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Posted by | June 23, 2014
Florida Caucus

Facilitators will give an overview of the landscape in the state, talk about whats’s at stake and tell you ways you can volunteer or plug in to existing efforts. NOTE:...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
Solutions Not Suspensions: This is How We Close the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Across the country students, parents, and educators are organizing to change their school districts' zero tolerance policies. And they're winning. Misguided discipline policies like zero tolerance push children out of...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
Marijuana Arrests: The Gateway to Mass Incarceration

Every 48 seconds someone is arrested for marijuana possession in the United States. Most of these arrests are of people of color, despite the fact that white people use and...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education

Momentum is building across the country to reclaim the promise of public education. Decades of top-down edicts, privatization schemes, and polarization and austerity measures have taken their toll. We'll discuss...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
Living Our Values: Building the Movement We Deserve

We're great at preaching, but do we practice? It's time for ALL progressive movement employers to commit to fair labor practices and gender and racial diversity. Come and learn how...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
Challenging the Dramatic Under-Representation of Women and People of Color in Political Office

What would it look like if the people who hold political power actually reflected the communities they are elected to serve? What structural barriers prevent the United States from having...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
Opening the Bedroom Door: Ask a Progressive Sexpert

We say the personal is political, but if that's the case, why are progressives so afraid to talk about sex? From reproductive health to LGBTQ equality to trans healthcare, we...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
Stop the Deportations: How We’re Calling on President Obama to Use Executive Power to Stop Separating Families

In the six years of his administration, President Obama has overseen more than 2 million deportations—a record number that surpasses that of any other president ever. The number is one...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
The Rise of Janet Yellen: Why the Fed Matters, and How Progressives Fought for the First Female Chair of the Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve wields great economic power; it is often said that the Chairman of the Federal Reserve is the second most powerful person in America. In 2013, a ragtag...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
Call to Action: Measurable Change in the Digital Space

Organizations are often clear about goals and strategic focus for the change they hope to achieve—until it comes to the digital platform. Getting a website up and generating social media...

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