Press Advisory

ADVISORY: Progressives Have a Mandate – Now What?

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Program: 1:00pm to 2:30pm

Featured Speakers: Rudy DeLeon

, Senior Vice President for National Security and International Policy, Center for American Progress Action Fund

Judy Feder

, Board Member, Center for American Progress Action Fund; Professor, Georgetown Public Policy Institute

Bracken Hendricks

, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund

Gene Sperling

, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund

Moderated by: Michael Ettlinger, Vice President for Economic Policy, Center for American Progress Action Fund

In the past week, countless organizations-including ours-have shown that the 2008 election delivered a clear mandate for progressive change. The electorate chose not just a candidate but an agenda of economic security and opportunity, affordable qualtiy health care for all, the transformation to a low-carbon economy, ending two wars, and a new strategy for sustainable security. But now the question is: how do we actually accomplish such ambitious change? With an ongoing financial crisis and the looming prospects of a long and deep recession and sustained deficits, can we tackle these short-terms crises while moving ahead simultaneouosly on so many big issues?

Please join the Center for American Progress Action Fund for an important discussion of the practical path forward and the role that the enormity of our challenges could play in making more ambitious change possible.

***Please be advised that this event will directly follow “Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President,” which starts at 9:30am.***

 

Admission is free.

A light lunch will be served at 12:45 p.m.

Center for American Progress Action Fund 1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor Washington, DC 20005 Map & Directions

Nearest Metro: Blue/Orange Line to McPherson Square or Red Line to Metro Center

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