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WELCOME • 3 THE AGENDA • 4 ELECTED OFFICIAL ATTENDEES • 20 PROGRESSIVE CHAMPION NETWORK NOMINEES • 28 SPEAKERS • 29 BOARD OF DIRECTORS • 46 POLICY PARTNERS • 49 NETWORK STRATEGIES • 50 OUT & ABOUT IN MINNEAPOLIS • 52 SPONSORS • 54

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Take Action Minnesota is a hub for Minnesota’s progressive movement. We align individual activists and organizational allies around shared values, a long-term vision, and campaigns to win concrete change for racial, social, and economic justice. Join us in action today. We believe in a Minnesota where our government and our economy is by us and for us. Where each person has the power to make decisions that affect their community, their lives, and their futures.

El Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha (CTUL, or Center of Workers United in Struggle in English) organizes low-wage workers from across the Twin Cities to develop leadership and educate one another to build power and lead the struggle for fair wages, better working conditions, basic respect, and a voice in our workplaces. CTUL is an organization of workers and for workers, committed to securing fair working conditions for present and future generations

The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation is the umbrella organization of Minneapolis area local unions and includes 175 affiliated unions. Affiliated with the AFL-CIO, the Minneapolis RLF's mission is to organize in the community for social and economic justice for all working people.

SEIU is the workers who provide care and support for your family in public schools, hospitals, higher education, nursing homes, schools, in your homes and the Twin Cities’ largest public and private buildings. The SEIU Minnesota State Council coordinates the electoral, legislative and outreach work of the SEIU Locals in Minnesota to increase the effectiveness of their collective bargaining and new member organizing campaigns. By building the political in- volvement of the approximately 53,000 SEIU members throughout the state, the State Council is working to improve the lives of all Minnesotans.

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LOCAL PROGRESS MEMBERS, July. The temperature in the Twin It’s not easy to wake up each Cities is cooler, but the passion for morning as part of a nation of mass justice is just as hot. I’m grateful to child abusers. Even after 18 months Minneapolis City Council President of xenophobic immigration policies, of Lisa Bender, St. Paul Mayor Melvin white supremacists marching with the Carter, Congressmember Keith El- blessing of the White House, of tax and health care plans lison, and many Local Progress Minnesota members that reward the rich and punish the poor, the cries of chil- for welcoming us -- and even more for the powerful dren separated from their parents -- for fleeing violence leadership you are taking on affordable housing, racial and dreaming of a better life, just like my great-grand- equity, livable streets, and grassroots democracy. parents did -- still have us reeling. All across the country, Local Progress members are As we gather this year for the 2018 Local Progress working with community partners, labor unions, and National Convening, I’ve been heartened by the bold resistance activists to resist injustice, take back power, activism of Local Progress members across the country. and reclaim government by the people. Just since last But 18 months in, we know that resistance alone is not year, cities across the country have established legal enough. That’s why the theme of our gathering is Taking defense funds to prevent tenants from unjust evictions. Back Power: Reclaiming Government by the People. Helped low-wage workers win fair schedules and an end Last July, we gathered in Austin’s blazing heat ... to poverty wages for tipped workers. Won bail reform and we made it even hotter. More than 100 local elected and helped reduce mass incarceration. Divested pension officials joined our Texas colleagues at the State House to funds from fossil fuels. rally against the hate-filled, anti-immigrant, anti-dem- As we gather at this critical juncture, I’m grateful to ocratic Senate Bill 4. A year later, they’re still fighting be building a powerful community with extraordinary against its implementation. But they’re also taking back progressive local leaders like you -- from cities, towns, power, through a campaign to win paid sick days for 4 counties and school boards all across the country. On million Texans. a daily basis, your work shapes the lives and outcomes Charlottesville Councilmember Wes Bellamy in- for residents in a way that no other level of government spired so many of us at last year’s convening, sharing can. Together, as we fight back against the atrocities of his powerful work to win an “Equity Package” to begin this time, we are blazing the path forward to reclaim to redress a long history of racial injustice. So when government of the people, by the people, for the people, Nazis marched through his city, we had his back. And we toward a more just, inclusive, sustainable, and -- perhaps marched forward too, as members gathered in Baltimore most of all -- compassionate future. for our first racial equity summit to envision a future In resistance and progress, where we shift our cities away from criminalization toward investments that give all of our communities the freedom to thrive. We celebrated our founding director Ady Barkan’s work to build Local Progress. So when he stepped up to Brad Lander lead the fight against the cynical plan to steal health care New York City Council Member from the most vulnerable, we joined him in resistance. Local Progress Board Chair This year, we had the good sense to head north in

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 3 THE AGENDA

Event Summary PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES • THURSDAY, JULY 12

8:00am–2:00pm Women’s Caucus Training (women Local Progress Members Only, Hilton Minneapolis) Conrad B

2:00pm–5:00pm Minneapolis City Tours (Meet at Hilton Minneapolis 11th Street Entrance)

6:00pm–8:00pm Women’s Caucus Reception (Ruth's Chris Steakhouse: 920 2nd Ave- nue South, Suite 100)

FRIDAY, JULY 28

8:00am Breakfast and Registration Symphony I, II, III

9:00am–11:00am Plenary: Cities Rising, Local Governments in the Lead - Reflections on 2018 (at Minneapolis City Hall) • Council President Lisa Bender, Minneapolis, MN • Councilmember at-Large Helen Gym, Philadelphia, PA • Councilmember Brad Lander, New York, NY • Brian Elliott, Executive Director, SEIU Minnesota State Council • Veronica Mendez Moore, Co-Director, Centro De Trabajadores Unidos En Lucha

10:45am Group Photo

11:30am–1:00pm Breakout Sessions • Governance: Beyond Progressive Policy - Maximizing the Power of Your Office to Advance Change Conrad A • Policy: Disrupting the Deportation Machine Marquette III • Policy: Inclusive and Thriving Communities - Overcoming Challenges and Pitfalls in Organizing and Communicating About Affordable Housing Conrad B • Policy: Protecting Local Democracy - How to Build State Power from Our Cities Conrad C • Policy: Why Being Pro-Public Education is a Progressive and Necessary Stance Conrad D

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1:30pm–2:00pm Plenary: Building our Network Strategy on Affordable Housing Symphony I, II, III • Vice-Mayor and ACCE Organizer Melvin Lee Willis, Jr. Richmond, CA • Dr. Tiffany Manuel, Vice President of Knowledge, Impact and Strategy, Enterprise Community Partners • Dawn Phillips, Executive Director, Right to the City Alliance • Councilmember at-Large Robin Kniech, Denver CO (Facilitator)

2:00pm–3:15pm Plenary: Equity and Inclusion Plenary - Our Pursuit for a More Symphony I, II, III Perfect Union • Opening Remarks: Mayor Melvin Carter, St. Paul, MN • Mayor Ravi Bhalla, Hoboken, NJ • Councilmember Phillipe Cunningham, Minneapolis, MN • City Treasurer Tishaura Jones, St. Louis, MO • Greisa Martínez-Rosas, Deputy Executive Director, United We Dream • Councilmember Wes Bellamy, Charlottesville, VA (Facilitator)

3:15pm–3:45pm Break

3:45pm–5:15pm Breakout Sessions • Policy: Adapting to Our New Reality: Localities Building Resilience Marquette III to Climate Change Conrad A • Governance: Getting Your Story Told – Comms 101 • Governance: Participatory Democracy: How Localities are Engaging Conrad B Residents in Co-Governance • Network Strategy Session: Protecting Renters in the Conrad C Age of Evictions Conrad D • Network Strategy Session: What Do We Do About Amazon?

6:00pm Evening Reception • Please join us for Celebrating the leadership of Local Progress members.

SATURDAY, JULY 14

8:00am Breakfast and Registration Symphony I, II, III

9:00am–11:00am Plenary: This is What a 21st Century Economic Justice Movement Looks Like Symphony I, II, III • Opening Remarks: Keith Mestrich, President, Amalgamated Bank • County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, Santa Clara, CA • County Supervisor Marcelia Nicholson, Milwaukee, WI • Governing Board Member Patrick Morales, Tempe Elementary School District, AZ • Closing Remarks: Heather Conroy, Executive Vice President, SEIU • Tefere A. Gebre, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO (Facilitator)

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 5 11:00am–11:30am Break

11:30am–1:00pm Breakout Sessions • Governance: Building a Progressive Governance Ecosystem Marquette III • Network Strategy Session: Just and Accountable Policing Conrad A • Governance: Planning for the Next Two Decades: A Minneapolis Case Study Conrad B • Network Strategy Session: Rebuilding the Middle Class Conrad D • Policy: Saving Our Democracy from the Ground Up Conrad C

1:00pm Lunch

1:30pm–3:00pm Plenary: Reclaiming Government by the People Symphony I, II, III • Opening Remarks: Congressman Keith Ellison, Minnesota • Mayor Marita Garrett, Wilkinsburg, PA • Ady Barkan, Local Progress Founding Director and Campaigner, Center for Popular Democracy • Jennifer Epps-Addison, Network President and CEO, Center for Popular Democracy • Councilmember Brad Lander, New York, NY (Facilitator

3:00pm–3:30pm Break

3:30pm-5:00pm Breakouts Sessions • Policy: Building Power for the 50 Million People in Retail, Care Work, and Hospitality Conrad A • Policy: Criminal Justice - Moving from Policy Reform to Holistic Transformation Conrad B • Governance: Government Budgeting- A Reflection of Your Values (bring personal device) Conrad C • Network Strategy Session: Immigrant Protections Conrad D

5:00pm Closing Reception Conrad Foyer

SUNDAY, JULY 15 (POST-CONFERENCE)

8:30am–1:00pm Minnesota Elected Officials Meeting ( for MN local elected- offi cials only) **Land Stewardship Project (821 E. 35th Street #200 Minneapolis, MN 55407)

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THURSDAY, JULY 12 (PRE-CONFERENCE) Marquette III Conrad A 8:00am–2:00pm Women’s Caucus Training (women Local Progress Members Only, Hilton Minneapolis) Conrad B Conrad B Conrad D This year we will build upon our initial work on the Women's Caucus Conrad C at Local Progress by offering a half day training and hosting an evening reception where women members of Local Progress will gather to network with each other and partner organizations, hear about shared issues, and discuss solutions that come from the leadership of women. Symphony I, II, III We will hear from allied groups, experts and leading Local Progress members. Members will have the opportunity to share issues they would like to address and resources they would like to receive that support their work as progressive women in local elected office. This gathering is a highlight, lifted up by those who have attended before as a highlight of the convening, and this year members will have more time together, opportunities to strategize, share frustrations, obsta- cles, personal successes and policy victories.

2:00pm–5:00pm Minneapolis City Tours (Meet at Hilton Minneapolis 11th Street Entrance at 2:00pm to Depart)

6:00pm–8:00pm Women’s Caucus Reception (Ruth's Chris Steakhouse: 920 2nd Avenue South, Conrad A Suite 100)

Conrad B FRIDAY, JULY 13

Conrad C 8:00am Breakfast and Registration Symphony I, II, III Conrad D Is this your first LP convening? If so, please join some of your peers Conrad Foyer at breakfast to learn more about the organization.

9:00am Meet at Hilton Minneapolis’s 11th Street Entrance to Walk / Bus to Minneapolis City (350 S. 5th Street, Minneapolis MN 55415)

9:30am–11:00am Plenary: Cities Rising, Local Governments in the Lead - Reflections on 2018 (Minneapolis City Hall Rotunda)

In cities, towns and counties across the country, progressives are organizing and winning governing power. Local governments are advancing policies to protect immigrants, guarantee equal justice for all citizens, and create good jobs and thriving communities. Local Progress was founded based on a simple idea that by starting at the local level, we can innovate policy and build a democracy and government that works for everyone, not just the wealthy few. The need for leadership at the local level is more true today than ever. Our opening plenary will share our work over the last year and highlight

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 7 the most innovative policy victories from members of our network. We are thrilled to kick off this year's convening at Minneapolis City Hall where we will hear from organizers and elected officials about their vision for Minneapolis. • Council President Lisa Bender, Minneapolis, MN • Councilmember at-Large Helen Gym, Philadelphia, PA • Councilmember Brad Lander, New York, NY • Brian Elliott, Executive Director, SEIU Minnesota State Council • Veronica Mendez Moore, Co-Director, Centro De Trabajadores Unidos En Lucha

10:45am–11:00am Group Photo

11:00am–11:30am Return to the Hotel

11:30am–1:00pm Breakouts

Governance: Beyond Progressive Policy: Maximizing the Power of Your Office to Advance Change Conrad A

In a national moment that calls on each of us to lead in every way possible, how are local elected officials going beyond their policy- making role and using all of the powers of their offices (formal and informal) to advance change? In this session we will hear from elected officials and allies, sharing examples of how to effectively advance change on issues when you are governing from a minority position, how to use oversight hearings to elevate issues you lack the ability to regulate and creative strategies to support worker organizing efforts as an elected official. • State Representative Faith Winter (CO) • Councilmember Ritchie Torres, New York, NY • Bob Master, Communication Workers of America

Policy: Disrupting the Deportation Machine Marquette III

With the election of Donald Trump to the White House, and known racist Jeff Sessions’ ascension to the Department of Justice, anti-immigrant sentiment in our country has risen to an unprecedented level. More than ever, local elected officials can use local policy and their budget to ensure that immigrant communities are protected. This policy based interactive discussion will focus on what local government can do to protect its immigrant communities. We will delve into case studies on limiting police collaboration with ICE, the expanding use of 287(g) contracts, providing universal legal access and more. • Commissioner Marion Greene, Hennepin County, MN • Councilor Eric Covey, Winooski, VT • Councilmember at-Large Lorena González, Seattle, WA • Councilmember Greg Casar, Austin, TX • Magaly Arteaga, Legal Services Trainer, National Partnership for New Americans

8 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 • Shiu-Ming Cheer, Senior Staff Attorney and Field Coordinator, National Immigration Law Center • Marc Serra Solé, Deputy Mayor’s Office of Human Rights, Participation, Immigration and Refugees, Barcelona City Council (Spain) • Judith Greene, Justice Strategies • Angie Junck, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Facilitator)

Policy: Inclusive and Thriving Communities - Overcoming Challenges and Pitfalls in Organizing and Communicating About Affordable Housing Conrad B

