In addition, Stocks advocates that teachers themselves reclaim responsibility for the quality, certification, and evaluation of the profession.
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Work |
2009 |
Jacquette M. Timmons
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Investor and financial coach Timmons paints the financial meltdown as a crisis of identity in a talk that links the economic to the personal.
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Capital |
2009 |
Jessy Tolkan
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In her dynamic talk, Tolkan proves young activists aren't just getting ready to lead in the future--they're leading right now.
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Carbon |
2009 |
Adam Werbach
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In a wide-ranging presentation, Werbach touches on the planet's imminent power demands, families' needs to balance economizing and environmentalism, and wildfire as a metaphor for harnessing the private sector in a global campaign for sustainability.
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Carbon |
2009 |
Anthony Wright
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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.
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Health |
2009 |
Tzeporah Berman
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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.
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Earth |
2008 |
Debra Bowen
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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.
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Democracy |
2008 |
America Bracho
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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.
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Health |
2008 |
Melissa Bradley
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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.
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Money |
2008 |
Ken Cook
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We all know pollution and toxins are bad for you, but the Environmental Working Group has conducted perhaps the deepest analysis of this issue on the most vulnerable demographic on the planet. Some shocking information in one of the most entertaining presentations of the conference.
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Health |
2008 |
Colin Finlay
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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.
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Media |
2008 |
Alex Gibney
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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.
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Democracy |
2008 |
Robert Greenwald
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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.
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Media |
2008 |
Jacob Hacker
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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.
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Health |
2008 |
Tanya Harris
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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.
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Neighborhood |
2008 |
Jon Hiatt
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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."
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Money |
2008 |
Mary Anne Hitt
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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.
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Earth |
2008 |
Kirk Johnson
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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.
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Wars |
2008 |
Rob Johnson
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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.
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Money |
2008 |
Heidi Lehmann
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Lehmann draws dark and fundamental parallels between gender and sexual violence--from war torn villages to major American cities. But there is hope and still time for the United States to be a leader in the international effort to end this epidemic.
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Wars |
2008 |
Annie Leonard
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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.
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Earth |
2008 |
Lawrence Lessig
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While known as a pioneering voice for copyright reform, Lessig's recent focus has been putting an end to political corruption. At Momentum, he speaks on the ills of money and politics, and how the dynamics in politics are shifting. A sobering and refreshing analysis.
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Democracy |
2008 |
Stephen Lewis
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A forceful and moving indictment of violence against women. Former U.N. Ambassador Stephen Lewis delivers a rallying cry to stop the systemic use of rape and abuse against girls and women across the globe.
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Health |
2008 |
Firoze Manji
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Kenyan activist Firoze Manji has more than 30 years experience in international development and human rights and here he speaks the uncomfortable truth about the role of the United States in the economy and politics of Africa.
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Wars |
2008 |
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Jim Miller
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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.
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Media |
2008 |
Markos 'Kos' Moulitsas
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The founder of the Daily Kos, one of the most widely-read progressive blogs on the 'net, on the early days of blogging and the democratizing nature of technology.
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Media |
2008 |
Eboo Patel
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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.
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Democracy |
2008 |
Gihan Perera
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The co-founder of the Miami Worker's Center traces the dangerous route our infrastructure has taken from public to private benefit, and the effort to build a nationwide movement to reverse this trend in support of democracy and human rights.
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Neighborhood |
2008 |
Maria Teresa Petersen
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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.
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Neighborhood |
2008 |
Jennifer Pozner
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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.
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Media |
2008 |
Robert Rosenthal
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An award-winning journalist with nearly 40 years of experience at some of the largest and most well-respected newspapers in the U.S., Robert Rosenthal explains why a new model for journalism is essential to democracy in America.
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Media |
2008 |
Robert Ross
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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.
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Health |
2008 |
Angelica Salas
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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.
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Neighborhood |
2008 |
Premal Shah
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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.
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Money |
2008 |
Deborah Peterson Small
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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.
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Wars |
2008 |
Joel Solomon
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Tides Foundation Board Chair Joel Solomon recounts his very personal journey through the Canadian health care system--and what the United States can learn from it.
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Health |
2008 |
