“Take Back America” Next Month

by Keith

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1. Thanks for the post, Keith. Anyone interested in joining the Campaign for America’s Future’s “Take Back America” conference’s blogger boulevard should contact Christian Norton at cnorton@ourfuture.org. We announced a lineup of prime time speakers for the annual conference last week. Details follow.

   With a growing majority of Americans believing the country is headed in the wrong direction, thousands of progressive leaders will gather to discuss strategy to create a political force that promotes the “common good,” in contrast with the corrupt special interests that have dominated Washington over the last several years. –Toby.

   CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE
   “TAKE BACK AMERICA” EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

   MONDAY, JUNE 12

   10 a.m. News conference to release new polling data and brief reporters on key conference events.

   11 a.m. Robert Borosage and Stan Greenberg deliver opening remarks.

   12:45 p.m. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Robert Redford and Jerome Ringo speak at a major event about the Apollo Alliance’s plan for energy independence.

   2:15 p.m. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., former Sen. Gary Hart, D-Colo., John Sweeney and Anna Burger discuss bold progressive ideas for the “common good.”

   TUESDAY, JUNE 13

   8:15 a.m. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., deliver major speeches.

   9:50 a.m. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., discusses ways to make college affordable.

   12:30 p.m. Gov. Tom Vilsack, D-Iowa, delivers a major speech.

   12:45 p.m. Authors Michael Tomasky, Barbara Ehrenreich and Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., discuss a new “common good” framework for bold ideas for change.

   2:15 p.m. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., former Rep. David Bonior, D-Mich., deliver remarks.

   4:15 p.m. State Rep. Joyce Elliott, D-Ark., State Sen. G. Spencer Coggs, D-Wis., State Rep. Dave McAlpin, D-Mont., and County Exec. Ron Sims, D-Wash., deliver remarks.

   7 p.m. Campaign for America’s Future holds a gala dinner to honor progressive leaders, Bernard Rapoport, Gloria Totten and Angelica Salas.

   WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

   9 a.m. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., delivers a major speech.

   9:45 a.m. Rep. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Gov. Ed Rendell, D-Pa., and John Podesta discuss bold ideas for the “common good.”

   11:15 a.m. Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., and Rep. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., deliver remarks.

   12:45 p.m. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and Gerald McEntee deliver closing speeches.

   —Toby Chaudhuri • 11:44 pm, June 4

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