Across the country, cities are facing a crisis in access to safe and affordable housing. Local elected officials are advancing policy and budgetary measures to produce and preserve affordable housing, to address the growing homelessness crisis in our cities and to protect tenants from displacement and eviction. However in order to successfully advance a strong affordable housing agenda, elected officials need to effectively communicate, organize and win public Conrad A support around housing and development issues. This session will give elected officials the opportunity to share successes and challenges they face when advancing affordable housing initiatives, hear recently released messaging research from Enterprise and discuss the intersection between communications and organizing. • Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, Seattle, WA • Dr. Tiffany Manuel, Vice President of Knowledge, Impact and Strategy, Enterprise Community Partners • Councilmember at-Large Robin Kniech, Denver, CO (Facilitator)

Policy: Protecting Local Democracy - How to Build State Power from Our Cities Conrad C

American cities and counties have become centers of innovation across an array of policy areas that advance inclusion, equitable Marquette III opportunity, and social justice. In recent years however, state legislators have become measurably more aggressive in their efforts to preempt local lawmaking, overturn ballot initiatives, limit local anti-discrimination efforts, perpetuate racial and economic inequality, and systematically strip local governments of their power. It’s a tactic that threatens not only local policy-making, but the very heart of local democracy. Local Progress members are on the front lines of protecting local democracy, creating innovative policies to set standards that protect the health and well-being of their communities and reflect the views and values of their citizens. Join us for a deep dialogue about preemption, its impact on our communities, and how Local Progress members can engage in a multi-layered effort to stop preemption and protect local democracy. • Kim Haddow, Director, Local Solutions Support Center • Chris Conry, Strategic Campaigns Director, Take Action Minnesota • Francesca Menes, Local Progress Florida State Coordinator (Facilitator)

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 9 Policy: Why Being Pro-Public Education is a Necessary and Progressive Stance Conrad D

The privatization of education in the United States (and elsewhere) is by no means a new phenomenon. The first iteration of public- ly-funded, private education in the US, came in response to the Supreme Court decision in Brown v Board of Education (1965), in which the court struck down the principle of “separate but equal” and ordered the desegregation of public schools. Southern states intent on maintaining racial segregation in schools introduced legislation creating “tax-subsidized tuition grants” - today called vouch- ers - that were granted only to white students to allow (and pay for) them to attend private, racially segregated schools. With the advent of neoliberalism in the 1980’s, policies adopted under the Reagan Administration that were fundamentally rooted in competition and choice, sought to weaken the teachers’ unions and undermine the notion of public education. Modern forms of education privatization really took root with the introduction of voucher programs in the 1990's, and with charter schools having expanded rapidly since then. Today, the movement is well funded by anti-democratic corporate interests that seek to undermine the public education system, community input, and public schools in particular. It is imperative for local elected leaders to understand the full scope of this industry and their important role as advocates for strong, locally led public education as a cornerstone of our democracy. • Councilmember at-Large Helen Gym, Philadelphia, PA • School Board Vice Chair Lisa Willner, Jefferson County Public Schools KY • Kendra Brooks, Education Activist and Consultant, 215 People’s Alliance (Philadelphia, PA) • Rukia Lumumba, Founder and Legal Director, People’s Advocacy Institute • Rhea Martin, Deputy Director, Education Justice Campaign, Center for Popular Democracy (Facilitator)

1:00pm Lunch Symphony I, II, III Foyer

1:30pm–2:00pm Plenary: Building Our Network Strategy - Affordable Housing Symphony I, II, III

Since Local Progress's founding, our members have prioritized supporting thriving and inclusive communities where everyone has access to a home. Nationally, residents of our cities face a crisis in access to safe, affordable housing. In our largest and economically strongest communities, we face a shortage of housing at all levels - especially for low and moderate-income families and for those experiencing homelessness. In emerging and struggling communities, the lowest income families are facing a shortage of homes or struggling with a substandard, crumbling quality of housing. At the same time, the over-production of luxury housing and other urban redevelopment trends have accelerated the displacement of low-income residents and communities of color. This session will

10 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 introduce members to partners and resources to support their work Conrad D on housing, and begin a network-wide conversation about tenant protections that will be a focus area in 2018. For those interested in learning more, there will be a breakout session immediately following this session to further discuss a collective network strategy on tenant protections. • Vice-Mayor and ACCE Organizer Melvin Lee Willis, Jr. Richmond, CA • Dr. Tiffany Manuel, Vice President of Knowledge, Impact and Strategy, Enterprise Community Partners • Dawn Phillips, Executive Director, Right to the City Alliance • Councilmember at-Large Robin Kniech, Denver CO (Facilitator)

2:00pm–3:15pm Plenary: Equity and Inclusion: Our Pursuit for a More Perfect Union Symphony I, II, III

Although new movements have gained traction over the last few years, communities of color, religious minorities, LGBTQ+ and immigrants and refugees are still being attacked by long established systems of oppression embedded in our courts, administration, justice system, and communities. Just as in progressive spaces, and in our policies, there are still disparities deeply rooted in race in municipalities across our nation. How do we as elected leaders have the uncomfortable conversation around historic injustices caused by implicit bias and structural/institutional racism that allow for us to move forward towards a just and equitable society. • Opening Remarks; Mayor Melvin Carter, St. Paul, MN • Mayor Ravi Bhalla, Hoboken, NJ • Councilmember Phillipe Cunningham, Minneapolis, MN • City Treasurer Tishaura Jones, St. Louis, MO • Greisa Martinez-Rosas, Deputy Executive Director, United We Dream • Councilmember Wes Bellamy, Charlottesville, VA (Facilitator)

3:15pm–3:45pm Break

Symphony I, II, III Foyer 3:45pm–5:15pm Breakouts

Symphony I, II, III Policy: Adapting to Our New Reality - Localities Building Resilience to Climate Change Marquette III

With the current federal administration rolling back progress on environmental justice and denying climate science, it is all the more urgent for cities and localities to lead on adaptation to our new climate reality. In both frontline communities and in cities far from the eye of the storm, all of us will be affected by our changing climate. In this session, Local Progress members will discuss how localities can prioritize adaptation to the effects of climate change while still prioritizing mitigation. We will hear from local elected officials leading on climate action from across the country and then facilitate a peer-to-peer discussion of how localities can center equity in their climate resilience plans as well as how to balance the need

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 11 for adaptation with the ongoing fight to mitigate carbon emissions. • Councilmember Cam Gordon, Minneapolis, MN • Supervisor Nancy Metayer, Broward County Soil & Water Conservation District • Russ Stark, Chief Resilience Officer, City of St. Paul, MN • Soil and Water Supervisor Danielle Adams, Durham County & Local Progress Southern Coordinator (Facilitator)

Governance: Getting Your Story Told - Comms 101 Conrad A

This training will help equip Local Progress members to better tell the story of their legislative priorities and the communities they represent. We will review the nuts-and-bolts of media relations, including how to better earn media coverage, build relationships with reporters, and do TV/radio interviews with ease. We will also explore the basics of social media, looking at how to build a presence for yourself on Twitter and Facebook and move smoothly between platforms. • Asya Pikovsky, Director of Media Relations, Center for Popular Democracy • Joanna Klonsky, Media Strategist, Joanna Klonsky Communications Strategies

Governance: Participatory Democracy - How Localities are Engaging Residents in Co-Governance Conrad B

Local governments have the unique opportunity to engage community members directly in governance. Whether through expanded and innovative community engagement initiatives, programs that give residents the ability to direct budgetary decisions or ballot initiatives which allow direct access to democratic policy making, Local Progress members and allies are innovating new methods for participatory democracy. This session will give participants the opportunity to hear about new and experimental efforts to grow participatory democracy at the local level, and to discuss and envision new ways that elected officials can engage with community members around policy, budgeting and governance. • Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, Chicago, IL • Rukia Lumumba, Founder and Legal Director, People’s Advocacy Institute • Marc Serra Solé, Deputy Mayor’s Office of Human Rights, Participation, Immigration and Refugees, Barcelona City Council (Spain) • Michelle Tremillo, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Texas Organizing Project (TOP) • Mercedes Fulbright, Local Progress Texas State Coordinator (Facilitator)

Network Strategy Session: Protecting Renters in the Age of Evictions Conrad C

Renters make up 36% of the population in the United States, and there are now more than two dozen cities that are majority renter. And in 2016, 1 in 50 renters faced an eviction judgment. In cities large and small, renters are facing pressures ranging from displacement due to rising rents and new development to substandard

12 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 housing to landlords who harass and intimidate tenants. Housing instability wreaks havoc on our families and neighborhoods, with a disproportionate impact on low-income communities and communities of color. Cities are responding with policies ranging from ensuring a universal right to counsel in housing court to limiting unpredictable and destabilizing increases to rent to increasing housing code enforcement efforts and prohibiting source of income Conrad A discrimination. This session will begin by hearing from four elected members advancing renter protections in a diverse array of local contexts and then we will discuss work happening across our network and identify opportunities to coordinate and support our work collectively as a network. With: • Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, Portland, OR • Councilmember Bill Henry, Baltimore, MD • Councilmember Anne Mavity, St. Louis Park, MN • Vice-Mayor Melvin Lee Willis, Jr. Richmond, CA • Dianne Enriquez, Co-Director of Community Dignity Campaigns, Center for Popular Democracy (Facilitator)

Network Strategy Session: What Do We Do About Amazon? Conrad D

Conrad B Two hundred and thirty-eight jurisdictions from all over North America submitted bids for Amazon’s second headquarters, pro- moted as one of the biggest development opportunities in decades with the potential to bring 50,000 jobs to the winning city. Yet many criticized the company for facilitating a public bidding war, where cities competed against each other to see who could offer the biggest tax incentive package to one of the world’s most valuable companies. Others have raised questions about community benefits, gentrifica- tion, and job quality relating to the HQ2 deal. Increasingly, Amazon plays an outsized role in the economic development of our cities and towns, as it expands its supply chain footprint, e-commerce dom- inance, and brick and mortar presence while altering the makeup and workforce of the retail industry. This session will bring together local elected officials to discuss a central question: what are we going to do about Amazon? Attendees will reflect on the Amazon HQ2 bidding war and the challenge of aligning regional or national collaboration among cities, as well as discuss municipal policy ideas for ensuring communities do not lose out as Amazon grows bigger and bigger. • Councilmember Greg Casar, Austin, TX • Councilmember Lisa Herbold, Seattle, WA Conrad C • Maurice BP-Weeks, Co-Executive Director, Action Center on Race and the Economy • Mariah Montgomery, Campaign Director, Partnership for Working Families

6:00pm–7:30pm Evening Reception Gallery

Please join us for Celebrating the leadership of Local Progress members.

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8:00am Breakfast Symphony I, II, III

9:00am–11:00am Plenary: This is What a 21st Century Economic Justice Movement Looks Like Symphony I, II, III

We have all heard the distressing statistics and headlines about our rigged economy that favors the super wealthy at the expense of working people. The greatest wealth and income inequality since the Gilded Age. Declining real wages even as productivity soars. Supreme Court and state legislature aided billionaire attacks on unions and collective bargaining. Working people, through unions and collective action, built the middle class, attacked inequality, and demanded a seat at the table. To do the same in 2018, our only option is to rebuild unions and enshrine new protections for working people to rebuild our communities and take back our democracy. In cities, towns, and counties across the country, local legislators are working hand-in-hand with unions and community to fiercely defend the historic progress we have made, win new and innovative victories to support organizing, and reimagine a broad-based movement to rebuild the middle class and unrig our economy. • Opening Remarks: Keith Mestrich, President, Amalgamated Bank • County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, Santa Clara, CA • County Supervisor Marcelia Nicholson, Milwaukee, WI • Governing Board Member Patrick Morales, Tempe Elementary School District, AZ • Closing Remarks: Heather Conroy, Executive Vice President, SEIU • Tefere A. Gebre, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO (Facilitator

11:00am–11:30am Break

11:30am–1:00pm Breakouts Marquette III

Governance: Building a Progressive Governance Ecosystem

City Councilmembers are only one part of a full ecosystem for progressive governance at the local level. During this session, participants will hear from a range of speakers focused on progressive governance from a variety of perspectives: prosecutors, school board members, city attorneys, appointed members of boards and commissions, and city staff. Speakers will particularly focus on how to develop strategies for governance grounded in racial equity and in training and growing public leadership in communities typically un- derrepresented in government. We will explore how complementary partnerships between groups focusing on a variety of strategies for progressive governance can create greater impact, and discuss the role of elected officials in advancing a comprehensive progressive governance strategy. • School Board Member Raaheela Ahmed and Manager at New American Leaders, Prince George’s County Public Schools, MD

14 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 • Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Morales, Portsmouth, VA • Charly Carter, Founder, Step Up Maryland • Ariel Guerrero, Race, Equity and Leadership Manager, National League of Cities • Jill Habig, Founder and President, Public Rights Project • Ludovic Blain, Executive Co-Director, California Donor Table Fund (Facilitator)

Network Strategy Session: Just and Accountable Policing Conrad A

Ongoing violence at the hands of police is something that continues to dominate the national narrative, but requires action at the city and county levels. Local Progress members identified this as an area of work that they wanted to coordinate closely together to design a plan of action that centers local elected officials at the center of driving that change in police departments across the country. In this session, we will be previewing and strategizing about a police reform “report card” toolkit that will allow members to evaluate policing policies and practices in jurisdictions across the country. Our focus will be on discussing the metrics included (training, use- of-force policies and statistics, diversion, civilian oversight, civilian complaint/accountability, transparency, etc.) and how we can creatively engage the public with our findings and set the state for policy reforms. • Facilitated by Silvia Fabela, Local Progress Campaigns Director and Kumar Rao, Senior Staff Attorney for Racial Justice, Center for Popular Democracy • Local Progress Police Reform Steering Committee: Councilmember Dorcey Applyrs (Albany, NY), Alder Megan Green (St. Louis, MO), Mayor Pro-Tem Jillian Johnson (Durham, NC)

Governance: Planning for the Next Two Decades: A Minneapolis Case Study Conrad B

The City of Minneapolis is currently in the process of finalizing its comprehensive plan, a document that will shape the physical geography of the city for years to come. As cities experience growing housing and environmental crises and a continuation of racial disparities that are the result of decades of exclusionary and racist housing policies, long term plans offer the opportunity to envision a more equitable and sustainable future. This session will look in-depth at Minneapolis's planning and capital budget processes and discuss how cities can take a long-term approach to planning development, growth and the city's physical infrastructure with a particular focus on repairing historic inequities. • Council President Lisa Bender, Minneapolis, MN • Councilmember Jeremiah Ellison, Minneapolis MN • Heather Worthington, Director, Long Range Planning, Minneapolis Department of City Planning • Dianne Enriquez, Co-Director of Community Dignity Campaigns, Center for Popular Democracy (Facilitator)

