PROJECT PERICLES DEBATING FOR DEMOCRACY (D4D) NATIONAL CONFERENCE THURSDAY, MARCH 30 – FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2017 THURSDAY, MARCH 30 Theresa Lang Community and Student Center Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts 55 West 13th Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues), Second Floor 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast 9:00 AM Welcome and Orientation David E. Van Zandt, President, The New School Jan R. Liss, Executive Director, Project Pericles 9:15 AM Social Action - Panel Discussion Moderated by Jan R. Liss, Executive Director, Project Pericles Dev Aujla, Founder & CEO, Catalog Jason A. Mangone, Senior Advisor, New York City Department of Veteran Services Charlotte Turovsky, Head of Operations, RapidSOS Greta Zarro, New York Organizer, Food & Water Watch 10:30 AM Break 10:45 AM Social Action Student Workshops With Dev Aujla, Jason A. Mangone, Charlotte Turovsky, and Greta Zarro 12:15 PM Lunch 1:15 PM Media, Political Engagement, and Reporting in an Age of Partisanship - Panel Discussion Moderated by Stephanie P. Browner, Dean, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts Jillian Berman, Reporter, MarketWatch David Nir, Political Director, Daily Kos Bhaskar Sunkara, Founding Editor, Jacobin Jason Willick, Staff Writer, The American Interest 2:45 PM Break Starr Foundation Hall (L102), University Center, The New School 63 Fifth Avenue (between 13th and 14th Streets) 3:15 PM D4D Legislative Hearing Legislative Committee: Constance Berry Newman, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Martha Kanter, former U.S. Under Secretary of Education Ruth Messinger, former Manhattan Borough President Letters to an Elected Official: Berea College, “A Letter in Support of the Safe Drinking Water Act (H.R. 417) and an Amendment to Require the Improvement of Consumer Confidence Reports and Stabilize Funding for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund” to Representative John Yarmuth (D-KY) by Danielle Graves and Kerringtan Maddox Carleton College, “A Letter in Opposition to the Defense of Dwelling and Person Act of 2017 (H.F. 238)” (known as the Stand Your Ground Bill) to Minnesota State Senator Rich Draheim (R) by Naomi Borowsky, Victor Huerta, Matt Thibodeau, and Allison Tucker Pace University, “A Letter in Support of Amending the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act to Protect the Hudson and Other American Rivers from the Unwarranted Expansion of Commerce in Bakken Oil” to Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) by Rowan Lanning and Christina Thomas Reed College, “A Letter in Support of the Safe Transfer Act” (would require post-secondary institutions to disclose sex offenses on students’ transcripts) to Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) by Leilani Ganser and Sonya Morud Swarthmore College, “A Letter in Support of Funding Online Access to College Courses for Rural Pennsylvania High School Students” to Pennsylvania State Representative Leanne Kruger-Braneky (D) by Elizabeth Balch-Crystal and Charles Williamson PROJECT PERICLES DEBATING FOR DEMOCRACY (D4D) NATIONAL CONFERENCE THURSDAY, MARCH 30 – FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2017 THURSDAY, MARCH 30 Event Cafe, University Center, The New School 63 Fifth Avenue (between 13th and 14th Streets) 5:30 PM Reception and Poster Session Neil R. Grabois, Chair, Project Pericles Stephanie P. Browner, Dean, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts 6:00 PM Award Ceremony Presentation of Award for Letter to an Elected Official 7:15 PM Adjourn FRIDAY, MARCH 31 Theresa Lang Community and Student Center Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts 55 West 13th Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues), Second Floor 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast 8:30 AM Interactive Workshop - You Have a Voice. It's Time to Hear It. Hooks, Line, & Sinker: The Three Parts of a Successful Legislative Meeting Preparing for the Opposition Led by Christopher Kush, CEO, Soapbox Consulting Kevin Schultze, Vice President, Congressional Relations, Soapbox Consulting 10:30 AM Break 10:45 AM Mobilization and Movements - Panel Discussion Moderated by Christina Dawkins, Director