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Be a part of the largest gathering of progressive activists and leaders from across the country!
June 1 - 3, 2009
Omni Shoreham Hotel ♦ Washington D.C.
Join Gov. Howard Dean, Sen. Tom Harkin, Rep. Barney Frank, Jared Bernstein, Robert Kuttner, Dean Baker, William Grieder, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Thomas Frank, John Podesta, Dean Baker, Rick Perlstein and progressives from all over the country as we make plans to carry out the great new mission of our lifetimes: mobilizing a democratic majority to make progressive change that can shape America’s Future Now! [1]
June 7 - 9, 2010
Omni Shoreham Hotel ♦ Washington D.C.
Click here for the latest blogs and video from the conference. [3]
Hear America's Future Co-Director Robert Borosage explain what this year's America's Future NOW! conference is about.
Here are some of our favorite "tweets" from the conference!
jengon74 [4] @#afn was a great success. Thanks to all the attendees, volunteers and staff that made it happen!!
ahynes1 [5] RT CarmenSpinDiego: There's no reason except greed that the unted states doesn't have universal healthcare-leo gerard #afn [6]
addiestan [7] #afn [6] Gabriela Sanchez, winner of the Maria Leavey Award, gave a moving presentation that combined speech and song.
JFierce [8] RT @zdry [9] Erica Williams quoting Hemingway: the world breaks everyone, and afterwards some are stronger in the broken places. #afn [6]
Adriennemaree [10] RT @JFierce [8]: There's no such thing as a transformative president- you can't have that without transformative movements. - Naomi Klein #AFN [11]
more » [12]
The largest gathering of progressive activists and leaders from across the country kicked off with a plan to critically assess the early accomplishments of the progressive movement under the new presidential administration and Congress that progressives have helped bring to power. They also came together with plans for the long haul – for carrying out the great new mission of our lifetimes: mobilizing a democratic majority to make progressive change that can shape America’s Future Now!
Attendees represent the breadth of the grassroots organizing networks, issue coalitions and national and local leadership organizations that make up the growing progressive movement—from students to women, to civil rights and environmental activists, to labor, elected officials and young visionaries.
They all came to Washington with this declaration: It’s our time for bold progressive reform.
On June 2nd, we celebrated progressive champions at our annual gala dinner.
The Honorable Barbara Lee
John J. Sweeney
Deepak Bhargava
and the Center for Community Change
See the photos [13] and video [14] from the awards gala!
Click here to learn more [15]
Congratulations to Graciela Sanchez, winner of the 2009 Maria Leavey Award!
Graciela Sanchez has been active in the progressive movement for more than 20 years as the director of the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center in San Antonio. She’s described as a person with a unique knack for bringing people together across racial, ethnic, gender and sexual orientation lines. Under Graciela’s leadership, the Esperanza Center has become the gathering place for social justice advocates in the labor, immigration, gay and lesbian rights, health care and environmental movements.
Progressives have gathered each year for six years under the banner of Take Back America to forge an economic agenda for change – and the organizing strategies for taking that agenda to the country. In 2006 and 2007, then-Sen. Barack Obama spoke powerfully at Take Back America as he was building an unprecedented citizen campaign for change. And in 2008, he was elected president of the United States, running on our program.
Today, under a new name, with a new vision for a new era, we will build on our success to solidify a progressive majority for reform.
Save the Date for
America's Future Now! 2010!
Listen to AFN Sessions on
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America's Future co-director Robert Borosage opens the America's Future Now! conference with a challenge to the progressive movement to seize a chance for progressive change that the nation has not seen since at least the 1960s. » more [23]
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Gov. Howard Dean, who recently became chairman of the board of the Progressive Book Club, joined organizers to announce details of the largest grassroots mobilization of progressives ever on behalf of health care reform on Monday at a news conference sponsored by the Campaign for America’s Future. » more [24]
Three people on the front lines of the fight for social and economic justice — John J. Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO; Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus; and Deepak Bhargava, executive director of the Center for Community Change — were honored at at the America's Future Gala Awards Evening. Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., a rising progressive leader in Congress, was master of ceremonies. » more [14]
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Links:
[1] http://www.ourfuture.org/now
[2] https://secure.ourfuture.org/afn09
[3] http://www.ourfuture.org/features/2009052231/americas-future-now
[4] http://twitter.com/jengon74
[5] http://twitter.com/ahynes1
[6] http://twitter.com/search?q=#afn
[7] http://twitter.com/addiestan
[8] http://twitter.com/JFierce
[9] http://twitter.com/zdry
[10] http://twitter.com/Adriennemaree
[11] http://twitter.com/search?q=#AFN
[12] http://www.ourfuture.org/page/2009062410/afn-twitter
[13] http://www.ourfuture.org/photo-set/2009062303/afn-2009-awards-gala
[14] http://www.ourfuture.org/video/2009062303/awards-gala
[15] http://ourfuture.org/now/gala
[16] http://www.ourfuture.org/now/marialeavey
[17] "http://www.facebook.com/event.php?
[18] http://www.ourfuture.org/%5C%22%22+GOOGLE_URL+%22%5C
[19] http://www.ourfuture.org/%5C%22%22+YAHOO_URL+%22%5C
[20] http://www.blogtalkradio.com/americasfuture
[21] http://www.conferencerecording.com/aaaListTapes.asp?CID=CAF29
[22] http://now2009.confabb.com/conferences/82401-americas-future-now/sessions
[23] http://www.ourfuture.org/video/2009062301/robert-borosage-were-not-likely-see-opportunity-again
[24] http://www.ourfuture.org/video/2009062302/progressive-leaders-mobilize-health-care