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 15 Network Strategy Session: Rebuilding the Middle Class Conrad D

Cities, towns, and counties - led in no small part by Local Progress members - have been the leading edge of progressive change on issues of economic justice in recent years. This network strategy-focused conversation will look to build on that momentum by creating space for members to workshop and discuss ongoing economic justice campaigns as well as the challenges they face. Join us in designing a shared national strategy to advance policies that both ensure good, dignified jobs and build organized power for working people and strong unions. • Facilitated by Ari Schwartz, Local Progress Campaigns Organizer • Local Progress Steering Committee: County Supervisor Marcelia Nicholson (Milwaukee, WI), Bob Master (CWA), Becky Wasserman (SEIU), Tefere A. Gebre (AFL-CIO)

Policy: Saving Our Democracy from the Ground Up Conrad C

As we approach the 2018 election, our democracy is at a crossroads. In many states, the right to vote and participate is actively under assault by state legislatures. In others, arcane barriers dispropor- tionately impact the participation and representation of communities of color, women, low-income communities and young folks. Meanwhile, across the country, the flow of money has distorted who can run for office, who wins and what interests are represented. -Lo cal elected officials have been leading the resistance and they have a critical role to play in ensuring that voters in their jurisdiction can participate and that communities voices are represented. With the 2018 elections fast approaching, come discuss strategies for local elected officials to expand voter access and to reform elections to elevate the voices of residents and not corporations and the wealthy few. We will explore innovative policy reforms and tools for city, county and school officials to expand the voice of residents in local democracy. • Councilmember Nick Komives, Toledo, OH • Jon Green, Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives, NYC, Office of the Mayor • Delvone Michael, Senior Political Strategist, Working Families Organization • Emma Greenman, Director of Voting Rights and Democracy, Center for Popular Democracy (Facilitator)

1:00pm Lunch Symphony I, II, III Foyer

1:30pm–3:00pm Plenary: Reclaiming Government by the People Symphony I, II, III

Increasingly, powerful actors with economic wealth are concen- trating rule-making power and authority in our democracy. This has resulted in, and contributed to, the steady destruction of institutions. We have seen challenges to the efficacy of government agencies, undermining public trust in government and supporting

16 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 privatization. Attacks on unions and community organizations. The co-option of our court system. The systematic suppression of the voting rights of low-income communities and communities of color. This is no accident - it is an intentional effort decades in the making. Together, we must fight back against this effort - by organizing and engaging people in the democratic process, by building faith in our government and institutions, and by supporting organizing in our workplaces and our communities. • Opening Remarks: Congressman Keith Ellison, Minnesota • Mayor Marita Garrett, Wilkinsburg, PA • Ady Barkan, Founding Director, Local Progress and Campaigner, Center for Popular Democracy • Jennifer Epps-Addison, Network President and CEO, Center for Popular Democracy • Councilmember Brad Lander, New York, NY (Facilitator)

3:00pm–3:30pm Break

3:30pm–5:00pm Breakouts Conrad A

Policy: Building Power for the 50 Million People in Retail, Care Work, and Hospitality

More than 50 million people work in what is sometimes labeled the service sector of our economy. They check us out at the store. They cook and serve us our food. They care for our families. The majority of people working in these jobs are women and a majority are people of color. They are also much less likely to be members of a union. In order to reverse the historic levels of inequality and wealth disparity in our country, we will need to go beyond policies that raise standards in these industries; we will need to help service workers build organized power to win lasting change and good, family-sustaining jobs. This session will explore several novel strategies to build power for workers in service industries and will provide space to strategize on how to bring those efforts to our localities. • Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, Seattle, WA • Councilmember Elissa Silverman, Washington, D.C. • Raymond Ortiz, Lead Barista and Fast Food Justice Leader, Cosi • Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, President, Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO • LaQuita Honeysucker, Legislative Director, UFCW • Elizabeth Nicolas, Staff Attorney for Worker Justice, Center for Popular Democracy (Facilitator)

Policy: Criminal Justice - Moving from Policy Reform to Holistic Transformation Conrad B

For far too long, and in far too many ways, our criminal legal system has targeted and harmed people of color on both individual and

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 17 structural levels. Whether in the form of over-policing, state violence, budgetary disinvestment, disparate legal treatment, or mass incarceration, the U.S. justice system has denied our communities the ability to prosper and be safe. Local policy reforms have been effective at making some changes to these systems, but much more is needed. In this session, we will discuss how a range of justice stakeholders, including prosecutors, local elected officials, and those most directly impacted, can transform our criminal justice system. We will examine a broad array of local policies and interventions that can reshape and redefine public safety away from criminalization and towards a vision for secure and thriving communities. • Mayor Svante Myrick, Ithaca, NY • Treasurer Tishaura Jones, St. Louis, MO • Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Morales, Portsmouth, VA • Kumar Rao, Senior Staff Attorney for Racial Justice, Center for Popular Democracy (Facilitator)

Governance: Government Budgeting - A Reflection of Your Values Conrad C

Fiscal management is a key responsibility for elected officials and the budget is the most important financial document as it reflects the priorities of local jurisdictions. Elected officials and progressive leaders in our communities play an important role in their local budget process. This session will help members familiarize them- selves with public budgeting as well as the budget development process and policies. Topics will include: the context for budget decisions, what is a budget, basic budget documents, rules of the budget process, the operating budget and the capital budget. • Supervisor Cindy Chavez, Santa Clara County, CA • Peter Hamilton, Chief of Staff for Councilmember Don Rocha, San Jose, CA

Network Strategy Session: Immigrant Rights Conrad D

The unique moment we face, one in which increasingly hostile anti-immigrant sentiment is rising and reinforced by our federal government, calls for increased creativity from local elected officials to protect immigrant communities. In 2017, Local Progress members organized together to strengthen local immigrant protections in dozens of local governments across the country. This action-oriented conversation will focus on how we can use our collective power in the year to come. We’ll cover everything from escalating our demand to #Abolish ICE, advancing policy in our cities and schools, supporting community members and immigration activists who are targeted for deportation, intervening in the increasing workplace and community raids, to shifting messaging and public narrative and using our budgets and more. Join us to design a coordinated strategy to amplify our values and tactics to demonstrate that we will not sit idly by while immigrants are scapegoated and criminalized.

18 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 • Facilitated by Silvia Fabela, Local Progress Campaigns Director • Local Progress Immigrant Rights Steering Committee: Councilmember Helen Gym (Philadelphia, PA) , Councilmember Greg Casar (Austin, TX), Councilmem- ber Colby Sledge (Nashville, TN), President of the Board of Supervisors Dave Cortese (Santa Clara County, CA).

5:00pm Closing Reception (Cash Bar) Conrad Foyer

SUNDAY, JULY 15

8:30am–1:00pm Minnesota Elected Officials Meeting ( for MN local elected officials only) Land Stewardship Project: 821 E. 35th Street #200 Minneapolis, MN 55407

The current environment in the state legislature is hindering the progressive values which Minnesota has lifted historically. On issues ranging from economic justice to racial equity to fighting climate change, cities and counties in this state have consistently been the source for bold policy proposals that have moved the state to be more just and equitable. And cities in Minnesota have a strong track record of working together to push back against state attempts to limit the ability of localities to adopt innovative policies. This meeting of Minnesota elected officials will build on incredible work already happening in the state to connect local elected officials from different regions of the state to one another and help build a shared progressive vision with local labor and community partners. We will work to set the foundation for deeper work in the state and to engage municipal and county officials in pushing for more transfor- mative policies at the state level that will enable municipalities and counties to take power back.

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 19 ELECTED OFFICIAL ATTENDEES

TITLE NAME JURISDICTION

Councilmember Levon Manzie Mobile AL

Governing Board Member Channel Powe Balsz School District AZ

Councilmember Lauren Kuby Tempe AZ

Governing Board Member Patrick Morales Tempe Elementary School District AZ

Vice Mayor Regina Romero Tucson AZ

Mayor Jesse Arreguin Berkeley CA

Rent Board Commissioner James Chang Berkeley CA

Councilmember Meghan Sahli-Wells Culver City CA

Councilmember Daniel Lee Culver City CA

School Board Vice President Kelly Kent Culver City Public Schools CA

Councilmember at-Large Rebecca Kaplan Oakland CA

Councilmember Desley Brooks Oakland CA

Vice Mayor Melvin Lee Willis, Jr. Richmond CA

Councilmember Ada Recinos Richmond CA

Councilmember Eduardo Martinez Richmond CA

School Board Member Matt Haney San Francisco CA

County Supervisor Cindy Chavez Santa Clara County CA

20 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 Councilmember Lindsey Horvath West Hollywood CA

Councilmember at-Large Robin Kniech Denver CO

Councilmember Paul Kashmann Denver CO

Councilmember Paul Lopez Denver CO

Councilor Jenny Willford Northglenn CO

Councillor Emma Pinter Westminster CO

Councilmember Elissa Silverman Washington DC

ANC Commissioner Tyrell Holcomb Washington DC

Ward Representative Markus Batchelor State Board of Education DC

Gordon-Andrew ANC Commissioner Washington DC Fletcher

Soil and Water Supervisor Nancy Metayer Broward County Conservation District FL

Soil and Water Supervisor Alissa Schafer Broward County Conservation District FL

Councilmember at-Large Yterenickia Bell Clarkston GA

Alderman John Arena Chicago IL

Alderman Leslie Hairston Chicago IL

Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa Chicago IL

Alderman Scott Waguespack Chicago IL

City County Councilor Zach Adamson Indianapolis IN

Councilmember Logan Heley Overland Park KS

Metro Council President David James Louisville KY

School Board Vice Chair Lisa Willner Jefferson County Public Schools KY

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 21 Councilmember Jay H. Banks New Orleans LA

Councilor Ryan O'Malley Malden MA

School Committee Member Amelia Peloquin Southbridge MA

School Committee Member Jackie Ryan Southbridge MA

Councilmember John Bullock Baltimore MD

Councilmember Kristerfer Burnett Baltimore MD

Councilmember Zeke Cohen Baltimore MD

Councilmember Bill Henry Baltimore MD

Councilwoman Shannon Sneed Baltimore MD

Councilmember Erica Spell Hyattsville MD

School Board Member Raaheela Ahmed Prince George's School District MD

School Board Member Edward Burroughs Prince George's School District MD

Councilor Pious Ali Portland ME

Raquel Castaneda- Councilmember Detroit MI Lopez

Councilmember Mary Sheffield Detroit MI

Commissioner Willie German Jr. Muskegon MI

Councilmember Patrick Martin Bloomington MN

Councilmember April Graves Brooklyn Center MN

Councilmember Marquita Butler Brooklyn Center MN

County Commissioner Marion Greene Hennepin County MN

Councilmember Christian Torkelson Little Canada MN

22 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 Councilmember Cara Letofsky Metropolitan Council MN

Council President Lisa Bender Minneapolis MN

Councilmember Andrew Johnson Minneapolis MN

Councilmember Steve Fletcher Minneapolis MN

Councilmember Jeremy Schroeder Minneapolis MN

Councilmember Jeremiah Ellison Minneapolis MN

Councilmember Phillipe Cunningham Minneapolis MN

Councilmember Alondra Cano Minneapolis MN

Councilmember Cam Gordon Minneapolis MN

Commisioner at-Large Latrisha Vetaw Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board MN

Commissioner AK Hassan Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board MN

Councilmember Suzie Nakasian Northfield MN

Councilmember Maria Regan Gonzales Richfield MN

Councilmember Anne Mavity St. Louis Park MN

Mayor Melvin Carter St. Paul MN

Councilmember Rebecca Noecker St. Paul MN

Councilmember Jermaine Reed Kansas City MO

Treasurer Tishaura Jones St. Louis MO

Board of Education Member Natalie Vroman St. Louis MO

Alder Megan Ellyia Green St. Louis MO

Alderwoman Christine Ingrassia St. Louis MO

Alder Annie Rice St. Louis MO

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 23 Councilmember DeDreana Freeman Durham NC

Mayor Pro Tempore Jillian Johnson Durham NC

Mayor Pro Tem Corey Branch Raleigh NC

Wake County Soil & Vice Chair Jenna Wadsworth NC Water Conservation District

Councilmember Derwin Montgomery Winston-Salem NC

School Board Vice President Lacey Merica Omaha NE

School Board Member Daniel Bergeron Manchester NH

Freeholder Balvir Singh Burlington County NJ

Mayor Ravi Bhalla Hoboken NJ

Councilmember Dorcey Applyrs Albany NY

Common Councilor Owusu Anane Albany NY

County Legislator Samuel Fein Albany County NY

School Board Member Jennifer Mecozzi Buffalo NY

County Legislator Francena Amparo Dutchess County NY

Supervisor Gregory Young Fulton County NY

Mayor Svante Myrick Ithaca NY

Councilmember Brad Lander New York City NY

Councilmember Keith Powers New York City NY

Councilmember Ritchie Torres New York City NY

Councilwoman Vanessa Agudelo Peekskill NY

County Legislator Christopher Johnson Westchester County NY

24 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 Councilmember John Zanfardino Bowling Green OH

Councilwoman Mary Nichols-Rhodes Cuyahoga Falls OH

Councilmember Marcus Madison Elyria OH

Councilor Chantel Raghu Oxnard OH

Councilmember at-Large Nick Komives Toledo OH

Councilmember Kelda Lorax Fairland OK

Commissioner Chloe Eudaly Portland OR

Mayor Josh Maxwell Downington PA

School Director Shae Ashe Norristown Area School District PA

Councilmember at-Large Helen Gym Philadelphia PA

School Board Director Kevin Carter Pittsburgh PA

School Board Director Moira Kaleida Pittsburgh PA

Mayor Marita Garrett Wilkinsburg PA

School Board Member Klara Brown Wilkinsburg PA

School Board Member Ashley Comans Wilkinsburg PA

Councilmember Meghan Kallman Pawtucket RI

Councilmember Greg Casar Austin TX

Councilwoman Tartisha Hill Balch Springs TX

School Board Trustee Candace Valenzuela Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD TX

Community College Trustee Stacey Donald Collin County TX

Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Adam Medrano Dallas TX

Councilmember Omar Narvaez Dallas TX

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 25 Councilmember Candice Quarles DeSoto TX

School Board President Carl Sherman DeSoto ISD TX

City Representative Alexsandra Annello El Paso TX

County Commissioner David Stout El Paso County TX

Mayor Robert Dye Farmers Branch TX

Councilman La'Shadion Shemwell McKinney TX

Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Casper Mesquite TX

Councilmember Jonathon Randle Prairie View TX

County Commissioner Brigid Shea Travis County TX

Councilmember Andrea Barefield Waco TX

Councilmember Wesley Bellamy Charlottesville VA

Commonwealth's Attorney Stephanie Morales Portsmouth VA

Councilor Eric Covey Winooski VT

Assistant Mayor and Councilmember Candy Gutiérrez Yakima WA

Councilmember Lorena González Seattle WA

Councilmember Lisa Herbold Seattle WA

Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda Seattle WA

Councilmember Zak Idan Tukwila WA

Councilmember Thomas McLeod Tukwila WA

Councilmember De'Sean Quinn Tukwila WA

Councilor Clinton Anderson Beloit WI

County Board Supervisor Brandon Buchanan Eau Claire County WI

26 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 Councilmember Emily Anderson Eau Claire WI

Councilmember Emily Berge Eau Claire WI

Councilmember Jeremy Gragert Eau Claire WI

School Board President Joe Luginbill Eau Claire Area School District WI

Alderwoman Tomika Vukovic Glendale WI

Alder Samba Baldeh Madison WI

Alder Chantia Lewis Milwaukee WI

County Supervisor Marcelia Nicholson Milwaukee County WI

County Supervisor Sequanna Taylor Milwaukee County WI

Alderman John Tate II Racine WI

Trustee Tammy Bockhorst Village of Shorewood WI

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 27 PROGRESSIVE CHAMPION NETWORK NOMINEES

This award recognizes local leadership on progressive issues, commitment to building the progressive movement through community-led campaigns, leadership in the resistance, courage in confronting powerful interests and the ability to organize and develop leadership to grow the progressive movement. YOU NOMINATED THEM, NOW IT'S UP TO YOU TO VOTE!

COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER WES BELLAMY LAUREN KUBY Charlottesville, VA: Tempe, AZ: Councilmember Wes Bellamy as the Through her constant Vice-Mayor at the time of last year’s horri- and relentless pursuit of fying white supremacist rally in Charlottes- progressive policies, Lau- ville that captured the nation’s attention. He ren Kuby has changed the has been a fearless leader this year in the way municipal politics is face of personal attacks and being targeted by white su- done in AZ. She single-handedly shifted the political premacists. Amidst all of that, he has led a robust equity center to the left in Tempe and the surrounding cit- focused agenda, including the racial equity package he ies. No one has done more for progressive ideals in AZ shared at last year’s convening, being a vocal advocate for over the last 10 years than Lauren Kuby. She has been civilian oversight of police, working to defend immigrant a leader in sustainability measures and environmental communities and most recently successfully securing protection, and supported equal, earned sick days, and low-cost internet for all public housing. campaign-finance reform. Kuby continues to push pro- COUNCILMEMBER gressive measures, even in the face of state preemption. LORENA GONZÁLEZ Most recently, she spearheaded a local ballot initiative and city charter amendment to cap political contribu- Seattle, WA: tions from individuals and political-action committees. Councilmember Lorena González has served on various local, regional and national non-profit boards, including OneAmeri- ca, OneAmerica Votes, National Council of La Raza, Northwest Area Foundation and Washington State Association for Justice. She is also a founding member of the National Advisory Committee for the Latino Victory Project - a national movement that builds power in the Latino community so that the faces and voices of Latinos are reflected at every level of government and in the policies that drive our country forward. Councilmember Gonzalez has led the Council in promoting reform and progressive policies in the area of the nation's most pressing challenges: police accountability and protecting our immigrant and refugee residents.

28 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 SPEAKERS

RAAHEELA AHMED WES BELLAMY School Board Mem- Councilmember • Charlottesville City ber, District 5 • Prince Council @DrWesBellamy George's County Public Dr. Wes Bellamy is the youngest person Schools ever to be elected to the Charlottesville @RaaheelaAhmed City Council. Wes’s primary focus is on Raaheela Ahmed is the improving the lives of those who lack re- elected representative for sources and positive role models in their the Prince George's County Board of Education, Dis- lives. He strives to do this by sponsoring trict 5, representing over 80,000 people in Maryland. community days, coat drives, and empowering as Raaheela was elected to office in November 2016 with many youth as possible through H.Y.P.E. (Helping 57% of the vote from 32,000 supporters. She first ran Young People Evolve). Started in December 2011, for the position in 2012 as an 18-year old....and nearly H.Y.P.E. is a boxing and mentoring program serv- won. Over the course of her two campaigns, Raaheela ing boys and girls in the Charlottesville/Albemarle went door-to-door to over 10,000 homes. As a board urban ring. He currently serves on the Charlottesville member, Raaheela has been a vocal and active advocate Redevelopment and Housing Authority Board and the for the community. Inherently, grassroots, service-based Charlottesville Police Citizens Advisory Panel. He has leadership is what she's all about. Outside of the board, also served on the Charlottesville Housing Advisory Raaheela serves as the Manager of Leadership Programs Committee. Dr. Bellamy earned his Master’s Degree for New American Leaders. in Education Administration in 2014 and his Doctoral MAGALY ARTEAGA Degree at Virginia State University in 2017. Legal Services Trainer • LISA BENDER National Partnership for Council President • Minneapolis City New Americans Council @lisabendermpls Magaly Arteaga is the Lisa Bender was elected to serve as the Legal Services Trainer at Ward 10 Minneapolis City Council Member National Partnership for on November 5, 2013. She has a Masters New Americans (NPNA). Degree in City Planning and over a decade of NPNA represents the collective power and resources of experience working to make cities more eq- the country’s 37 largest regional immigrant and refugee uitable and sustainable. Prior to running for office, Lisa rights organizations in 31 states. Magaly co-coordinates worked as a City Planner for the City of San Francisco, at Cities for Citizenship (C4C); a major national initia- the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota tive aimed at increasing citizenship among eligible US Department of Transportation. She also co-founded the permanent residents and encouraging cities across the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition, an organization dedi- country to invest in citizenship programs. cated to making bicycling safer and more accessible for more people. Lisa currently serves as chair of the City Council's Zoning and Planning Committee and is a member of the Transportation and Public Works Committee the Health, Environment and Community Engagement Committee and Ways and Means Committee.

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 29 RAVI S. BHALLA KENDRA BROOKS Mayor, City of Hoboken • City of Hobo- Education Activist/ ken @ravibhalla Consultant • 215 Peoples Ravi Bhalla was elected Hoboken’s 39th Alliances @kkendrabr Mayor on November 7, 2017. Born and raised Kendra Brooks is a Phil- in New Jersey, Mayor Bhalla is a 17 year res- adelphia parent activist and ident of Hoboken and eight year member of education consultant in the Hoboken City Council. whose activism spans edu- He received his undergraduate education from the cation, social justice and economics- uses restorative University of California at Berkeley, where he received practices as a core value for systematic change. From a B.A. in Political Psychology. Upon graduation, he at- rallies to leading family and community advocacy work- tended the London School of Economics (L.S.E.) in the shops, from marches to unions or universities, Kendra United Kingdom and received a Master of Science degree is renowned for her role fighting for local school control, in Public Administration and Public Policy, and also organizing parents and teachers as a preventive measure earned a Juris Doctor Degree from Tulane Law School against citywide privatization of schools. in New Orleans, Louisiana. CHARLY CARTER LUDOVIC BLAIN Founder • Step Up Mary- Executive Co-Director • California land @progressadvocat Donor Table @LudovicSpeaks Charly Carter, founder Ludovic Blain is the Executive Co-Di- of Step Up Maryland, is the rector of the California Donor Table. Pre- driving force behind Mary- viously, Ludovic was Program Manager land's progressive leadership for Closing the Racial Wealth Gap and pipeline, a comprehensive the founding Director of StopDogWhis- training program that identifies, recruits and trains tleRacism.com. Ludovic has dedicated 30 years to build- progressives to lead at every level of government. Prior ing power in communities of color in the US and abroad. to starting Step Up, Charly served as Executive Director Ludovic holds a BA from the City College of NY and of Maryland Working Families, where she began the has graduated from the Industrial Areas Foundation progressive pipeline that has launched more than 150 Training and the Rockwood Leadership Institute. He candidates statewide. Over the course of her lengthy serves on several boards, including NYPIRG Fund and career, Charly has recruited and trained women and Proteus Fund. people of color in nearly 30 states. MAURICE BP-WEEKS MELVIN CARTER Co-Executive Director • Action Center Mayor • Saint Paul on Race & the Economy @mo87mo87 @melvincarter3 Maurice BP-Weeks is the Co-Executive Melvin Carter is a Director of ACRE. He works with communi- fourth-generation Saint ty organizations and labor unions on cam- Paul resident, Saint Paul paigns to go on offense against Wall Street to public school graduate, for- beat back their destruction of communities mer Saint Paul City Coun- of color. He was previously the Campaign Director of the cilmember (2008-2013), father, and Saint Paul’s Mayor. ReFund America Project and worked as the Wall Street Carter has been working to engage, enfranchise, and Accountability and Housing Justice campaigner at the uplift people not only in Saint Paul, but also across the Center for Popular Democracy before that. Maurice state and nation. Most recently, he served as Executive serves on the Advisory Council of Black Organizing for Director of the Minnesota Children’s Cabinet, advising Leadership and Dignity (BOLD). He graduated from Governor Mark Dayton on early childhood policy. Mayor Swarthmore College. Carter’s top priorities in office include: Ensuring kids thrive as Saint Paul grows, building safer neighborhoods

30 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 from the ground up, and investing in a city that delivers HEATHER CONROY on its promise. Executive Vice President • SEIU CINDY CHAVEZ @HeatherConroy1 County Supervi- Heather Conroy has worked in the la- sor • Santa Clara bor movement for two decades. As SEIU @SupCindyChavez executive vice president and in her previous Supervisor Cindy role as SEIU Local 503 director, Heather Chavez represents the over garnered national acclaim for her creative 360,000 people of Central, organizing approaches. She helped 22,000 homecare South and East San Jose on workers win healthcare and $15/hr and grew her local the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. She chairs to 55,000 public employees. She co-founded Oregon’ the Board’s Children, Families and Seniors Committee Fair Shot Coalition, which raised wages for 100,000 and and serves as Vice Chair of the Finance and Government won statewide paid sick leave. Operations Committee. As a two-term member of the CHRIS CONRY San Jose City Council, she built a strong reputation as Strategic Campaigns Director • Take- an advocate for improving the quality of life throughout Action Minnesota @chrisconry San Jose. She was a leader in developing cutting-edge Chris started organizing in 2002 when community-based programs to address crime, educa- he was the volunteer coordinator on the Well- tion, small business development and neighborhood stone for Senate campaign. He then worked revitalization. Elected to the City Council in 1998 and on representation elections and community re-elected in 2002, Chavez served two years as vice campaigns as a union organizer for the Unit- mayor. As the Executive Officer of the South Bay AFL- ed Food and Commercial Workers Local 789. CIO Labor Council and Executive Director of Working Subsequently, he worked as a contract organizer with the Partnerships USA, her work was highlighted by her Service Employees International Union Local 284 where ability to build new collaborations to create innova- he negotiated a dozen collective bargaining agreements. tive policy that improves the lives of working families Chris was trained as a community organizer by the Or- throughout Silicon Valley. ganizing Apprenticeship Project (now Voices for Racial SHIU-MING CHEER Justice) and is a graduate of the University of Chicago. Senior Staff Attorney & Chris has worked at TakeAction since 2008. As the Field Coordinator • Na- Strategic Campaigns Director, Chris leads the work of tional Immigration Law strengthening and connecting all of the organization's Center @NILC_org ongoing campaigns. Shiu-Ming focuses on ERIC COVEY challenging immigration Chief of Staff/City Councilor • Vermont enforcement, promoting ac- Secretary of State's Office/City of Win- cess to legal status, and integrating a field strategy into ooski, Vermont @EricCovey NILC’s work. Previously, she held the positions of Soros Eric serves as Chief of Staff for Ver- Justice Fellow and managing attorney at the Catholic mont’s Secretary of State Jim Condos, work- Legal Immigration Network’s Los Angeles Detention ing to increase government transparency, Project and children’s attorney at the Florence Immi- fix our broken campaign finance system and grant and Refugee Rights Project. In those roles, she reduce barriers to voting. represented detained immigrants facing deportation. As a Winooski City Councilor he advocates for pro- She was also the civil rights coordinator at South Asian gressive, people-centered policies that ensure Winooski Network and a public benefits attorney at Neighborhood residents are safe, connected and supported. He’s the Legal Services of Los Angeles County. founding director of the New Leaders Council VT chapter and serves on the Board of Directors for Vermont Access, the state’s non-profit abortion fund.

