Schedule at a Glance - Young Elected Officials Network

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WASHINGTON COURT HOTEL
525 NEW JERSEY AVE. NW
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Wednesday, July 22
2:00 PM–8:00 PM: Women’s Pre-Conference
Thursday, July 23
8:00 AM–4:30 PM: Registration Open
Saturday, July 25
8:00 AM–8:30 AM: Breakfast
8:30 AM–9:30 AM: Empowering and Educating
Communities: Serving Students from Cradle to
Career
8:00 AM–12:00 PM: Women’s Pre-Conference
9:45 AM–10:45 AM: Empowering and Educating
Communities Policy Council Breakout Series
12:15 PM–1:15 PM: New YEO Orientation and
Networking Lunch
11:00 AM: Group Photo
1:30 PM–5:00 PM: Day of Service Activity
6:30 PM–9:00 PM: Opening Dinner and Anniversary
Celebration
Friday, July 24
11:30 AM–12:30 PM: Lunch Plenary: Building an
Inclusive Society: Tackling Inequity and the Vacuum
of Opportunity in Our Communities
12:45 PM–1:45 PM: Building an Inclusive Society
Policy Council Breakout Series
2:00 PM–2:45 PM: Skills Workshop Series
8:30 AM–9:00 AM: Opening Plenary
3:00 PM–4:00 PM: Defending Workers and Families:
Creating Economic Opportunity and Justice For All
9:30 AM–10:30 AM: Expanding Democracy:
Protecting the Value of the Vote
4:30 PM–5:30 PM: Defending Workers and Families
10:45 AM–11:45 AM: Expanding Democracy
Breakout Series
5:30 PM–6:30 PM: Caucus Meetings/State &
Caucus Photos
12:00 PM–12:45 PM: Skills Workshop Series
Sunday, July 26
3:00 PM–5:00 PM: Obama Administration Panel
8:30 AM–9:30 AM: Opening Plenary
10:00 AM–11:00 AM: Ensuring a Sustainable Future:
Building Green and Resilient Communities
11:15 AM–12:15 PM: Ensuring a Sustainable Future
12:30 PM–1:45 PM: Closing General Lunch Plenary
YEO National Convening | 2015
1:00 PM–2:30 PM: Lunch Plenary: Reforming
Justice and Reinvesting in our Communities
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THURSDAY | JULY 23, 2015
8:00 AM–4:30 PM
REGISTRATION OPEN
8:00 AM–12:00 PM
WOMEN’S PRE-CONFERENCE
Montpelier Room
12:15 PM–1:15 PM
NEW YEO ORIENTATION AND NETWORKING LUNCH
Springwood Room
1:30 PM–5:00 PM
DAY OF SERVICE ACTIVITY
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON • RICHARD ENGLAND CLUBHOUSE 14
4103 BENNING RD NE, WASHINGTON, D.C.
6:30 PM–9:00 PM
OPENING DINNER AND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Grand Ballroom
Secretary Julián Castro
Julián Castro was sworn in as the 16th Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development on July 28, 2014. In this role, Castro
oversees 8,000 employees and a budget of $46 billion, using a performance-driven approach to achieve the department’s mission of expanding
opportunity for all Americans. As secretary, Castro’s focus is ensuring that
HUD is a transparent, efficient, and effective champion for the people it
serves. Utilizing an evidence-based management style, he has charged the
department with one goal: giving every person, regardless of their station
in life, new opportunities to thrive. Before HUD, Castro served as mayor of
the city of San Antonio. Castro received a B.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law
School. He and his wife Erica have two children.
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Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema
Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema ran for elected office because she
believes that everyone should get the same shot and that the system
should not favor those at the very top. During her years in the Arizona
legislature, she worked to pass immigration laws, secure funding for our
vets, provide business incentives for job creation, and fought back against
attempts to gut basic health care for kids and cut services for the elderly
and funding for schools. Sinema is committed to helping our country
return to the values that make America great—the same values that have
guided her life so far: hard work, access to public education, fairness, and
opportunity. Sinema serves Arizona’s Ninth Congressional District and sits on the House Committee
on Financial Services.
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THURSDAY | JULY 23, 2015
Congressman Joaquin Castro
Congressman Joaquin Castro, a second generation Mexican American,
is a proud product of the public school system. Castro has worked hard
to seize the opportunities created by the sacrifices of prior generations.
After finishing high school a year early, Castro left San Antonio to
graduate with honors from Stanford University in 1996. He then went
on to attend Harvard Law School, where he received his J.D. Upon his
return to San Antonio at 28 years old, Castro joined a private law practice
and was elected into the Texas legislature. He served five terms as state
representative for District 125. In 2012 Castro was elected to serve in
the U.S. House of Representatives as representative of Texas Congressional District 20. Now in
his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Castro serves on the House Armed Services
Committee, as well as the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Congressman Brendan Boyle
Elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2008,
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle represents Pennsylvania’s 170th state
legislative district. In 2014, he was elected to Congress by the citizens
of the 13th Congressional District, representing northeast Philadelphia,
part of north Philadelphia, and approximately half of Montgomery County,
PA. Since first entering public service, Congressman Boyle has served as
a champion for working and middle class families, in particular issues
relating to social and economic justice. Congressman Boyle served as an
adjunct professor at Drexel University’s Graduate School of Public Policy. In
2011, he was named an Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellow. He attended the University of Notre Dame and
earned a master’s in public policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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FRIDAY | JULY 24, 2015
8:00 AM–8:30 AM
BREAKFAST
Grand Ballroom
8:30 AM–9:00 AM
OPENING PLENARY
YEO WELCOME
Grand Ballroom
Congressman Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison has represented Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District in
the U.S. House of Representatives since taking office on January 4, 2007.
