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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Lessons from the Least Horrible Super PACs of 2012

Leaders of three unconventional super PACs will share their stories of why their work broke through in substantial ways—one using satire (Stephen Colbert's), one using jujitsu to take on money...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
The Three Keys to Reclaiming Our Democracy

Barriers to the ballot box, corporate funded elections, gridlock in Washington, DC—yikes! Our democracy is in distress: corporate influence is at an all-time high; citizen belief and engagement, at an...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
CEQA: An Example of Linking Environmental and Labor Movements

In this session, we will discuss why labor, community organizing and environmental movements should not think that their causes are separate but equal, but need to unify in their pursuit...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Getting Real on Climate: What We Must Do to Stop Climate Change

Join us for a nuts-and-bolts strategic and tactical discussion of what it's going to take for us to move the needle on climate—politically, scientifically and economically.

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What the Frack?! The Impact of Fracking on our Health and Environment and What We Can Do About It

Hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, is one of the biggest threats to our environment. Companies and our government are allowing this process to go unregulated and untested. An emergence...

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Your Rights at Risk: Drones, Guantanamo and America’s Never-Ending “Global War”

For more than 10 years, the U.S. government under two Presidential administrations has claimed the authority to deny human rights in the name of a never-ending and vaguely defined "global...

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Safeguarding Democracy: Perspectives on Global Security, Technology and Human Rights

User-generated images, videos and stories stream in every day from Syria. Activists have access to satellite technology to deter mass atrocities in Sudan; encrypted media of demonstrations in Egypt, Bahrain...

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Words That Work: How the New and Powerful Immigration Messaging Was Developed

The panel will demonstrate a new approach to message development and testing developed in the past year, while showing the powerful impact of new values-based narratives on immigrants and immigration...

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Artists for Justice: How Artists are Transforming the Narrative on Immigration and Equality

The migrant rights movement is rich with artists and producers who are producing culture that reach audiences beyond the bounds of what community organizing and policy-based organizing can do. Visual...

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UndocuQueer: The Intersectionality of the Undocumented and LGBTIQ Struggles

Immigration and LGBTIQ issues are controversial topics that have gained prominence in political and social circles throughout the nation and at the ballot boxes. These are not parallel movements, but...

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