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 31 PHILLIPE CUNNINGHAM Chair of the Housing Policy and Economic Development Minneapolis City Councilman • City of Committees, and serves on the Zoning and Planning and Minneapolis @CunninghamMPLS Public Safety Committees. Phillipe Cunningham is the 4th Ward KEITH ELLISON City Councilman representing Minneapolis’ Congressman • US House most diverse community, North Minneapo- of Representatives lis. He is the first transgender man of color @keithellison ever elected to office in the United States. Rep. Ellison has repre- Prior to being elected as a Council Member, Phillipe was sented the Fifth Congressio- a policy aide to Mayor Betsy Hodges, a special education nal District of Minnesota in teacher, and a youth worker. His top goal as the 4th Ward the U.S. House of Represen- Council Member is to build community wealth and af- tatives since taking office on January 4, 2007. The Fifth fordable housing so North Minneapolis can thrive. Congressional District is the most vibrant and diverse BRIAN ELLIOTT district in Minnesota with a rich history and traditions. Executive Director • SEIU MN State Council The Fifth District includes the City of Minneapolis and @Political_Brian the surrounding suburbs. Rep. Ellison's philosophy is Brian Elliott serves as the Executive Director of the one of "generosity and inclusiveness." His roots as a com- Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Minne- munity activist and his message of inclusivity through sota State Council where he manages the policy, elector- democratic participation resonates throughout the Fifth al, and communications work, and shared infrastructure District. His priorities in Congress are: promoting peace, of four SEIU Locals in Minnesota, serving members in prosperity for working families, environmental sustain- health care, long-term care, public schools, higher ed, ability, and civil and human rights. and property services. CHLOE EUDALY Prior to SEIU, Brian served as Congressman Keith Commissioner • Portland Ellison’s first District Director, where he managed all City Council aspects of the Congressman’s Minnesota operations @ChloeEudalyPDX and performed outreach to a number of constituen- Chloe Eudaly serves cies, including the labor, energy and environment, and as a Commissioner for the LGBTQ communities.In addition to his advocacy at the City of Portland, OR. Book- state level, Brian serves on the Minneapolis Workplace seller, publisher, writer, and Advisory Committee and its precursor, where he was activist, Chloe is only the eighth woman elected to the a leader in the passage of sick and safe time and of a Portland City Council in its history. Before taking her municipal minimum wage increase. seat on Council, Chloe was the owner and operator of JEREMIAH ELLISON the independent press bookshop, Reading Frenzy (est. Minneapolis City Council Member • 1994). For over a decade, she has devoted much of her City of Minneapolis @jeremiah4north time and energy to advocating for disability rights, with Minneapolis Ward 5 City Council Mem- a focus on school and community inclusion. Chloe has ber, Jeremiah Ellison, was born and raised most recently turned her attention to tackle affordable in North Minneapolis – the ward he rep- housing in Portland. resents. As an artist and organizer, Jeremi- ah has dedicated himself to propping up the genius of his Northside community. Jeremiah won on a platform that includes championing workers’ rights, ensuring affordable and decent housing for all residents, addressing issues of environmental justice, and building community safety solutions from the bottom up. Jeremiah chairs the Elections Committee, is the Vice

32 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 CHELSIE GLAUBITZ TEFERE A. GEBRE GABIOU Executive Vice President • AFL-CIO President • Minneapolis @tefere_gebre Regional Labor Federa- Tefere Gebre is the Executive Vice tion, AFL-CIO President of the AFL-CIO, the national fed- Chelsie Glaubitz Gabi- eration of labor unions representing 12.5 ou currently serves as the million workers. Now a naturalized U.S. President of the Minneap- citizen, Tefere was the first former political olis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. The MRLF refugee and the first local labor council leader elected represents over 75,000 members and over 170 affiliated to this top office. His experience and personal story unions throughout the West Metro. Chelsie has a retail demonstrate perseverance and success in advancing grocery background and is a member of UFCW Local the rights of working people. As a child refugee from 653. In 2015 Chelsie was elected as President to lead Ethiopia Tefere found his way to Sudan and then to the Labor Federation, becoming the first woman and Los Angeles, California where he studied and earned youngest person elected to this position. Chelsie was a a college scholarship. He worked his first union job as key organizer in the campaign to defeat the proposed a UPS loader with Teamsters Local 396. Eventually he Right to Work constitutional amendment in 2012 and a helped redefine and dramatically grow the labor move- leader in the effort to pass a citywide $15.00 minimum ment as Executive Director of the Orange County Labor wage in Minneapolis in 2017. Chelsie and her husband Federation by doubling the Fed’s political capacity and have a three and half year-old child. building strategic labor-community partnerships. Now, MARITA GARRETT as EVP he leads efforts to strengthen local labor capacity, advance voting rights, racial justice and immigrant Mayor • Wilkinsburg workers’ rights. @maritagarrett In January 2018, Marita LORENA GONZÁLEZ Garrett was sworn in as the Councilmember • Seattle City Council 10th Mayor of Wilkinsburg, @CMLGonzalez PA. Prior to being Mayor, Councilmember M. Lorena González Marita served on Wilkins- has a decade of experience as a civil rights burg Borough Council from 2014-2018. attorney and community advocate. She is During her term on Council, Marita Garrett started a nationally-recognized civil rights leader “Wilkinsburg Community Conversations”, an initiative and recently served as legal counsel to Seat- to connect and empower residents to work together tle Mayor Ed Murray. Before joining the Mayor's Office, for neighborhood improvement; and co-founded CIV- Councilmember González was a partner at Schroeter ICALLY, a non-profit that also houses the Free Store Goldmark & Bender, the region's largest plaintiff's law Wilkinsburg, where donations of new and slightly used firm. Her practice focused on representing people who material goods are available to residents and families. were victimized by those in authority positions. She She has been recognized for her diligence in civic and primarily represented workers in wage theft and an- community engagement by numerous organizations and ti-discrimination cases as well as representing victims of media outlets such as the University of Pittsburgh Afri- police misconduct.Councilmember González has served can American Alumni Council, Pittsburgh Magazine’s on various local, regional and national non-profit boards, 40 Under 40, City Paper, and The Incline’s “Who’s Next including OneAmerica, OneAmerica Votes, National in Politics”, NAACP – Greater Pittsburgh chapter. Mayor Council of La Raza, Northwest Area Foundation and Garrett received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology Washington State Association for Justice. at University of Pittsburgh and her Master’s Degree in Psychology at Chatham University.

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 33 CAM GORDON years researching, writing and orchestrating criminal Minneapolis City Council Member • justice reform. She has received a Soros Senior Justice City of Minneapolis Fellowship from the Open Society Institute, served as @ CameronAGordon a research associate for the RAND Corporation, as a se- Cam Gordon is the sole Green Party nior research fellow at the University of Minnesota Law Member of the Minneapolis City Council. School, and as director of the State-Centered Program Prior to being elected in 2005, he worked for the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation. From 1985 as a community organizer, writer, musi- to 1993 she was Director of Court Programs at the Vera cian, and, for over 20 years, as an early childhood and Institute of Justice. Montessori educator. Among his work as Second Ward MARION GREENE Council Member, he is most often recognized for his Hennepin County Com- leadership on issues of racial equity, civic participation, missioner • Hennepin public health, environmental sustainability, clean en- County ergy, clean transportation, violence prevention, youth @MarionGreene development and local foods. Marion Greene serves JON GREEN as a Hennepin County com- Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives • New missioner representing the York City Office of the Mayor 3rd District, which includes Southwest Minneapolis, @JonGreen73 Downtown Minneapolis and the entire suburb of St. Jon Green is a senior advisor in the office of Mayor Louis Park. Bill de Blasio where he oversees national collaborations At the county Marion brings ten years of experience with local elected officials and partner organizations. as a health care policy analyst with a focus on Medicare Since joining the Mayor's office Jon's work has focused and payment systems to her appointment as Chair of on multi-city initiatives on issues such as fossil fuel di- the Health committee, and Chair of the Board of Hen- vestment, net neutrality, immigration reform, the 2020 nepin Health, the county’s innovative accountable care census, and voting and democracy issues. Prior to joining organization. Mayor de Blasio’s administration Jon was the National Last year she successfully championed funding for Deputy Director of the Working Families Party where an immigration legal defense fund to support income-el- he led the party’s expansion into several new states and igible residents caught up in ICE removal proceedings, supervised the organization’s state directors in six states and also funding for an innovative “know your rights” and the District of Columbia. He was previously the effort to let people being booked at the county jail that founding executive director of the Connecticut Work- they do not need to talk to ICE. ing Families Party, which he led for a decade. Jon lives ARIEL GUERRERO with his wife, two kids, and a dachshund in a decidedly REAL Manager • Nati- non-hipster neighborhood in Brooklyn. noal League of Cities JUDITH GREENE @leagueofcities Justice Strategies Ariel leads a small team Judith is one of the nation’s leading supporting city leaders, who criminal justice policy experts whose es- are proactively advancing says and articles on criminal sentencing racial equity and those that issues, police practices, and correctional require assistance after a crisis has occurred. The team policy have been published in numerous provides network building opportunities for city leaders books, as well as in national and interna- to promote peer-to-peer learning. In addition, they work tional journals. Her work has been cited in countless to develop racial equity plans in collaboration with city media stories and investigative reports in outlets in- leaders as well as create tools and other resources to cluding the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, support municipalities in responding more effectively and National Public Radio. Ms. Greene has over thirty to the racial tensions that emerge.

34 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 JILL HABIG LISA HERBOLD Founder & President • Public Rights Project Councilmember • Seattle City Council @jehabig @Lisa_Herbold Jill Habig is an attorney and political strategist with Councilmember Lisa Herbold has been experience in political campaigns, policy advocacy, af- a Highland Park resident for 17 years and firmative litigation, and public law. She is the Founder Seattle resident for 26 years. Lisa was elect- of Public Rights Project, a new nonprofit formed to em- ed to the City Council in 2015 and serves power state and local public law offices to protect the District 1, West Seattle and South Park. rights and freedoms that define us as Americans. Before On the Council, Lisa has worked on issues of access, founding PRP, Jill served as Special Counsel to then-At- fairness, and a commitment to a shared quality-of-life. torney General Kamala Harris, advising the Attorney In less than 2 years on the Council she's led the way on General on key legal issues and policy initiatives. She new public policy that includes Secure Scheduling for later served as Deputy Campaign Manager and Policy retail and food service workers, legislation that prevents Director for Harris's for U.S. Senate campaign. Jill was source of income discrimination against renters, a new previously a Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School and $29 million affordable housing bond, a police Observers’ served on the Affirmative Litigation Task Force at the Bill of Rights, and a municipal Income Tax.Lisa has a San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, where she worked daughter as well as a granddaughter and grandson. Lisa on the landmark trial challenging Proposition 8. is also stepmom to her husband Bob's two girls. KIM HADDOW LAQUITA HONEYSUCKER Director • Local Solutions Support Center Legislative Director of the Legislative @localsolutions and Political Action Department • Kim Haddow is the Director of the Local Solutions UFCW Support Center (LSSC). The LSSC is a national hub, LaQuita Honeysucker serves as the housed inside the Rockefeller Family Fund and created Legislative Director of the Legislative and to respond to preemption as a threat to local policies that Political Action Department of the United promote economic, social and public health equity and Food and Commercial Workers Internation- justice. The LSSC is developing, supporting and imple- al Union, the largest private sector union in the United menting nonpartisan strategies and tactics designed States. In this role, she advances the union’s legislative to educate the public and policymakers on negative and regulatory priorities and works with elected offi- preemption efforts, and, where possible and appropriate, cials at every level of government to support the issues to affirm and strengthen home rule. that matter most to UFCW’s 1.3 million hard-working PETER HAMILTON members and their families. She lobbies members of Congress, federal agen- Chief of Staff • Office of Councilmember cies and states on labor issues including wage and hour, Don Rocha economic development, agriculture and immigration. Peter works as Chief of Staff for Councilmember Ms. Honeysucker received her Juris Doctorate from Don Rocha, who serves as a councilmember for the City the University Of Tennessee College Of Law in Knox- of San Jose, California. In his time working for Coun- ville, Tennessee. She received her Bachelor of Arts in cilmember Rocha, Peter has been involved with a broad Political Science from Hampton University in Hampton, range of municipal public policy issues, including setting Virginia. Ms. Honeysucker is licensed to practice law a local minimum wage, strengthening rent control regu- in the District of Columbia. lations, establishing a regulatory program for legalized marijuana, and updating San Jose’s business tax. He believes that local government can solve big problems.

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 35 TISHAURA JONES Joanna has served as communications director or Treasurer • Treasurer's Office - City of press secretary on political campaigns in the national, St. Louis @tishaura state, municipal and judicial arenas. She was a 2011 Tishaura O. Jones is the first woman New Leaders Council fellow and is a founder and board to serve as Treasurer in the history of St. member of Chicago Votes Action Fund. Louis. She is the city’s chief investment and NICK KOMIVES cash management officer, and manages the city’s parking division. Treasurer Jones was Toledo City Council recently elected to her second term. During her time in Member • Toledo City office, she has saved the city millions of dollars through Council @nkomives streamlining treasury operations, increased transpar- A native of northwest ency in city government, modernized the parking di- Ohio, Nick Komives attend- vision and opened the city's first Office of Financial ed high school in Genoa. He Empowerment, offering free financial literacy classes, went on to work as a commu- counseling and the College Kids Children’s Savings Ac- nity organizer while attending Owens Community Col- count Program. lege where he received an Associate Degree with Honors. He is the recipient of the Toledo 20 Under 40 Leadership ANGIE JUNCK Award, and the Equality Award from Equality Toledo, Attorney • Immigrant Legal Resource along with several other awards and commendations by Center @Angimyma various civil rights organizations. Angie Junck is the Immigrant Legal As a community organizer, Nick fought for the rights Resources Center’s Supervising Attorney of teachers, workers, women, LGBTQ people, immi- based in San Francisco. With more than a grants, and other marginalized communities. He most decade of nonprofit experience. She helps recently served as Executive Director of Equality Toledo. coordinate two national collaboratives that Most recently, Nick stood at the forefront in passing address the intersection of the immigration the country's most comprehensive ban on conversion and criminal legal systems—the Defending Immigrants therapy. Nick now serves as Council Member At Large Project, a collaborative devoted to protecting the rights in Toledo, Ohio. He was elected in November 2017 and of immigrants accused of crimes, and the Immigrant began his service on January 2, 2018. Justice Network, a collaborative to eliminate unjust RUKIA LUMUMBA immigration penalties for immigrants and end the criminalization of immigrant communities. Angie also over- Founder & Legal Direc- sees program areas for the ILRC. tor • People’s Advocacy Institute JOANNA KLONSKY @RukiaLumumba Media Strategist • Joanna Klonsky A community organiz- Communications Strategies er, legal professional and @joannaklonsky daughter of the late Mayor Joanna Klonsky’s years working on po- Chokwe Lumumba and Nubia Lumumba, Rukia Lu- litical campaigns, fighting policy battles mumba is founder of the People’s Advocacy Institute, in Chicago City Hall and Springfield, and co-creator of the Electoral Justice Project and campaign her previous career as a journalist covering manager of the Committee to Elect Chokwe Antar Lu- foreign policy and U.S. politics, shape her approach to mumba for Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. She spent forging successful media and messaging campaigns. the past 11 years defending the human rights of those Her reporting was published by CFR.org, the New York inside prison cells, working with community & advocates Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and to alter the landscape of injustice in American courts Newsweek International, among other outlets, before and prisons. She is currently leading the Democratic she transitioned into the world of public relations and Visioning initiative in Jackson, Mississippi to create a progressive political strategy. community governance model that increases commu-