His roots as a community activist and his message of inclusivity show
in his Congressional priorities, including promoting peace and prosperity
for working families, environmental sustainability, and civil and human
rights. Congressman Ellison was elected as co-chair of the Congressional
Progressive Caucus for the 112th Congress, and Chief Deputy Whip for the
114th Congress. Congressman Ellison currently serves on the Financial
Services Committee and his party’s Steering and Policy Committee.
9:30 AM–10:30 AM
EXPANDING DEMOCRACY
PROTECTING THE VALUE OF THE VOTE
Grand Ballroom
This panel will open our policy series with a focus on democratic reforms that
undergird our entire political system. The discussion will examine the national
landscape, but focus on challenges and opportunities in cities and states to expand
access to participation, empower voters, regulate campaign finance, and create
impactful change.
Nicole Austin-Hillery
Brennan Center for Justice
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Nicole Austin-Hillery is the first director and counsel of The Brennan
Center’s Washington, D.C. office. She is the organization’s chief liaison to
Congress and the Administration and focuses primarily on justice and
democracy issues. Austin-Hillery provides both strategic and advocacy
counsel ranging from legislative analysis to policy development. She serves
as both a media spokesperson and frequent presenter on Brennan Center
issues and has written opinion pieces for several publications including
Roll Call, The Hill, The Root, CNN.com, and BillMoyers.com and has
offered commentary to the New York Times. She has significant litigation
experience, having practiced with the law firm of Mehri & Skalet, PLLC as part of the firm’s civil rights
employment class action practice, and as the George N. Lindsay Civil Rights Law Fellow at the
national office of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Austin-Hillery is a graduate of
the Howard University School of Law and Carnegie Mellon University.
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Marge Baker
People For the American Way Foundation
As the executive vice president of policy and programs at People For
the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation, Marge
Baker oversees the organization’s work on a range of issues, including
its campaigns on the courts, nominations, LGBT equality, voting rights,
and elections. A long-time activist, she has worked in public service
roles throughout her professional career. Prior to her current position
she served as staff director for the late Senator Paul Wellstone on the
Senate’s Employment, Safety and Training Subcommittee, as chief counsel
to Senator Howard Metzenbaum on the U.S. Senate Committee on the
Judiciary, and as director of the Consumer Services Division of the New York Department of Public
Service. Baker is a graduate of Yale Law School and clerked for the U.S. District Court for the District
of Delaware.
John Bonifaz
Free Speech for People
John Bonifaz is the co-founder and president of Free Speech For People.
He previously served as the executive director and general counsel of the
National Voting Rights Institute, an organization he founded in 1994, and
as the legal director of Voter Action. Bonifaz has served as a voting rights
and democracy leader for more than two decades, including pioneering
a series of court challenges to the campaign finance system on voting
rights grounds, leading the fight in the federal courts in Ohio for a recount
of the 2004 presidential vote, and helping to catalyze and lead a national
campaign for a 28th Amendment to the U.S .Constitution to reclaim our
democracy. He is a 1992 cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School and a 1999 recipient of a
MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. Bonifaz has written and spoken extensively across the country on
pressing democracy issues facing the nation today.
Stephen Spaulding
Common Cause
Stephen Spaulding is policy counsel at Common Cause. He has authored
several reports for Common Cause including “Bullies at the Ballot Box”
and “The New Nullification at Work,” and his writing has appeared in Salon,
Politico, The Hill, and The Huffington Post. Spaulding has appeared on
national television and radio programs, including CBS’ “60 Minutes,” NPR’s
“All Things Considered,” C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” MSNBC’s “Melissa
Harris-Perry,” “Up with Steve Kornacki,” and “Politics Nation,” and CNN’s
“The Lead” and he has been quoted in numerous publications. Previously,
Spaulding was a litigation associate at Goodwin Procter LLP and a law
clerk to Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. Before law school, he was a trial preparation assistant in the
Rackets Bureau of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Spaulding earned his B.A. from Haverford
College and his J.D., cum laude, from Boston College Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the
Journal of Law and Social Justice.
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10:45 AM–11:45 AM
EXPANDING DEMOCRACY BREAKOUT SERIES
YEOs should divide by level of office to discuss the priority issues from this session
and to create the annual YEO agenda for this Policy Council.
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A–State Level • Hermitage Room
B–Local Level • Springwood Room
C–Local Level • Sagamore Hill Room
D–School Board • Ashlawn Room
12:00 PM–12:45 PM
SKILLS WORKSHOP SERIES
MESSAGING STRATEGIES
Springwood Room
In this session Lake Research Partners will discuss how to communicate issue
positions and policy solutions in ways that will connect and resonate with
constituents, based on their cutting-edge polling research.
