COUNTDOWN TO ZERO is a stunning documentary about the escalating global nuclear arms crisis that premiered at Sundance Film Festival, was shown at TED Conference and recently screened at Cannes Film Festival. Produced by Academy Award winner Lawrence Bender (An Inconvenient Truth, Inglourious Basterds) and written and directed by Lucy Walker (The Devil's Playground, Blind Sight), COUNTDOWN TO ZERO features an array of important international experts and statesmen and makes a case for worldwide nuclear disarmament.

Recent terrorist incidents and attempts in the United States have drawn greater attention to domestic radical extremism. These incidents have challenged law enforcement and intelligence agencies, as well as-Muslim American communities in their efforts to identify and prevent radicalization and acts of terrorism within the United States.

Please join the National Security Network and the Center for American Progress Action Fund for an insightful conversation on these issues with Congressman Keith Ellison and our distinguished panel of experts. The panel will explore the causes of Islamist radicalization and how to create an effective strategy that prevents terrorist attacks while working with affected communities.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) will speak about Democrats’ record on job creation and the economy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund on Friday, July 23. Hoyer will discuss the policies that have pulled our country back from the brink of a second Great Depression—and, at a time when too many Americans are still out of work, the policies our middle class still needs.

The Majority Leader will also address the challenge of balancing job creation with long-term action on deficits. The competing agendas of the two parties present a clear contrast: Democratic action on behalf of the middle class versus the Republican record of obstruction and a push to return to failed Bush policies.