36 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 nity capacity and governmental power. for the past 10 years. She co-founded the Council for Rukia holds a bachelor's degree in political science Minority Student Affairs at Texas A&M University, the with an emphasis in international relations from Tou- first undocumented youth-led group in the University’s galoo College in Mississippi. She holds a Juris Doctorate 100-year history. She founded the Texas Dream Alliance from Howard University School of Law in Washington, and was a fellow with the League of Young Voters. D.C. and has studied law and politics in South Africa at the University of Forte Hare and the University of the ANNE MAVITY Western Cape. Councilmember • St. Louis Park @AnneMavity DR. TIFFANY MANUEL Anne Mavity is a Member of the City Vice President • Council in St. Louis Park, MN, and is the Ex- Enterprise Commu- ecutive Director of the Minnesota Housing nity Partners, Inc. Partnership. Anne has 30 years experience @DrTiffanyManuel in affordable housing, capacity building and Dr. Tiffany Manuel development. Anne hopes to continue to serve St. Lou- is an expert in public will is Park to realize the community’s vision for healthy building. She is committed neighborhoods and smart growth. to building the capacity of changemakers and leaders to grow their social impact. She has worked to expand KEITH MESTRICH opportunity for low-income workers, families and com- President • Amalgamated Bank munities through 25+ years of professional and volun- @KeithMestrich teer experience spanning the private and non-profit Keith Mestrich, President and CEO of sectors, government and academia. As Vice President for Amalgamated Bank, has over three decades Knowledge, Impact & Strategy at Enterprise Community of experience in finance, many of those as- Partners, she leads Enterprise’s work to measure impact sisting the bank’s core constituencies in and build the capacity of the community development labor, nonprofits, political organizations field to make a stronger case for its work. She leads the and issue-advocacy campaigns. Under his strategic vision on Enterprise’s innovative Opportu- leadership, the bank returned to profitability, improved nity360 platform, the most comprehensive set of tools its credit quality, and significantly grew its core deposit and resources for measuring opportunity in the United base. Keith has spearheaded initiatives to underscore States. Tiffany holds doctorate and master’s degrees in the Amalgamated’s mission, including support of a $15 public policy from the University of Massachusetts Bos- minimum wage, acceptance of IDNYC as a primary form ton, a master’s degree in political science from Purdue of ID, and certification as a B Corp. In 2017, Keith guided University and a bachelor’s degree from the University Amalgamated’s acquisition of San Francisco-based New of Chicago. Resource Bank, creating the nation’s largest socially GREISA MARTINEZ- responsible bank. ROSAS NANCY METAYER Deputy Executive Direc- Supervisor • Broward Soil and Water tor • United We Dream Conservation District @Grei_sa @Nancy_Metayer Greisa Martinez-Rosas Nancy Metayer is an environmentalist, is Deputy Executive Direc- water advocate and humanitarian. She is tor at United We Dream. currently a Broward County Soil and Water Originally from Hidalgo, Mexico, Greisa immigrated Conservation District Supervisor; an avid to the U.S. with her family at an early age and grew up in believer in social justice. Nancy supports causes around Dallas, TX as an undocumented immigrant. Greisa has equity and environmental issues plaguing vulnerable organized immigrant youth and workers for the passage and marginalized communities. of pro-immigrant policies at the local and national level

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 37 DELVONE MICHAEL organizing that re-organize the economy to build more Sr. Political Strategist • Working Fam- power for workers. ilies Organization PATRICK MORALES @Dmorrismichael Governing Board Mem- Delvone Michael is a Senior Strategist ber • Tempe Elementary with Working Families, where he leads the School District national organization's work on criminal @votemorales2018 justice reform and money in politics advo- Patrick is a community cacy. As the founding director of DC Working Families, organizer with a history of he led a broad coalition of labor unions, community creating effective campaign organizations, and activists to victories that raised the strategies and policies dedicated to strong schools and district’s minimum wage to $15 an hour and established families. At the local, state, and national level Patrick the first public financing system in our nation’s capital. has organized on a variety of issues including immigrant Prior to joining Working Families, Delvone was rights, education equity, and economic justice. From the a veteran political operative and labor organizer. In a local grassroots races to Federal; city, legislative, state- career that has spanned the better-half of two decades, wide, congressional and presidential races throughout he has worked on over 100 campaigns, in more than Arizona and the United States. 35 states. Delvone received his B.A from Norfolk State Patrick got his start several years ago organizing University, his Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona’s college and university students through the Arkansas School of Law, and in 2012 he earned a dual Arizona Students’ Association, where he worked his Master’s in Campaign Management and PACs and Con- way up from intern, to Organizing Director. He then gress at the George Washington University. shifted to working on campaigns issue and candidate MARIAH MONTGOMERY alike. Patrick currently serves as a Governing Board Campaign Director • Partnership for Member of the Tempe Elementary School District and Working Families @MariahMyriah President of the Hispanic and Native Caucus for the Mariah co-leads We Make This City, Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA). a national campaign for just and equitable STEPHANIE MORALES infrastructure grounded in 10 local cam- Commonwealth's paigns. She also works on the network’s Attorney • Portsmouth efforts to build worker power, with a focus Commonwealth's on the way nonstandard employment and the use of Attorney's Office technology are changing work and organizing. Before @AttyStepMorales joining the Partnership, Mariah was a deputy campaign Stephanie Morales was director at Change to Win (CtW) and lead research and the first woman to be elected campaign work at SEIU-United Service Workers West. Commonwealth’s Attorney in her city in 2015. A month She is based in New York City. after taking office, she created sustainable programming VERONICA MENDEZ MOORE aimed at reforming the criminal justice system. She Co-Director • CTUL @veronica_ctul has engaged over 150 youth under her “Future Leaders Veronica Mendez Moore is Co-Director Initiative” program and has helped reduce recidivism by at Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha working with formerly incarcerated citizens to restore (CTUL; Center of Workers United in Strug- their voting rights and help them become productive gle), a Workers Center in the Twin Cities. community members. Under her “Ctrl+Alt+Del Pro- For 11 years, she has organized and devel- gram” she has held dialogue and taught effective re-entry oped leadership with low-wage workers to strategies in seminars held in the community and inside fight against corporate giants for fair wages, working state prisons. Three months into Morales’ first term conditions and a voice on the job. CTUL plays a crucial an officer in her city killed an unarmed teen. Morales role in the movement by creating innovative models of secured an indictment and led the prosecution at jury

38 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 trial, leading to a voluntary manslaughter conviction of RAYMOND ORTIZ the officer, and resulting in police accountability in her Lead Barista • Fast Food Justice city. She is a fierce advocate for justice and a wife and Raymond Ortiz is a lead barista at Cosi in Manhat- mother of four children. tan. He became an active member of Fast Food Justice TERESA MOSQUEDA in 2017. Raymond has organized his coworkers to join Councilmember • Seattle Fast Food Justice and has gotten his coworkers involved City Council in getting his store to follow the fair work week law. @TeresaCMosqueda Almost everyone at Raymond’s store is a member of @CMTMosqueda Fast Food Justice. Teresa Mosqueda is DAWN PHILLIPS a third-generation Mexi- Executive Director • Right To The City can-American, and comes to Alliance @ourcity Seattle City Council following a long career effectively Dawn Phillips is the Executive Director advocating for working families. Her calling for public of Right To The City Alliance (RTTC) and service began as a child, where she learned first-hand has been a grassroots organizer engaged what it means to stand up for the most vulnerable, and in a range of social, economic, racial and to fight for transformational change from her parents. environmental justice organizations and Most recently, as the Political and Strategic Campaign fights in the Bay Area and nationally for over 20 years. Director of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL- Prior to joining Right to the City Dawn was the CIO, Teresa worked to advance immigrant and refugee Program Director at Causa Justa :: Just Cause (CJJC), rights, enact worker protections, and protect workplace a grassroots membership organization focused on com- safety. Teresa brings this collaborative, results-oriented munity development, housing, and immigrant justice approach to City Council, and looks forward to working issues in the California Bay Area; and a founding mem- with all communities for a more equitable, affordable city. ber of the Right to the City Alliance. SVANTE MYRICK Dawn has helped develop and lead local, regional, Mayor • City of Ithaca statewide and national campaigns, participated and @svantemyrick led numerous coalitions and movement formations and At age 24 Myrick won a has authored several nationally recognized reports and mayoral race to become the articles on topics ranging from equitable development, youngest mayor in Ithaca's land and housing justice, grassroots organizing, move- history and the first mayor ment building and strategy. of African American heri- CARLOS RAMIREZ-ROSA tage. His recent accomplishments include sorely need- Alder • Chicago City Council @CDRosa ed revisions to the City of Ithaca’s sidewalk policy, an Carlos Ramirez-Rosa serves as Alder- overhaul of storm water utility legislation, successful man for the City of Chicago, IL. Prior to his completion of the total rehabilitation of the Commons, election to City Council, Carlos was a com- Ithaca’s downtown pedestrian mall, and making chang- munity organizer with the Illinois Coalition es within the Ithaca Police Department in an effort to for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and an improve police and community relations. aid to US Representative Luis Gutierrez. Myrick has also been in the forefront of welcoming He is a member of the Chicago City Council Progressive refugees to Ithaca, vowing to be one of the U.S. cities Caucus, and is the first openly gay Latino to serve on that pledge to uphold the Paris Climate Accord and has Chicago’s City Council. garnered international attention by putting Ithaca in the forefront in the U.S.A in supporting progressive drug policies including Safe Consumption Sites for users.

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 39 ELISSA SILVERMAN RITCHIE TORRES Councilmember • At-Large D.C. Council Member • New Elissa Silverman began her first term as an York City Council At-Large D.C. Councilmember in January @RitchieTorres 2015. She has dedicated her career to Council Member making the District and its government Ritchie Torres was first accountable, responsive, and accessible elected in November 2013 to to residents. As a Council member, she represent the 15th Council has fought to bring a paid family leave program to the District in the Central Bronx. As Chair of the Coun- District, increase the D.C. minimum wage, provide cil’s Committee on Public Housing, Council Member more safeguards for workers against wage theft, and Torres oversaw the New York City Housing Authority increase the District’s affordable housing supply. She (NYCHA) which is the largest provider of affordable has also championed legislation to increase election housing in the country. In this capacity, he introduced transparency and accountability, and was successfully and enacted legislation to improve safety and quality of elected following a campaign in which she accepted no life for thousands of NYCHA residents. corporate contributions. In November 2017, Council Member Torres was elected to his second term and became Chair of the new MARC SERRA SOLÉ Oversight and Investigations Committee of the City Deputy Mayor’s Office of Human Council. In this role, he is tasked with investigating mat- Rights, Participation, Immigration ters within the Council’s jurisdiction concerning prop- and Refugees, Barcelona City Council erty, affairs, or government of New York City. Council (Spain) @marcseso Member Torres’ legislative victories include legislation Marc Serra Solé is a jurist and sociolo- protecting the City’s affordable housing stock; improv- gist. An activist in defense of human rights, ing mental health resources for the LGBT community; he has worked in the DESC Observatory tackling the city’s opioid epidemic; and reforming the (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) and co-direct- NYPD’s daily interactions with New Yorkers. ed the Documentary Tarajal: dismantling impunity MICHELLE TREMILLO on the Southern Border. Since 2016, he has worked for Barcelona City Council in the Area of Citizen Rights, Executive Director • Participation and Transparency. Texas Organizing Project @TXOrgProject RUSS STARK Michelle Tremillo is Chief Resilience Officer • City of Saint the executive director and Paul @russellstark23 co-founder of the Texas Or- Russ serves as Chief Resilience Officer ganizing Project (TOP). TOP in the office of new Saint Paul Mayor Mel- conducts strategic, year-round community organizing vin Carter. His work for the city is focused centered on issue-based campaigns as well as electoral on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and organizing. TOP has a base of over 100,000 supporters adaptation to an already changing climate. and consistently engages 200,000 low-propensity vot- He previously served on the Saint Paul City Council for ers who are predominantly women and people of color. a decade, including as Council President for three years. After attending Stanford University, Michelle decided Prior to working for the City, Russ worked at nonprofits in to dedicate herself to fighting for racial and economic environmental advocacy and community development. justice and returned to her native San Antonio where she worked for ACORN, serving in various capacities including: San Antonio head organizer, Texas legislative director, and Texas deputy director. She was also the founding director of Public Allies San Antonio, an AmeriCorps funded program that provides leadership

40 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 development training for young adults who want to tor for VoteRunLead, an organization that has trained pursue careers as non-profit leaders. She is fourth gen- thousands of women to run for office and win. eration Tejana and still lives in San Antonio. HEATHER WORTHINGTON MELVIN LEE Director, Long Range Planning • Com- WILLIS, JR. munity Planning and Economic Devel- Vice Mayor • Richmond opment (CPED) @worthington612 City Council Heather was appointed to the position @Melly_Mel90. of Director of Long Range Planning in Sep- Melvin Lee Willis, Jr. tember, 2017. Previously she was Deputy is the Vice Mayor of the County Manager in Ramsey County where City of Richmond, CA, the she led the Economic Growth and Community Invest- city where he was born and raised. For six and a half ment service team, and was overall project manager years, he has been organizing with Alliance of Califor- for the cleanup and redevelopment of the Twin Cities nians for Community Empowerment around Housing, Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP), the state’s largest Health Care, Immigration, Criminal Justice reform, Superfund site. With more than 20 years of leadership in and many other issues as it relates to racial and eco- local government organizations, Heather is committed nomic justice. to seeking authentic community engagement and lead- LISA WILLNER ing racial equity efforts to strengthen communities that have experienced disparities and disinvestment. She Vice Chair • Jefferson holds a master’s degree in public administration from County KY Board of Edu- Hamline University, a BA in History/Historic Preserva- cation @lgwillner tion from Michigan State University, and a certificate for Lisa Willner was elected the State and Local Executives Program from Harvard to the board of Kentucky's University’s Kennedy School of Government. largest school district in 2014. Lisa is a licensed psy- chologist, a part time faculty member at Bellarmine LP and CPD staff University in Louisville, and serves as executive di- DANIELLE ADAMS rector of the Kentucky Psychological Association. Her school board priorities include whole-school restorative Southern Coordinator • Local Progress practices, improving school climate and culture, stu- @DanielleAdamsNC dent-centered and culturally relevant deeper learning Prior to joining Local Progress, Dan- initiatives, and labor-management collaboration. Lisa ielle worked at the Institute for Southern is currently the Democratic nominee in her district for Studies, a public interest media, research the Kentucky House of Representatives. and education center aimed at drawing attention to the national importance of the FAITH WINTER South. She has previously served as the Alternative Representative • Colora- Transportation Project Manager in the Office of Sus- do State House tainability at Appalachian State University, on the Board @FaithWinterCO of Directors for the Upper Neuse River Association and Faith Winter is current- has worked with the International Affairs Council – Mid- ly a Colorado State Repre- dle East Partnership Initiative of the U.S. Department sentative, having served as of State on connecting women in local elected office a City Council Member in globally. Westminster, CO. Faith is a founding board member Danielle serves as an ambassador to Oxfam Ameri- of Local Progress, and is currently a candidate for the ca’s Sisters on the Planet program and is a current local Colorado State Senate. In addition to representing her elected official in Durham, NC. constituents, Faith is also the National Program Direc-