Kristy Pultorak
Lake Research Partners
Kristy Pultorak joined Lake Research Partners (LRP) in 2013 as a
senior analyst. She has extensive experience working with quantitative
and qualitative research for both international and domestic political
campaigns, issue advocacy organizations, and nonprofits. Pultorak worked
on some of the most competitive targeted races on the federal and state
level over the last several cycles, including in major swing states like Ohio
and Virginia. Prior to joining LRP, she was deputy political director at the
Victory Fund and an analyst with Benenson Strategy Group. Pultorak holds
a master’s degree in public policy from American University and a B.A. in
political science from Siena College.
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NEW MEDIA & BRAND MANAGEMENT
Sagamore Hill Room
The session will focus on how elected officials can use new media platforms to
increase civic engagement and define their public profile.
Matt Higginson
Medium
Matt Higginson serves in writer development for politics, government,
and advocacy for Medium, a blog-publishing platform founded by Twitter
cofounders Evan Williams and Biz Stone. Higginson’s background is in
philanthropy and nonprofit management. Prior to joining Medium, he
served as the director of college organizing and youth mobilizing for ONE.
org, an international campaigning and advocacy organization working to
end extreme poverty and preventable diseases around the world.
Gabe Kleinman
Medium
Gabe Kleinman, previously head of people ops and product marketing, does
a bit of everything at Medium. Prior to Medium, Kleinman was at IDEO, a
design and innovation consultancy, where he co-led the Design for Learning
practice, helping organizations tackle large-scale challenges in education.
Kleinman began his career at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) working
across marketing, the CAA Foundation, and strategic initiatives including
the renowned Agent Training Program. From 2008–2011 he served on
the inaugural board of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA).
Kleinman received a B.A. in philosophy and anthropology from Cornell
University. He lives in Oakland with his wife, Molly, and one-year old daughter, Ripley.
Stuart Shapiro
iConstituent
Stuart S. Shapiro is a visionary who has spent his career producing,
directing, writing, and creating innovative entertainment and
e-communications content and technologies. A pioneer in the field, Shapiro
is responsible for many cutting-edge breakthroughs. He was among the
first to use email as a form of mass marketing and communication for
government. As an entrepreneur, he founded several successful internet
communication ventures, including Woodstock.com, Firstlook.com,
ArtistEnt, and Patronet with Todd Rundgren, one of the first internet artist
music subscription services, and AskDrMao.com, The Natural Health
Search Engine. Shapiro is also credited with producing the 72-hour live webcast of Woodstock99,
the largest internet live music event in history at that time. Bringing his vast body of knowledge,
experience, and entrepreneurial spirit, he cofounded iConstituent in 2001 with the goal of creating
a more interactive democracy through the application of creative technology. Today, iConstituent is
one of the leading providers of online communications to members of Congress. Mr. Shapiro speaks
frequently on the topic of legislative e-communications at the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a
graduate of Union College, Institute American in France, and Worcester Academy.
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MANAGING BUDGETS AND ASSETS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
Hermitage Room
The session will focus on best practices for progressive budget management and
administration of assets.
Simon Greer
Cambridge Heath Ventures
Simon Greer has been involved in social change work for the past 25
years. Considered to be a serial entrepreneur in the nonprofit world, he
has three times served in a CEO role in “turnaround” undertakings where
the organizations’ missions were as noble as ever but their impact and
approach needed an overhaul. Today, as the founder of Cambridge
Heath Ventures, he works with private sector companies, purposedriven organizations, and governments to help them overcome their
most pressing challenges. Greer has worked at the local, national, and
international levels to address issues ranging from poverty to lack of energy
access and other forms of injustice through philanthropy, advocacy, and direct service. Throughout
these efforts he has been known for a commitment to innovation, risk, and unconventional thinking.
Greer has led organizations through periods of dramatic institutional growth, including mergers, joint
ventures, high profile campaigns, programmatic innovation, and increased philanthropic impact.
These successes include launching the Jewish Social Justice Matching Fund and helping to launch
the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable. Greer also moved millions of dollars in low-interest loans to
help businesses and homeowners revive the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina.
1:00 PM–2:30 PM
LUNCH PLENARY
REFORMING JUSTICE AND REINVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES
Grand Ballroom
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This panel will create a dialogue around the racism, violence, militarization,
and misconduct that plague our criminal justice system. It will also look at
interconnected issues of growing inequality and poverty, the school-to-prison
pipeline, and mass incarceration, as well as the systemic reforms, reinvestment, and
restorative models that can counter these failures of justice.
Detailed Agenda
Van Jones
Dream Corps and CNN
Van Jones is the president and co-founder of Dream Corps. Current
initiatives, #cut50 and #YesWeCode, create innovative solutions to “close
the prison doors and open the doors of opportunity.” A Yale-educated
attorney, Van has written two New York Times Bestsellers: The Green
Collar Economy, the definitive book on green jobs; and Rebuild the Dream,
a roadmap for progressives. Van is a correspondent for CNN and regular
guest on political talk shows. In 2009, Van worked as the green jobs advisor
to the Obama White House. There, he helped run the inter-agency process
that oversaw $80 billion in green energy recovery spending.
Maria Chappelle-Nadal
Missouri State Senate
Maria Chappelle-Nadal is a member of the Missouri State Senate,
representing District 14. She was first elected to the chamber in 2010.
Beginning in the 2015 session, Chappelle-Nadal serves as minority whip.
