TRACK TWO—SOCIAL JUSTICE/ ROOM 207B
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5
| 1:00 | THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1980—Dean Baker. Where has a quarter century of conservative dominance brought us in comparison to other nations? |
| 1:45 | INEQUALITY MATTERS—James Lardner, Heather Boushey, Dean Robinson. The growing economic divide in America and its effects on health, education, opportunity, community and democracy. |
| 3:00 | BREAK |
| 3:15 | THE ENDURING RACIAL DIVIDE—Eric Liu, Dedrick Muhammad, Sharon Delgado. Race and inequality. The global divide and impacts of globalization. |
| 4:30 | BREAK |
| 4:45 | ECONOMICS AND THE GENDER GAP—Janet Gornick, Ann Crittenden, Kim Gandy. Women, and especially mothers, still earn way less than men do. How can we change that? |
| 6:00 | DINNER BREAK |
| 8:30 | RECEPTION |
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6
| 9:30 | RESISTANCE IN A COMMERCIAL CULTURE—Nathan Dungan. Our kids are the number one target for marketers. How can we protect them? |
| 10:15 | GENERATION BROKE—Anya Kamenetz. Why young Americans are increasingly financially trapped. |
| 11:00 | BREAK |
| 11:15 | RE-INVENTING HEALTH CARE—Ezra Klein, Holly Fechner, Theresa Funiciello. How do other countries do health care? The Healthy Families Act. Toward a caregiver credit. |
| 12:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:45 | ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE—John Stauber, David Moberg, David Bollier, BJ Bullert. The world of PR spin. How healthy is the alternative press? Protecting the Internet. Media monopoly. |
| 3:00 | BREAK |
| 3:15 | RESTORING THE PUBLIC SECTOR—Fred Block, Miles Rapaport, Dianne Stewart. Countering the anti-government assault. Challenging market fundamentalism. |
| 4:30 | BREAK |
| 4:45 | REDEFINING PATRIOTISM—Eric Liu. The Right has been doing all the flag-waving. Why should we take back Patriotism? |
| 5:30 | DINNER BREAK |
| 7:30 | WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER—Jared Bernstein. After 30 years of YO-YO (you’re on your own) ism, it’s time for a different way of thinking about the economy. |
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7
| 10:00 | IT’S TIME FOR A PAID VACATION LAW—Joe Robinson. 137 countries and all industrial countries except the US have one. Why it’s a win-win for progressives. |
| 10:45 | TAKING BACK GOVERNMENT—Mary Olivella, Roger Hickey . Mobilizing constituencies for progressive change. |
| 12:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:30 | FRAMING THE MESSAGE—Celinda Lake, Dave Johnson, Bob Costanza . What the polls tell us. Battle in the blogosphere. Positive spin. |
| 2:45 | BREAK |
| 3:00 | OVERSUCCESS: HEALING THE AMERICAN OBSESSION—Jim Rubens. Competition and financial incentives are valuable but have we gone too far? |
| 3:45 | BREAK |
| 4:00 | CAMPAIGN PLANNING MEETINGS |