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 41 ADY BARKAN DIANNE ENRIQUEZ Campaigner • CPD @AdyBarkan Co-Director of Commu- Ady Barkan was the founding direc- nity Dignity Campaigns tor of two major projects at the Center for • CPD Popular Democracy: Local Progress and the Dianne oversees a sec- Fed Up campaign. Ady is now focused on tion of CPD's core campaign strengthening America’s health care system work on Education, Housing, and inspiring millions of Americans to take Health and Climate issues, back our democracy from the racists and kleptocrats. and supports CPD's Immigration campaigns and team. Before joining CPD, Ady was a law clerk to the Hon. She began her career in policy advocacy and strategic Shira A. Scheindlin in the Southern District of New York, campaigns as the Director of Young Workers United in who found the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program to be San Francisco, organizing young and immigrant workers unconstitutional. Prior to that, Ady worked at Make the in the city’s restaurant industry. She later worked on Road New York, where he represented low-wage workers national policy issues as the coordinator of the National seeking to recover unpaid wages, engage in collective Worker Center Network at Interfaith Worker Justice. In action, and obtain safe and dignified working conditions. her work, she provided technical assistance and capaci- He helped design and draft policy proposals to enhance ty-building support to local and statewide organizations the quality of low-wage jobs in New York City including who advocated for low-wage and immigrant workers. the right to paid sick days, regulation of major retailers, Most recently, Dianne served as Deputy Director of Mem- and unionization of the car wash industry. ber Programs and Participation at SEIU 775 in Wash- TARSI DUNLOP ington State, where she directed all internal organizing and built member leadership within the organization. Policy and Program Manager • Local Progress JENNIFER EPPS- Tarsi manages membership and pro- ADDISON gramming for Local Progress. Prior to join- Network President and ing CPD, Tarsi served as the program and Co-Executive Director • operations manager for the Learning First CPD @Jeppsaddison Alliance, a national coalition of education Jennifer Epps-Addison associations committed to strengthening public schools serves as the President and for all children where she oversaw the organization's Co-Executive Director of the operations and supported program efforts to raise the Center for Popular Democracy and CPD Action's network visibility of members and education professionals. Tarsi of 49 partner organizations in 33 states. As President, got her start in the nonprofit progressive organizing Jennifer leads CPD’s racial justice campaigns, and works world with the Roosevelt Institute, where she helped closely with its network of local affiliates. Prior to joining build the national campus network, and served on staff CPD, Epps-Addison was the Chief Program Officer for the as Director of Operations and Communications for two Liberty Hill Foundation, a social justice foundation in years after graduating from the network. She remains Los Angeles that funds grassroots community organizing actively involved in the network as an alumnus, support- campaigns for social change. A native of Milwaukee, WI, ing students as they develop progressive policy ideas Epps-Addison helped coordinate the Fight for $15 cam- and build their campaigns. Tarsi holds a BA in Politi- paign as the Executive Director of Wisconsin Jobs Now. cal Science from Middlebury College and a Nonprofit Epps-Addison is the recipient of the 2013 Edna Award Management Executive Certificate from Georgetown from the Berger-Marks Foundation. In the same year, she University. was named an 'Activist to Watch' by Bill Moyers. Prior to her return to organizing, Jennifer was a trial attorney in the Wisconsin State Public Defender's Office.

42 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 SILVIA FABELA EMMA GREENMAN Campaigns Director • Director of Voting Rights and Local Progress Democracy • CPD @SoFabby @emmagreenman Silvia is the Campaigns Emma Greenman directs the Center Director at Local Progress for Popular Democracy’s voting rights and where she coordinates stra- democracy program, where she manages tegic multi-city campaigns policy development, strategy, research, on immigrant rights, civil rights, economic justice and communications and issue campaigns to drive a de- democracy and voting. mocracy agenda that protects and increases access to Silvia joined the Local Progress team after leading the ballot and strengthens the voice of the New Amer- the AFL-CIO’s young worker program, NextUp, where ican Majority in the electoral process. Emma has over she focused on leadership development and popular 15 years of experience working on democracy issues education. Prior to the AFL-CIO, Silvia led an alliance as a litigator, a policy expert and a political advocate. of Walmart associates, union members and community She holds a law degree from UC Berkeley School of Law partners in changing Walmart’s treatment of workers (Boalt Hall) and a Master in Public Administration from and its overall impact on communities, the environ- Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. ment and our economy. In addition to her community MEGAN E. JACKSON and labor organizing background, Silvia has worked on several electoral campaigns, including the 2008 and Digital Strategist • CPD 2016 presidential elections. As Digital Campaign Strategist, Megan works closely with members of CPD's Public MERCEDES Affairs and Strategic Communications team FULBRIGHT to develop and execute robust and compre- Texas State Coordinator hensive digital marketing strategies. She • Local Progress comes to CPD after working with Cause @MercedesFbright Strategy Partners, a B-corporation focusing on non- Mercedes organizes profit governance, where she built their visual identity Local Progress Texas. Pre- and brand from scratch. Prior to that, she worked in viously she worked for Paul marketing and communications primarily for college Quinn College, a historically Black college in Dallas, as access nonprofits in Austin, TX. She even launched her the former Special Assistant to the President. Under own college access YouTube channel, College Uncom- her management, she assisted in launching the African plicated, catering specifically to under-resourced and American Leadership Institute, a Dallas-based think undocumented students. tank housed at Paul Quinn, for the study and advance- A native Texan, Megan received 2 Bachelor’s degrees ment of public policy, economic development, civic en- from the University of Texas at Austin in Radio-TV-Film gagement, and leadership development as it relates to and Women’s and Gender Studies. There she received the African American community and Black elected a robust education in design and video production. In officials throughout the state of Texas. She previously 2015, she moved to New York City to pursue her gradu- worked for Young People For (YP4), a program of Peo- ate studies at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner ple for the American Way Foundation, in Washington, School of Public Service. There she received a Master of DC. She was the former chairwoman of the National Public Administration and specialized in community Youth Work Committee of the NAACP, former Youth organizing and advocacy. Board Member on the National Board of Trustees for the NAACP, and has also served as the Dallas NAACP Youth Advisor.

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 43 SARAH JOHNSON RHEA MARTIN Director • Local Progress Deputy Director of Ed- Prior to joining CPD, Sarah served ucation Justice Cam- as the Managing Director at the Working paigns • CPD Families Organization where she helped Rhea supports CPD develop a senior management team to guide partners working on educa- organizational strategy and as the Elections tion justice campaigns. They Director for the New York Working Fam- provide organizing and cam- ilies Party where she helped recruit, train and elect paign-building support to CPD's affiliates and allies. progressive elected officials at all levels of government She comes to CPD after helping to build Californians and contributed to doubling the size of the Progressive for Justice's youth led education equity work for over 15 Caucus of the New York City Council. Sarah got her years. As a youth leader, Lead Organizer and Director start as a political organizer for SEIU 32BJ where she of Organizing, Rhea gained experience winning educa- managed member-to-member political programs and tion justice campaigns around college access, tackling supported the union's equitable development advocacy the school-to-prison pipeline and the implementation work including the passage of the a prevailing wage bill of restorative justice practices. She coordinated 4 re- for New York City building service workers. Sarah is a gions across the state of California in surpassing Base graduate of Williams College and Pratt Institute, where Building and Youth Leadership & Development goals, she received a Masters in Urban Planning. she helped build a statewide network of over 70 youth IVAN LUEVANOS-ELMS led organizations, and secured significant investments & policy wins focused on school culture and climate. Organizing Director • Local Progress With deep-rooted values in transforming the material Prior to joining CPD, Ivan served as conditions for Black, Brown, Immigrant, LGBTQ and Director of the Community Engagement all marginalized communities, Rhea is committed to Division of the New York City Council. In his working across coalitions and partnerships to achieve 4 years at the Council, Ivan directly worked education equity. in the development of IDNYC, which give all New Yorkers access to a municipal ID FRANCESCA MENES card, expansion of the New York Immigrant Florida State Coordina- Family Unity Project, creation of the Unaccompanied tor • Local Progress Minors Initiative and expanding New York City Council’s @francescamenes Participatory Budgeting Process to all five boroughs. Prior to joining CPD, Prior to the New York City Council, Ivan worked at Francesca served as the Di- Make the Road New York as their LGBTQ Justice Or- rector of Policy and Advoca- ganizer, working at the intersections of immigrant and cy for the Florida Immigrant LGBTQ Rights. In between, he's run and worked on elec- Coalition (FLIC) and Political Director for FLIC Votes, toral campaigns at the Working Families Party, including where she led the development and implementation managing Carlos Menchaca's City Council race in 2013, of strategic legislative, policy and voter engagement which successfully unseated a multi-term incumbent. campaigns locally and statewide. She co-coordinated Ivan graduated from Loyola Marymount University the Florida Wage Theft Task Force, which led the pas- with B.A. in Political Science and Spanish, and from New sage of ordinances in several counties throughout the York University with M.A. in Politics. state. She coordinated a national network campaigning for Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. In 2014, she successfully led the statewide campaign “We Are Flor- ida’s Future” to pass in-state tuition for undocumented students and led the campaign to establish the Office of New Americans of Miami-Dade County, establishing a public-private partnership to promote naturalization.

44 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 ELIZABETH NICOLAS with a Bachelor Degree in Politics from Assumption Col- Staff Attorney for lege in Worcester, MA. Worker Justice • CPD KUMAR RAO @popdemoc Senior Staff Attorney for Racial Justice Liz supports CPD’s • CPD @KumarRaoNYC Worker Justice Team and Kumar helps manage CPD's racial justice CPD’s partners and allies policy work and supports partner organiza- on low wage worker protections and their campaigns around racial eq- tions, organizing and collective action. Before joining uity, criminal justice, and the Movement for CPD, Liz litigated wage theft, discrimination and ha- Black Lives. Prior to joining CPD, he worked rassment cases on behalf of low-wage workers. She also as an attorney at several renowned rights organizations in provided legal support to the Rochester Worker Center the United States and abroad, including the International and local community groups. Liz previously worked on Legal Foundation, the Center for Constitutional Rights, complex commercial litigation in Philadelphia. Liz is a and the Bronx Defenders. A former public defender and graduate of the Drexel University School of Law and the trial lawyer, Kumar has represented hundreds of clients in University of Pennsylvania. She is also a board member state and federal court, in both criminal and civil matters, of the NYCLU. Liz lives in Rochester, NY. and has counseled offices on the delivery of legal ser- ASYA PIKOVSKY vices and effective client representation practices. Over Media Relations Director the course of his career, he also advised small and large • CPD @asyapikovsky non-profit and private sector firms in strategic planning, As Media Relations designing creative technology solutions, and crafting Director, Asya helps shape communication and branding strategies. CPD's vision for a more ARI SCHWARTZ inclusive and sustainable Campaign Organizer • Local Progress democracy. She previously @arischwartz spent several years at a national political consulting firm, Before joining Local Progress, Ari was acted as a spokesperson for a leading elected official in lead organizer at DC Jobs With Justice, Massachusetts, and closely analyzed the intersection of where he steered a community-labor coa- labor and budget policy as a researcher at a New York- lition and led strategic campaigns. In that based think tank. Asya holds a BA with Honors from role, Ari developed and coordinated the "DC Bowdoin College. An immigrant from the former Soviet Just Hours" campaign to win full-time work opportuni- Union, she is currently a proud resident of Brooklyn. ties and stable schedules in service sector industries. In CHAD RADOCK 2013, he co-coordinated the final coalition push that won New York State Coordi- both a raise to D.C.'s minimum wage and an expansion nator • Local Progress of paid sick leave. At DC Jobs With Justice, Ari also led Chad organizes Local efforts to pass D.C.'s strong oversight laws to combat wage Progress New York (LPNY), theft and student loan fraud, as well as helped workers re- a chapter of the Local Prog- cover tens of thousands of dollars in stolen wages. An ex- ress network of progressive perienced trainer, Ari has led English-language-learning elected officials nationwide. workshops, ""Know Your Rights"" outreach programs, He will be working closely with partner organizations union organizing training, and student debt clinics. throughout the Empire State to bring progressive policy solutions to our local elected progressives. Chad comes to us from the Alliance for Quality Education where he served as Statewide Campaign Coordinator, working with small cities and poor rural areas to ensure adequate school funding regardless of zip code. Chad graduated

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 45 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BRAD LANDER (CHAIR) GREG CASAR NEW YORK, NY • Brad Lander is a AUSTIN, TX • Grego- New York City Council Member represent- rio “Greg” Casar is a native ing Brooklyn’s 39th District, and a lead- Texan, the son of Mexican er on issues of affordable housing, livable immigrants, and an Austin communities, the environment, and public City Council Member repre- education.Named one of “Today’s Social senting District 4 for his sec- Justice Heroes” by The Nation magazine, ond term. Greg’s priorities Lander is the Council’s Deputy Leader for include social equity, shared prosperity, affordability, Policy, and chairs the Committee on Rules, Privileges environmental stewardship, and public safety for all. and Elections. Since taking office, Council Member Casar has worked Brad’s role as founding co-chair of the Council’s to ensure North Austin families have a seat at the table Progressive Caucus, and a leader in efforts to advance when it comes to decision-making at City Hall. In his at City Hall, was covered by The New York Times (“An first term Casar helped organize thefirst two tenants Unassuming Liberal Makes a Rapid Ascent to Power associations at mobile home parks in Austin—both lo- Broker“). Brad has fought successfully to reform dis- cated in District 4—which unified against unlawful and criminatory practices in the NYPD (including establish- unfair actions in their community including evictions. ing the first NYPD Inspector General), win living wage A graduate of the University of Virginia, Greg pre- jobs and paid sickdays for low-wage workers workers, viously served as the Policy Director for Workers De- to protect manufacturing jobs in New York City, and to fense Project, where he spearheaded campaigns that reform tax and zoning regulations to create affordable won major policy reforms to improve wages, education, housing for low-income and working class New Yorkers. and workplace safety across Austin, garnering national attention. First elected in 2014, Greg is the youngest HELEN GYM City Council Member in Austin’s history and serves as (VICE-CHAIR) District 4’s first-ever direct representative. PHILADELPHIA, PA • Helen Gym, chair of the Committee on Children and ANDREW FRIEDMAN Youth, is a community and education leader CPD • Andrew came to whose work across different organizations CPD after 15 years building supports the right to a quality public edu- Make the Road New York cation for all children. As a Councilwoman, into the leading democrat- her primary concern is addressing widespread poverty ically-run, immigrant-led in Philadelphia, particularly through anemphasis on community organization building a quality public education system that anchors in New York State. Since schools within communities. She will continue to push co-founding Make the Road in 1997, Andrew helped grow for fairer and more responsible taxation, sustainable the organization from a small, volunteer-run effort to an investments in neighborhoods, language access and civil $8 million organization with over 11,000 members, 100 rights, and a focus on the long-term health and safety of staff, and four community-based centers in New York Philadelphia residents. City and Long Island. Andrew helped oversee all aspects of Make the Road’s work, including the organizing, legal