On April 6, 2010, Chappelle-Nadal was elected to the University City School
Board. Chappelle-Nadal earned her B.A. in political science/sociology from
Georgia State University. Her professional experience includes working
as director of communications for Lieutenant Governor Joe Maxwell. In
August 2014, Chappelle-Nadal took to the streets to challenge the police
response in the aftermath of the shooting of Michael Brown. ChappelleNadal joined protests in Ferguson and has regularly tweeted about the events.
Marc Mauer
The Sentencing Project
Marc Mauer is one of the country’s leading experts on sentencing policy,
race, and the criminal justice system. He has directed programs on criminal
justice policy reform for more than 30 years and serves as executive
director of The Sentencing Project, a national nonprofit organization
engaged in research and advocacy on criminal justice policy. Mauer has
written extensively and testified before Congress and other legislative
bodies. His critically acclaimed book, Race to Incarcerate, was named a
semifinalist for the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and he is the co-editor
of Invisible Punishment, a collection of essays that examine the social
costs of incarceration. Mauer frequently lectures before a broad range of national and international
audiences, appears regularly on television and radio networks, and has served as an adjunct faculty
member at George Washington University and Payne Theological Seminary. Mauer is the recipient of
the Donald Cressey Award for contributions to criminal justice research, the Alfred Lindesmith Award
for drug policy scholarship, and the Maud Booth Award for correctional services.
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Patrick J. Nolan
American Conservative Union Right on Crime
Patrick J. Nolan serves as director of the Criminal Justice Reform Project at
the American Conservative Union Foundation, and works closely with Right
on Crime and the Texas Public Policy Foundation. He is a former California
state assemblyman and the author of “When Prisoners Return.” Nolan
understands the inside of a prison well, having served 29 months in federal
custody after pleading guilty to a charge of racketeering. He earned a B.A.
and a J.D. from the University of Southern California.
Heather Rice-Minus
Justice Fellowship
Heather Rice-Minus serves as director of government affairs for Justice
Fellowship (JF), the advocacy arm of Prison Fellowship. She brings a
wealth of experience in policy development and advocacy as a lobbyist on
Capitol Hill. As staff lead on JF’s federal and state legislative strategy, RiceMinus works with the faith community, think tanks, and other stakeholders
to advance criminal justice reforms, including policies addressing
sentencing for drug offenses, prison conditions, victims’ rights and
services, and reentry programming, among others. Prior to joining JF, RiceMinus worked as director of U.S. prisons policy for the National Religious
Campaign Against Torture and also spent a year in East Africa teaching English and volunteering in
orphanages. Rice-Minus was commissioned as a Centurion by the Chuck Colson Center for Christian
Worldview in May 2014. She holds a Juris Doctor from George Mason University School of Law and is
a member of the Virginia Bar. She and her husband Paul reside in Southeast D.C.
3:00 PM–5:00 PM
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PANEL
Grand Ballroom
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SATURDAY | JULY 25, 2015
8:00 AM–8:30 AM
BREAKFAST
Grand Ballroom
8:30 AM–9:30 AM
EMPOWERING AND EDUCATING COMMUNITIES
SERVING STUDENTS FROM CRADLE TO CAREER
Grand Ballroom
This panel will focus on approaches to education that support children and families
from early childhood through professional life. The discussion will cover parent and
community engagement, as well as issues of equity in opportunity and achievement.
It will look at alternatives to high-stakes testing, wraparound services, and discipline
reforms for improved student outcomes.
Melvin Carter
Minnesota Department of Education Office of Early Education
Melvin W. Carter III was appointed director of the Office of Early Learning
at the Minnesota Department of Education in July 2013. Prior to joining
the department, Carter served on the Saint Paul City Council from 2008
to 2013. In that capacity, he sponsored legislation to address some of
the city’s most pressing issues, including forming the city’s Department
of Human Rights & Equal Economic Opportunity, “banning the box” to
eliminate employment discrimination against people with criminal backgrounds, requiring landlords to notify tenants of a pending foreclosure on
their property, and prohibiting the sale of candy cigarettes and toy lighters
to reduce “practice smoking” among children. In 2009, he created a partnership between city, county,
school, and grassroots leaders to support high quality education outcomes which later became the
Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood. He has trained with and for several national organizations, including Wellstone Action, People For the American Way Foundation, Black Organizing for Leadership &
Dignity, and Progressive Majority. For his committed service to community, Carter received the 2011
Barbara Jordan Leadership Award from the Young Elected Officials Network and was recognized in
Ebony Magazine’s “30 Under 30” issue in 2008.
Center for Popular Democracy
Evie Frankl is the Senior Organizer of Education Justice Campaigns at
the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD). She works with CPD’s partner
organizations to create and promote a progressive education agenda.
Frankl brings decades of education experience to CPD. She has led an
educational equity coalition to end tracking in Montgomery County,
MD and served as deputy director at The Next Step Public Charter
School in Washington, DC. Frankl worked as a high school teacher at
Bell Multicultural High School and she served as a bus driver during
desegregation busing in Boston.
Evie Frankl
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Michael Frerichs
Illinois State Treasurer
Born and raised in the small farming community of Gifford, Illinois, Mike
Frerichs is the Illinois State Treasurer. He graduated from Rantoul Township
High School and four years later from Yale University (1995). After
graduating, Frerichs returned home with a desire to serve his community.
He was elected to the Champaign County Board and was Champaign
County auditor, where he became a certified public finance officer and
was awarded the Certificate for Excellence in Financial Reporting for his
work in bringing transparency and strict oversight to the county’s budget.