of the Office of Civic Engagement, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts Phil Aroneanu, Senior Campaigns Director, Purpose Iain Keith, Campaign Director, Avaaz Matthew Slutsky, former Managing Director of Partnerships, Change.org Sarah Taylor, Women, Peace and Security Advocate of the Women's Rights Division, Human Rights Watch 12:15 PM Break 12:25 PM The Role of Non-Profits in Our Democracy - Luncheon Discussion Moderated by Garret S. Batten, Assistant Director, Project Pericles Myrna Cabán Lezcano, Associate Director of Education & Cultural Organizing, Friends of the High Line Marvin Cabrera, Director of Dreamer Programs, "I Have a Dream" Foundation Hanna Griff-Sleven, Director of Cultural Programs and Intern Coordinator, Museum at Eldridge Street/A Landmark Synagogue Story Tony Hillery, Executive Director, Harlem Grown Aaron Jones, Mass Engagement Director, Community Voices Heard 1:45 PM Conference Wrap-up Jan R. Liss, Executive Director, Project Pericles 2:00 PM Student Visits to Non-Profit Organizations Project Pericles appreciates the generous support of Carnegie Corporation of New York and The Eugene M. Lang Foundation. PROJECT PERICLES® BOARD OF DIRECTORS Eugene M. Lang: Founder and Chair Emeritus; Chair Emeritus, Swarthmore College; Founder and Chair Emeritus, "I Have a Dream"® Foundation Neil R. Grabois: Chair; Former Vice President, Carnegie Corporation of New York; Former President, Colgate University Richard Ekman: Vice-Chair; President, Council of Independent Colleges David Caputo: Treasurer; President Emeritus, Pace University Janet S. Dickerson Jan R. Liss* Former Vice President, Princeton University Executive Director, Project Pericles Richard Guarasci Michael S. McPherson President, Wagner College; President, Spencer Foundation Chair, Project Pericles Presidents’ Council Harris L. Wofford Arthur E. Levine Former U.S. Senator; Former Co-Chair, America’s Promise President, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation *ex officio PROJECT PERICLES® PRESIDENTS’ COUNCIL Chair: Richard Guarasci*, Wagner College Vice-Chair: Steven G. Poskanzer*, Carleton College James H. Mullen, Jr.*, Allegheny College The New School, David E. Van Zandt* Clayton Spencer, Bates College Occidental College, Jonathan Veitch Lyle D. Roelofs*, Berea College Pace University, Stephen J. Friedman Edison Jackson, Bethune-Cookman University Pitzer College, Melvin L. Oliver David L. Finegold, Chatham University Reed College, John. R. Kroger Walter M. Kimbrough, Dillard University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Shirley Ann Jackson MaryAnn Baenninger, Drew University Rhodes College, William E. Troutt Leo M. Lambert, Elon University St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Tuajuanda Jordan George Bridges, The Evergreen State College Skidmore College, Philip A. Glotzbach José Antonio Bowen, Goucher College Swarthmore College, Valerie Smith Jonathan Lash, Hampshire College Ursinus College, Brock Blomberg William M. Tsutsui, Hendrix College Widener University, Julie E. Wollman Brian C. Rosenberg*, Macalester College Whitman College, Kathleen Murray John S. Wilson, Jr*, Morehouse College The College of Wooster, Sarah Bolton Michele D. Perkins, New England College *Executive Committee PROJECT PERICLES® NATIONAL BOARD OF ADVISORS Co-Chairs: Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker & Hon. Kurt L. Schmoke David Baltimore • John Baugh • J. Herman Blake • Roger W. Bowen • Harry C. Boyte Sen. Bill Bradley • Paul Brest • Russell L. Carson • Raymond G. Chambers • Jerome A. Chazen Nadinne Cruz • Richard A. Detweiler • Christopher F. Edley, Jr. • Thomas Ehrlich • Jonathan F. Fanton Nicholas H. Farnham • Ellen V. Futter • Llewellyn P. Haden, Jr. • Samuel L. Hayes III • Antonia Hernandez Amb. James C. Hormel • Helene L. Kaplan • Gov. Thomas H. Kean • Reuben Mark • Elizabeth McCormack Mary Patterson McPherson • Nancy B. Peretsman • Robert D. Putnam • Judith A. Ramaley David M. Scobey • Allen P. Splete • Mark A. Vander Ploeg NATIONAL OFFICE Jan R. Liss, Executive Director Garret Batten, Assistant Director Elisabeth Weiman, Program Associate PROJECT PERICLES, 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1910, New York, NY 10176 212.986.4496 [email protected] .