46 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 services, adult literacy, workforce development, opera- Economic Development and Education & Youth com- tions and finance departments. mittees, and is a member of both the Judiciary & Leg- Andrew has worked with the Latino Workers’ Cen- islative Investigations and Land Use & Transportation ter, the Neighborhood DefenderService of Harlem, the committees. He also represents the Council on the Center for Urban Community Services, the Government City’s Commission for Historical and Architectural Benefits Unit at Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, Preservation and was previously the Council’s first Af- and MFY Legal Services Mental Health Law Project. An- rican-American representative on the City’s Planning drew has been awarded the Union Square Award of the Commission. Fund for the City of New York, the Cornerstone Award of the Jewish Fundsfor Justice, and the Community ROBIN KNIECH Health Leaders Award of the Robert Wood Johnson DENVER, CO • First elected to Denver Foundation for his work at MRNY. City Council in 2011, and re-elected in 2015, Robin Kniech is one of two At-Large Coun- TEFERE GEBRE cilmembers. Raised in a working class fami- AFL-CIO • Tefere ly,she has a deep respect for the value of hard Gebre is the executive vice work and has dedicated her life to making president of the AFL-CIO. Denver a better place for families and those Tefere has had the unique struggling to make ends meet. The Councilwoman has experience of working at a record of bold accomplishments on expanding access all levels of the labor move- to affordable housing, including the establishment of ment. Tefere has continued a dedicated affordable housing fund that will create or to demonstrate leadership by example. He has focused preserve at least 6,000 new homes over the next 10 years. his attention on building strong partnerships between Other accomplishments include expanding local labor and community groups, immigrant rights ad- food access, increasing energy efficiency awareness for vocates and civil rights organizations. He has placed commercial buildings, and updating Denver’s regula- particular emphasis on building the labor movement tions governing the marijuana industry. The Coun- in the South, where conditions are most oppressive for cilwoman is active in regional transportation and millions of workers. mobility efforts, has led and supported efforts to -ex Based on his own experience as a child refugee, Tef- pand transparency and civic participation in govern- ere has brought a passionate and personal perspective ment, and leads a Council work group on Housing and to bear in the labor movement’s fight for comprehensive Homelessness. She is the first out member of the LGBT immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship for community to serve on the City Council, and she is the millions of immigrant workers and their families. In mom of a young son. the end, it is Tefere’s experience as an immigrant labor activist and local labor council leader that makes him BOB MASTER a great complement to President Trumka, of the Mine CWA • Bob Master, Assistant to the Workers, and Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, of the Vice President for Legislative and Political Electrical Workers, to lead the AFL-CIO. Activities , CWA District One Bob Master is Assistant to the Vice BILL HENRY President for Legislative, Political and BALTIMORE, MD • Mobilization Activities for District One of As the City Councilman for the Communications Workers of America, Baltimore’s 4th District, which represents 145,000 workers in New York, New Bill Henry chairs the Coun- Jersey and New England. He joined the staff of CWA in cil’s Housing & Community 1986, and oversees all aspects of legislative and political Development committee, action for the union in the northeast, as well as directing serves as vice chair of both membership mobilization activities during contract the Taxation, Finance & campaigns and strikes at employers like Verizon. Bob

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 47 played a central role in convening the coalition of unions, to address water conservation, active transportation, community organizations, and progressive activists that affordable housing, homeless services, and comprehensive founded the New York State Working Families Party in oil drilling regulations. 1998. In New Jersey, he helped to found the New Jersey Sahli-Wells has a passion for analyzing complex is- Working Families Alliance, that state’s affiliate to the sues and encouraging community engagement, with the national Working Families network. In the last several ultimate goal of finding solutions that promote a resilient months, he was one of the lead organizers of the We the and sustainable city. In addition to her City Council duties, People 2018 forum in Washington, D.C., which brought she is on the national board of Local Progress, a network together 1200 grassroots activists and union members of hundreds of local elected officials from around the from over a dozen organizations to press for a progres- country who are committed to a strong economy, equal sive agenda with five key Democratic leaders from the justice, livable cities and effective government. Regionally, US Senate. Bob’s articles about labor and politics have she serves on the board of the Exposition Line Construc- appeared in The New Labor Forum, Working USA and tion Authority, currently overseeing the construction of The Nation. Bob is married to Nancy Goldhill, Director Expo Phase 2 from Culver City to Santa Monica; and on of Legal Services of Staten Island, and they have two the Energy and Environment Committee for the South- children–Ben, aged 29 and Ilana, aged 26—and lives in ern California Association of Governments (SCAG), the Park Slope, Brooklyn. nation’s largest metropolitan planning association.

MARCELIA NICHOLSON BECKY WASSERMAN MILWAUKEE, WI • Marcelia Nich- SEIU • Becky Wasser- olson is an award winning activist, and man is the Deputy Director 1st Vice-Chairwoman of the Milwaukee of Government Relations County Board of Supervisors, representing at SEIU, the nation’s fast- District 5. Born and raised in Milwaukee, est-growing union, repre- WI, she works to provide opportunities that senting 2 million workers were given to her as a young woman growing in healthcare, public and up in one of the nation’s poorest and most incarcerated property services. Becky has been designing advocacy zip-codes. She is a proud product of Milwaukee Public strategy and developing grassroots campaigns for over Schools and an honors graduate of the University of a dozen years. Formerly, she was Director of Campaigns Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Prior to her election, she taught and Organizing for American Jewish World Service 4th grade at Pierce Elementary School and served in (AJWS), launching a new organizing department at this various capacities. Supervisor Nicholson is a champion $50+ million human rights non-profit. for working people, public education, economic devel- Before joining AJWS, Becky was the Deputy Direc- opment, and community empowerment. Her past work tor of Government Affairs at J Street working on Middle as a union activist, community organizer, and educator, East peace, she coordinated a multi-year campaign for helps to inform her policy and community work. She has national labor law reform as Government Relations sponsored over 40 pieces of legislation, including a $15 Manager at American Rights at Work (ARAW) and living wage ordinance, eviction reduction program, an was President of the United States Student Associa- anti-discrimination resolution, and funding for woman tion (USSA). Becky has been trained by the Rockwood of color seeking entrepreneurship. Leadership program, Wellstone Action and the Mid- west Academy. Originally from Swampscott, MA, she MEGHAN SAHLI-WELLS is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. CULVER CITY, CA • As Culver City’s Currently, Becky lives in Silver Spring, MD. immediate past Mayor, Meghan Sahli-Wells is entering her fourth year as a member of the City Council in Culver City. She has championed initiatives to improve the lives of children in her community, and has led efforts

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#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 49 NETWORK STRATEGIES

Local Progress (LP) coordinates a network strategy • As a result, LP and the Center for Popular Democracy on priority issues through working groups to accelerate (CPD) just launched our police reform toolkit change at the local level, build state power, and to ele- that looks at a series of metrics (e.g. Independent vate important issues to the national stage. Our theory Oversight, Data and Transparency, Demilitarization, of change is rooted in a simple concept: we believe that Pre-booking Diversion Programs, etc.) and provides local governments are leading progressive change in our resources that local electeds and their staff can use country. By connecting legislative efforts across cities to assess their city’s current standing and progress we can accelerate policy progress and build a movement across a number of policy areas, drawing from best from the ground up to shift politics and policy at the state practices from practitioners and policy groups and federal level. In the last year, our network priorities around the country. have ebbed and flowed given the political climate, but we IMMIGRANT RIGHTS are currently educating, connecting, accelerating and amplifying our members' work on Immigrant Rights, Immigrants, refugees, and the US legacy of wel- Police Reform, and Economic Justice. Read more below coming new arrivals are under attack, both through a to catch some of our highlights: concerted effort to end our immigration system as we know it and through the deportation of millions of hard JUST AND ACCOUNTABLE POLICING working people. We are working with LP members to use Police reform continues to grow as an area of work the power of their offices to protect immigrant commu- as more elected officials are committing to ending police nities in their respective jurisdictions through limiting killings and the War on Drugs, as well as reversing mass collaboration with ICE, increasing access to universal incarceration. We are developing an evaluation tool that representation and promoting criminal justice reform to will allow LP members to compare policing policies keep people out of the deportation pipeline. We are also across cities in a consistent way. Our toolkit will include committed to reducing the impact of inland enforcement assessing policies on decriminalization, ending collab- and scare tactics like raids, as well as fighting to pass a oration with ICE, prison diversion, civilian oversight, clean DREAM Act at the federal level. bans on profiling, increasing data and transparency and • In partnership with the Congressional Progressive more. Once we finish the tool, LP members will evaluate Caucus, Working Families and State Innovation their cities’ police forces, identify shared priorities for Exchange (SiX), a network of progressive state collaborative work and publicize these findings. legislators, we have been circulating an open sign • In December 2017, we held our first-ever racial justice on letter calling to abolish ICE. summit as 60 Local Progress members and executive • LP members have continued to move policies to directors of black-led community organizations from protect immigrant communities with technical the Center for Popular Democracy network came support from our team. together in Baltimore, MD for a conversation on ECONOMIC JUSTICE racial equity. We dove deep into Local Progress’s police reform work: talking about everything from Cities have led successful efforts from raising the asset forfeiture and use of force to officer training and minimum wage to guaranteeing paid sick days and fair bans on profiling, as well as thinking more broadly workweek standards in dozens of cities across the coun- about what public safety means in our communities try. These efforts have collectively improved the lives of and ways in which our budgeting processes can bring millions of people across the country. We are focused on about equity. continuing this policy progress, as well as working with

50 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 members to support worker organizing, raise standards across industries and strengthen union power. • We officially launched our economic justice work this spring when we put out a toolkit preparing members for the Supreme Court decision on Janus v. AFSCME Council 31. Since then, nearly 20 jurisdictions, Durham and Nashville to San Francisco and Philadelphia, all passed resolutions supporting public sector workers and their right to organize strong unions. These cities are also exploring further policy and action to preserve and expand the freedom of working people to stick together in unions. • LP members supported Seattle councilmembers by circulating a sign on letter with over 50 signatures from LP members affirming their support for Seattle in their effort to tax big businesses to end homelessness and provide more affordable housing. • LP members in Chicago, Tacoma and Seattle all sent reaffirming messages to the Austin City Council outlining how well paid sick time is working in their cities as they geared up for their own vote on paid sick days. Subsequently, Austin became the first city in the South to pass paid sick leave. If you are interested in joining a steering committee, please contact Silvia Fabela (sfabela@populardemoc- racy.org).

#LP2018 LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | PROGRAM 51 OUT & ABOUT IN MINNEAPOLIS

NATURE MUSIC The City of Lakes lives up to its Minneapolis, the name with over 22 lakes, the Mississip- hometown of Prince, is pi river and the Minnehaha waterfall also home to all types offering year-round opportunities for of music. You can dis- visitors to be active, and enjoy nature. cover rising artists From Lake Bde Maka Ska to the and link back to es- Mississippi River, lakes are spread out tablished ones at our as close and as far from downtown as many concert venues. you would like. Paddle boarding and First Avenue hosts kayaking around Lakes Bde Maka Ska, over 550 concerts a Harriet and Nokomis, are very popular year with small to big amongst Minneapolis visitors and lo- artists, accentuated by cals, or if the “not so high” waters aren’t a Star Wall by artists who have previously graced the your thing, you could soak up the sun on stage. The historic Varsity Theater is in the heart of the lakes’ correspondent beaches or glis- Dinkytown, our college town community. The Cedar ten around the Minnehaha waterfall! Cultural Center throws in music with culture and a Our #1 ranked Minneapolis Parks mission drive, show- and Recreation board park system offers parkways, biking casing global music and walking trails surrounding our 22 lakes, 12 formal and dance. El Nuevo gardens and over 100 park properties. Altogether, MPRB Rodeo hosts music properties receive about 23 million visits annually! events from authentic Mexican music to hosting international Reggaeton star Bad Bunny. Shout House Dueling Pianos has rolling pianists who take performance requests from the audience and sing along! Or if you’d rather enjoy something more tradi- tional, the Orchestra Hall is the place to be.

52 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 FOOD TRANSPORTATION Minneapolis Metro Transit links most of Min- boasts an innovative neapolis together, as well as providing and diverse food scene, direct lines to our neighboring city St. from the Midtown Paul and surrounding suburbs. Met- Global Market’s va- ro Transit has over 50+ bus routes riety of world cuisines circulating in Minneapolis and two to a vegan butcher Light Rail Lines, the Green and shop in Northeast the Blue that can take you from dif- Minneapolis, there is ferent parts of Minneapolis to MSP something for every airport, downtown St. Paul or the palate. Eat Street, Mall of America in Bloomington. located along Nicollet Minneapolis is home to an extensive avenue, is a collection network of bike paths, and Nice Ride of local restaurants Minnesota, a bike-sharing nonprof- and eateries including it, which has stations throughout the new and old favorites. city, from which you can rent bikes for The Midtown Global as little as $3! Market on Lake Street and Chicago Ave is an indoor market offering cuisine from around the world. The Ce- dar-Riverside neighborhood is home to a variety of East African and Somali restaurants, while North Minneap- olis offers distinct comfort food which gives back to the local community. There are many farmers markets across the city that are worth the visit as well!

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