In 2007, Frerichs was sworn in as senator for the 52nd district of Illinois.
As Chairman of the Higher Education Committee, he funded improvements at the University of
Illinois while fighting to reduce Illinois’ disparities in education funding. He also co-chaired a special
committee designed to preserve and extend Enterprise Zones which kept Illinois’ business climate
competitive with neighboring states while hundreds of thousands of jobs have been preserved and
created in Illinois. Frerichs currently resides in Champaign and has a daughter named Ella.
John King
Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education
John B. King, Jr. is the senior advisor delegated duties of deputy secretary
of education at the U.S. Department of Education, a position he assumed
in January 2015. In this role, he oversees a broad range of management,
policy, and program functions. Prior to his arrival at the Department, King
served as the commissioner of education for the state of New York, having
been appointed to that position by the New York State Board of Regents
in May 2011. In this role, he served as chief executive officer of the State
Education Department and as president of the University of the State of
New York (USNY). King was one of the nation’s youngest state education
leaders at the time of his appointment and the first African American and Puerto Rican to serve as
New York State education commissioner.
9:45 AM–10:45 AM
EMPOWERING AND EDUCATING COMMUNITIES POLICY COUNCIL BREAKOUT SERIES
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11:00 AM
GROUP PHOTO
11:30 AM–12:30 PM
BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE SOCIETY
TACKLING INEQUITY AND THE VACUUM OF OPPORTUNITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES
Grand Ballroom
The national landscape from the past year has been marred by the realities of
inequality and inequity–the brutal boiling points of Ferguson and Baltimore; the
persistent poverty of our urban and rural centers in California, Wisconsin, New
York, and the South; and the fatal hate crimes against the Arab, Middle Eastern,
Muslim, and South Asian (AMEMSA) communities in the Midwest. While pundits
play the race card, our communities are hurting. This panel will address the
systemic inequities faced by all of our marginalized communities, and will strive to
offer a dialogue amongst YEOs and allies who have worked to illuminate and heal
the traumas.
Sasha Ahuja
New York City Council Policy & Innovation Division
Sasha Neha Ahuja is a community organizer and advocate from New
York City. Ahuja has devoted her work to political education projects
with South Asian and Indo-Caribbean youth, organizing for justice in the
labor movement, policy formation that is generated by directly-impacted
communities, and social work practice from an accountable, anti-racist
framework. Ahuja currently serves as deputy director of the Policy &
Innovation Division within the Speaker’s Office at the New York City Council.
In this role, she works with many stakeholders to tackle complex projects
in the areas of lifting up low-wage work, sustainability and climate change,
infrastructure, housing, education, civil/human rights, and more. Ahuja also supports the development
and implementation of innovation projects including the largest in the nation participatory budgeting
process and an initiative dedicated to girls and women of color. She is an alumna of the Young People
For (2009) and Front Line Leaders Academy (2012) programs. Ahuja holds a B.A. from Hunter College
of the City University of New York, where she is also an adjunct instructor, and a M.S. in social work
from Columbia University.
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Antonio French
St. Louis Alderman
Antonio French is a dedicated husband and father to his wife and threeyear-old son. Born and raised in the city of St. Louis, French is in his
second term on the city’s Board of Aldermen, representing the community
he grew up in. He recently graduated from the Olin Business School at
Washington University in St. Louis with his Executive Master of Business
Administration. Prior to being elected in 2009, French served as the
committeeman for his ward. He has managed numerous winning political
campaigns as the president of his own consulting firm. During his time
on the Board, French has earned a reputation for passionately serving his
ward and creating new initiatives to improve the quality of life in north St. Louis. In 2012, Alderman
French founded the North Campus, an ambitious education initiative modeled after the Harlem
Children’s Zone in New York City. His vision is to coordinate a vast array of partnerships to provide
the approximately 1,800 children of North Campus with a world-class education and an enriching
childhood experience in a safe, supportive environment.
Felipe Sousa-Rodriguez
United We Dream
Felipe Sousa-Rodriguez was born to a single mother in Brazil, who sent
him at age 14 to Miami, Florida where he first dreamed of becoming a
teacher. He started organizing on immigrant rights issues in 2007 while
student government president at Miami Dade College. He walked on the
Trail of Dreams in 2010 to draw attention to the need for the DREAM Act
and to push for an end to deportations. Sousa-Rodriguez has become a
leading voice on the intersection of LGBTQ issues and immigrant rights.
At GetEQUAL, he served as national field director and co-director. Now he
is the deputy managing director at United We Dream. He holds an A.A.
in international relations from Miami Dade College and graduated summa cum laude with a B.A.
in business studies and a minor in economics from St. Thomas University. Sousa-Rodriguez was
awarded the “Freedom From Fear” award from Public Interest Projects in 2011 for his work on the
Trail of Dreams, he was named one of the “Top 15 Civil Rights Leaders of the 21st Century” by News
One and “20 Queer People of Color You Should Know” by Out Smart Magazine.
