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Local Progress 2018 Convening Minneapolis, MN TABLE of CONTENTS TAKING BACK POWER Local Progress 2018 Convening Minneapolis, MN TABLE OF CONTENTS 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 LOCAL PARTNERS 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 organi- zation 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 com- munity 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. 2 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 WELCOME 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 4 PROGRAM | LOCAL PROGRESS 2018: TAKING BACK POWER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN #LP2018 1:00pm Lunch 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:
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