Rashida Tlaib
Former Michigan state Representative and Take On Hate Campaign
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Rashida Tlaib was the first Muslim woman elected to the Michigan
legislature. Politically, her legacy is largely her accomplishments fighting
budget battles and shaping legislation on numerous social justice
issues. For Tlaib’s constituents, her legacy centers on her creation of a
neighborhood service center that provided direct advocacy on issues
and anti-poverty services to thousands of people. Currently, she is the
community partnerships and development director at the Sugar Law Center
for Economic & Social Justice and manager of the Campaign to Take on
Hate, a racial justice movement to prevent the increase of hate crimes.
The first to attend college in her family, Tlaib received her bachelor’s degree in political science from
Wayne State University and her law degree from Thomas Cooley Law School. She lives in southwest
Detroit with her family.
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12:45 PM–1:45 PM
BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE SOCIETY POLICY COUNCIL BREAKOUT SERIES
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2:00 PM–2:45 PM
SKILLS WORKSHOP SERIES
CONSTITUENT ENGAGEMENT: REPRESENTING THE LATINO/HISPANIC COMMUNITY
Sagamore Hill Room
In this session YEOs will learn best practices for representing increasingly diverse
communities, with a specific emphasis on the Latino/Hispanic community–one of
the fastest growing demographics in America. YEOs will discuss ways to engage the
Latino/Hispanic community in their capacities as legislators and public servants to
ensure their interests are reflected in public policy.
Laura Maristany
National Organization for Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund
MOVEMENT BUILDING: SUCCESSION PLANNING
Ashlawn Room
There comes a time when all elected officials move on to another office or leave
public service altogether. In this session presenters will discuss what progressives can
do to plan for their legacy and fill the leadership vacuum that is created when they
leave their current elected positions.
Laura Maristany is the director of policy and legislative affairs for the
National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO)
Educational Fund, where she serves as the organization’s chief federal
advocate and director of the Washington, D.C. office. NALEO Educational
Fund facilitates the full participation of Latinos in the American political
process, from citizenship to public service. Prior to joining NALEO
Educational Fund, Maristany served as the executive director of legislative
affairs for the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU).
Maristany currently serves as a commissioner in Arlington County’s
Commission on the Status of Women. She has also served as president of the Hispanic Leaders
Association, an organization with over 150 members across the United States committed to
strengthening the bonds between the Hispanic community in the U.S., Spain, and Latin America.
Maristany holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Campus and a master’s degree in international commerce and policy from George Mason University.
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Melvin Carter
Minnesota Department of Education
Melvin W. Carter III was appointed director of the Office of Early Learning
at the Minnesota Department of Education in July 2013. Prior to joining
the department, Carter served on the Saint Paul City Council from 2008
to 2013. In that capacity, he sponsored legislation to address some of
the city’s most pressing issues, including: forming the city’s Department
of Human Rights & Equal Economic Opportunity; “banning the box”
to eliminate employment discrimination against people with criminal
backgrounds; requiring landlords to notify tenants of a pending foreclosure
on their property; and prohibiting the sale of candy cigarettes and toy
lighters to reduce “practice smoking” among children. In 2009, he created a partnership between
city, county, school, and grassroots leaders to support high quality education outcomes which
later became the Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood. He has trained with and for several national
organizations, including Wellstone Action, People For the American Way Foundation, Black Organizing
for Leadership & Dignity, and Progressive Majority. For his committed service to community, Carter
received the 2011 Barbara Jordan Leadership Award from the National Young Elected Officials
Network and was recognized in Ebony Magazine’s “30 Under 30” issue in 2008.
Sal Pace
Pueblo County Commission
Pueblo County Commissioner Sal Pace has held numerous public positions
in Colorado. He has been a state representative, the Minority Leader of
the Colorado State House, a candidate for U.S. Congress, an aide and
campaign manager to former Congressman John Salazar, and a former
staffer for his national political party and its Senate campaign committee.
In 2012, Pace lost a hotly contested race for U.S. Congress, despite raising
a whopping $2 million. After the election, Pace was appointed to the
board of Pueblo County Commissioners in January of 2013. He received
his bachelor’s degree in political science from Fort Lewis College and his
master’s degree in American political theory from the Louisiana State University.
Lateefah Simon
Rosenberg Foundation
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Lateefah Simon is program director for the Rosenberg Foundation, which
seeks to change the odds for Californians through statewide grantmaking
to support policy change. A longtime advocate for low-income young
women and girls and for juvenile and criminal justice reform, at the age
of 19, Simon was appointed executive director of the Center for Young
Women’s Development (CYWD) in San Francisco. CYWD is the nation’s
first economic and gender justice organization solely run for and by lowincome and formerly incarcerated young women. After an 11-year tenure
as executive director, Simon then led the creation of San Francisco’s first
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reentry services division under the leadership of then District Attorney Kamala D. Harris. In 2009,
Simon was appointed executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San
Francisco Bay Area. An avid speaker, Simon lectures across the country. She has served on numerous
boards of directors and has received awards for her efforts including the MacArthur “Genius”
Fellowship, inclusion in O Magazine’s first ever “Power List,” and the New Frontier Award from the
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.
DEFENDING AGAINST PREEMPTION
Springwood Room
State legislatures around the country are passing legislation that is encroaching on
county and municipal governments’ ability create policy on a range of issues, from
nondiscrimination ordinances to paid sick leave and the minimum wage. Learn
strategies to effectively combat preemptive legislation.
Jon Hoadley
Michigan State Representative
State Representative Jon Hoadley was elected to the Michigan State
House of Representatives in 2014. Hoadley is also the president and
owner of Badlands Strategies LLC, a progressive strategy firm focusing
on coalition management, complex project management, and campaigns.
Current and past clients include the successful Bridget Mary McCormack
for the Michigan Supreme Court campaign; We Are Michigan; the
Michigan Election Coalition; the Unity Michigan Coalition, which focuses
on nondiscrimination protections; the Federal Agency Project; and
others. Hoadley was also the campaign manager of One Kalamazoo, the
successful local campaign to defend the sexual orientation and gender identity inclusive Kalamazoo
Non-Discrimination Ordinance put before voters in November of 2009. Hoadley regularly consults
on nondiscrimination campaigns across the country. Hoadley has served as executive director
of National Stonewall Democrats, worked for the Gill Action Fund, and managed South Dakotans
Against Discrimination, the campaign that opposed the anti-marriage amendment in South Dakota,
winning over 48 percent of the vote in 2006. A graduate of Michigan State University, Hoadley is
currently based in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
AFL-CIO
Abe Silk is a legislative analyst in the AFL-CIO’s government affairs department, where he specializes
in state and local labor policy. He joined the AFL-CIO in 2010. In addition to his legislative duties, Silk
has managed national, state, and local independent expenditure campaigns around the country, most
recently in Louisville, Boston, and Las Vegas. Prior to working for the AFL-CIO, he was a marketing
consultant. Silk graduated with a B.A. in history from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
He is a native of West Hartford, Connecticut.
Abe Silk
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INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
Hermitage Room
Municipal governments are developing ways to invest in building America’s
infrastructure for the future. In this framework the country’s investment in
broadband deployment in cities has been powered by private investment and
public-private partnerships. This session will focus on how public-private
partnerships can help expand access to broadband technology and tech
employment.
Bret Perkins
Comcast
Bret Perkins serves as vice president of external and government
affairs for Comcast Corporation. In this role he is responsible for the
headquarters’ government affairs team in Philadelphia, as well as the
company’s outreach efforts to third-party groups. Perkins joined Comcast
in 2001 and has managed local government affairs while the company
grew from operating in 2,500 communities to 6,000 communities. His
responsibilities have included implementing the company’s regulatory and
legislative initiatives at the local level, managing relationships with state
and local intergovernmental associations, developing political strategy, and
grassroots communications.
3:00 PM–4:00 PM
DEFENDING WORKERS AND FAMILIES
CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
Grand Ballroom
This panel will address threats to working families, including growing income
gaps and deteriorating benefits and rights. The discussion will center on reforms
to create shared prosperity in a 21st century workforce, looking at basic wages,
protections, and innovative benefits.
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Peter Colavito
Service Employees International Union
Peter Colavito has served as the government relations director for the
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) since January 2011. From
2004 through 2010, he was at 32BJ SEIU, first as political director and later
as chief of staff. 32BJ represents 120,000 property service workers in New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia,
Florida, and the District of Columbia. He previously served as chief of staff
to Brooklyn City Councilmember Bill de Blasio. In 2003, he was campaign
manager for Vote No on 3, the effort that defeated a ballot initiative to end
party primaries in New York City. Colavito was political director for New
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York ACORN from 1999 to 2001, where he oversaw successful electoral and legislative campaigns.
His other previous work experience included directing a community organizing training institute,
serving on Congressmember Nita Lowey’s staff, and organizing environmental issue campaigns. He
was raised in the Bronx, attended Yale University, and now lives in Maryland.
Nadia Garnett
Center for Community Change
Nadia Garnett is an astute, high-energy professional adept at cultivating
relationships with key influencers, third parties, elected officials, and
stakeholders to effectively execute public policy priorities at the local, state,
and federal levels. With a record of proven results, she offers over 10 years
of experience developing and implementing corporate, issue-based, nonprofit, and political campaigns. She currently serves as the national political
director at the Center for Community Change, whose mission is to build the
power and capacity of low-income people, especially low-income people of
color, to change their communities and public policies for the better.
Andrea Cristina Mercado
National Domestic Workers Alliance
Andrea Cristina Mercado is the daughter of South American immigrants,
the mother of two young girls, and the campaign director at the National
Domestic Workers Alliance. She was an organizer at Mujeres Unidas y
Activas (MUA), a grassroots Latina immigrant women’s organization in
the San Francisco Bay Area, for eight years. At MUA she led the California
Domestic Worker Coalition, which successfully passed a statewide
Domestic Worker Bill of Rights into law and co-founded the National
Domestic Workers Alliance. She has appeared in the New York Times,
Breitbart, the Washington Post and on CNN en Espanol, Univision, All In
with Chris Hayes, and several international television news programs. She has served on the boards
of the Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition, DataCenter: Research for Justice, and Hand in Hand:
the Domestic Employers Association. She holds a B.A. from Brown University. She speaks English,
Spanish, and Portuguese and is based in South Florida.
Make It Work Campaign
Tracey Sturdivant is co-founder and co-executive director of Make It Work.
For the last 20 years, she has worked to strengthen democracy for all. A
self-professed “one-woman coalition,” Sturdivant has been a leader and
strategist inside progressive organizations and philanthropic institutions
dedicated to increasing the civic participation of women, people of color,
and youth. She was most recently executive director of State Voices.
Sturdivant serves on several boards, including the National Domestic
Workers Alliance, Greenpeace USA, and Higher Heights for America, where
she is board chair. She loves to travel, pretend she is a contestant on Top
Chef, and spend time with her family—especially her two-year-old nephew in Detroit, her hometown.
Tracy Sturdivant
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4:30 PM–5:30 PM
DEFENDING WORKERS AND FAMILIES POLICY COUNCIL BREAKOUT SERIES
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5:30 PM–6:30 PM
CAUCUS MEETINGS/STATE & CAUCUS PHOTOS
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SUNDAY | JULY 26, 2015
8:00 AM–8:30 AM
BREAKFAST
8:30 AM–9:30 AM
OPENING PLENARY
Grand Ballroom
10:00 AM–11:00 AM
ENSURING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
BUILDING GREEN AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
Grand Ballroom
This panel will address sustainable and livable development by exploring ways
infrastructure and the built environment shape our communities, impact our
natural environment, and affect public health in disparate ways. It will look at
defensive strategies to protect our natural resources, as well as innovative solutions
for smart growth and clean energy.
Christopher Coes
LOCUS Smart Growth America
Christopher A. Coes is the director of LOCUS, a network of real estate
developers and investors who advocate for sustainable, walkable
development. Prior to joining LOCUS, Coes served as a consultant for
government affairs and campaigns at M+R Strategic Services. As a
consultant, he worked with various clients including Transportation for
America–a broad, diverse, and unprecedented coalition advocating for a
national vision for a 21st century transportation system. For nearly three
years, Coes served as Transportation for America’s senior campaign
advisor and deputy director, where he was responsible for day to day
operations and advising the campaign on its legislative and political strategies. In addition to his work
on transportation issues, he brings over five years of experience in government relations, political
advocacy, and electoral campaigns. Coes received a B.A./M.A. in government and politics from St.
John’s University, specializing in public administration and international relations. He can be reached
at [email protected].
Next City
Ariella Cohen is an award-winning journalist with 11 years of experience
reporting on urban change, politics, and policy. Prior to joining Next City, she
co-founded New Orleans’ first online investigative news outlet, The Lens,
and worked as a staff reporter for the Brooklyn Paper in New York. She has
reported on community resiliency in Haiti, toxic FEMA trailers on the Gulf
Coast, and affordable housing in Brooklyn. She prefers the bus. Follow her
@ariellacohen on Twitter.
Ariella Cohen
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Dominic Frongillo
Former Deputy Town Supervisor of Caroline, NY
Dominic Frongillo made history at age 22 by becoming the youngest person
ever to serve on the town council in Caroline, New York. Internationally
recognized for his work in clean energy and sustainability, Frongillo is a
five-time delegate to the United Nations. In Copenhagen, he coordinated
and delivered a statement from over 100 young elected officials calling
on President Obama and Congress to renew America’s leadership in clean
energy. In 2012, Frongillo founded Elected Officials to Protect New York, a
bipartisan initiative of over 825 elected officials from all 62 counties calling
on Governor Cuomo to continue the moratorium on fracking until the
drilling method is proven safe for all New Yorkers. A graduate with honors from Cornell University’s
College of Human Ecology in 2005, Frongillo earned an independent degree in sustainable community
development. Frongillo currently resides in Freiburg, Germany, where he leads international business
development for Thomas Daily, a leading market intelligence provider for the commercial property
industry with a focus on sustainable development.
Vien Truong
Greenlining Institute
Vien Truong leads the Greenlining Institute’s Environmental Equity team.
She has created state programs and policies around the country to direct
billions of dollars in funding and resources to the communities most
vulnerable to climate change. Truong helped pass a state initiative directing
a quarter of California’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to disadvantaged
communities. She co-led the Charge Ahead Initiative–California’s million
electric cars campaign which created clean transportation choices for
low-income and working families. In 2013, Truong was featured in the SF
Chronicle as one of San Francisco’s “Top Women Leaders.” In 2014, she
received Urban Habitat’s “Movement Builder” award and Oxfam America’s “Act Local, Think Global”
award. She is also a recipient of the Transform 2015 Leadership, Innovation, Vision and Equity (LIVE)
Award. Prior to joining Greenlining, she led Green For All’s state policy and workforce development
efforts. Truong holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and a J.D. from the University of
California Hastings College of the Law. She has served on the City of Oakland’s Planning Commission,
helping guide the growth and development of her hometown.
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11:15 AM–12:15 PM
ENSURING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE POLICY COUNCIL BREAKOUT SERIES
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CLOSING GENERAL LUNCH PLENARY
THE FUTURE OF SYSTEMS OF JUSTICE AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP
Grand Ballroom
Marilyn Mosby
State’s Attorney for Baltimore City
Marilyn J. Mosby was sworn in as the 25th State’s Attorney for Baltimore
City on January 5, 2015, making her the youngest chief prosecutor of any
major city in America. A native of inner-city Boston, she is a first-generation
college graduate with a B.A. in political science from Tuskegee University
and a J.D. from Boston College Law School. Mosby has been an avid public
servant her entire life and has been named one of the Baltimore Sun’s “50
Women to Watch” both in 2013 and 2014, as well as Baltimore Magazine’s
“Top 40 under 40” in 2014, and the Daily Record’s “2013 Leading Women.”
She currently resides in West Baltimore with her husband, 7th District
Councilman Nick J. Mosby, and two daughters, Nylyn and Aniyah.
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