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Opportunities for Collaboration
Irene Godínez, Director of Advocacy Initiative, El Pueblo
El Pueblo is a statewide advocacy and public policy organization based in North Carolina dedicated to strengthening the Latino community. This mission is accomplished through leadership development, proactive and direct advocacy, education, and promotion of cross-cultural understanding in partnerships at the local, state, and national levels.
Leadership Forum Outcomes: With the North Carolina legislative session starting in May, El Pueblo is looking for help promoting immigration issues to the general public and policy makers. El Pueblo is also seeking leaders experienced in immigrant education to help in the development of an advocacy campaign.
Gary Nuzzi, Program Manager, American Democracy Institute, I Vote, You Vote
This year, ADI launches IVoteYouVote.com, an online platform that relies on the power of peer networks to drive new voter registration. I Vote, You Vote educates new voters on issues, activates them on election day, and ensures their vote is counted.
Current Challenge: ADI is seeking input on the launch and promotion of I Vote, You Vote. Specifically, ADI is looking for help designing internet and interactive advertising campaigns, developing strategies to partner with nonprofits working on civic engagement, and conducting media outreach. ADI is also seeking peer leaders to be among the first to log on to IVoteYouVote.com.
Kinya Mururu, Founder, Kenyan Women’s Nonprofit Startup
This nonprofit is in its early stages of formation. It aims to improve educational opportunities for young women in rural Kenya through the implementation of entrepreneurial and leadership programs within secondary schools.
Current Challenge: This startup is looking for basic support launching and growing an idea into a sustainable organization. This nonprofit is seeking insight on developing organizational framework and effective approaches. Additionally, outreach assistance to potential partners is needed.
Matt Paco, Founding Member, SKOOL’d
SKOOL'd is a New York City grassroots initiative that raises money and awareness for charities that benefit lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. The initiative has a special focus on homeless and suicidal teens.
Current Challenge: As SKOOL'd transitions from a volunteer organization, it faces challenges in becoming a self sustaining 501(c)3. ADI leaders can help by offering insight on developing a process for leadership success, Board and volunteer management, as well as suggestions to promote and grow the organization.
Susannah Welford Shakow, President, and Kelly Keenan Trumpbour, Board Member, Running Start
Running Start is a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring young women and girls to run for political office. By educating them about the importance of politics, and imbuing them with the skills they need to be leaders, the organization gives women the “running start” they need to achieve greater political power.
Current Challenge: Running Start is a new nonprofit and needs to address how to become sustainable while at the same time growing and replicating the program in new locations. ADI leaders can provide ideas and input on a range of needs including identifying strategic partnerships, online strategy, and organizing chapters on college campuses.
Opportunities:
Martha Bixby, Executive Director, Team Darfur
Team Darfur aims to educate the global public about the crisis in Darfur through the unique voices of athletes during a campaign leading up to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Team Darfur is working to ensure that the over 300 athlete members from nearly 60 countries are able to speak out – in their countries, to their sponsors, to their governments.
Current Challenge: Team Darfur must seize every moment of the next four months. The organization is looking for help brainstorming new strategic partnerships, translation assistance for correspondence to athletes and the media, and help conducting international media outreach in countries with active member athletes.
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LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Overview
American Democracy Institute's Leadership Program combines
high level Leadership Forums and a
broad member network to empower leaders who are passionate about shaping the
future of the country. ADI challenges
leaders to think in new ways while providing them with the skills and peer
network necessary to affect change. Participants collaborate with each other to
solve problems by converting ideas into action.
Leadership
Forums
ADI forums convene a select group of emerging
leaders from various fields to participate in lively panels, intimate breakout
group discussions, networking sessions and opportunities for collaboration. Leadership
forums are hosted quarterly throughout the country, exploring ideas that
influence the American political landscape.
San
Francisco,
CA Technology and Trends Winter
Washington, DC Politics and Policy Spring
Los
Angeles,
CA Media
and Entertainment Summer
New
York,
NY Business
and Finance Fall
Members
1. Have
demonstrated leadership ability and records of accomplishment
2. Are
drawn from a wide range of professions across the public, private, and
nonprofit sectors
3. Possess
the desire to affect positive social, political and civic change in
American democracy
Recent Presenters &
Speakers
Priya Berry, Director of Strategy & Business Development, Virgin
Unite
Aaron Chatterji, Professor of Management, Fuqua School of Business,
Duke University
Liz Heller, CEO, Buzztone
Mitch Kapor, Chair, Open Source
Applications Foundation
Chris Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer,
Facebook
Declan Kelly, President & CEO, Financial
Dynamics
Justin Krebs, Co-Founder and Executive
Director, Living Liberally
Darnell Strom, Millennium Network Director,
Clinton
Foundation
Network
ADI's Leadership Network is comprised of past
leadership forum participants who continue to share ideas and collaborate on
projects in between events. The
Leadership Network promotes online collaboration opportunities and outside networking
events. Members of the Network include leaders in business and finance, media
and technology, marketing and design, labor, elected officials, scientists,
professors and activists.
To be considered to attend an American Democracy Institute Leadership Forum, please click here. To nominate someone to be part of the ADI Leadership Program, click here.
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DC LEADERSHIP FORUM
International Trade Center, Washington D.C.
April 25, 2008
On April 25, the American Democracy Institute convened a select group of emerging leaders for the Washington, D.C. Leadership Forum at the International Trade Center. These leaders joined a growing national network to collaborate with each other to advance social and political change. In Washington, ADI Leaders learned more about what it takes to be a transformative leader, and worked with one another to support activities and launch organizations that will have a transformative impact.
Click on the links at the bottom of the page for more information on the Washington D.C. Leadership Forum. To view photos from the event, see our Facebook albums: Album 1 Album 2 Album 3
Transformative Leaders: Keynote Speakers
The Washington, D.C. Leadership Forum included two keynote
speakers who are powerful examples of transformative leadership. The day began with a keynote by Gene Nichol, Professor
of Law and former president at the College
of William and Mary, who
inspired participants with his passionate case for authentic, progressive
leadership. During lunch, Amy Curtis-McIntyre, the woman who literally gave Jet
Blue its name, provided an insiders perspective on how transformative leaders
can promote and market ideas through honesty and clear messaging. Watch both speakers below:
Interactive Panels: New Ideas and Trends
Panel discussions highlighted
how diverse leaders are working through technology, law, education, media, and policy
to transform our country.
Organizing without Organizations explored how technology is opening avenues for activism and online mobilization campaigns.
Constitution in the 21st Century examined race and equality, specifically focusing on voting rights and education, through the lens of the Constitution.
Transformative Ideas was a discussion of the importance of innovation in policy and examples of successful implementation and was hosted by contributors to Democracy: A Journal of Ideas.
Transforming Elections looked at new trends in electoral participation, effects on the political landscape, and the changing roles of institutions in the 2008 election cycle.
Transformative Education was a conversation with Kaya Henderson, Deputy Chancellor of D.C. Public Schools, and her work to transform a school system where only 21% of students met national performance standards last year.
The Economy, Government, and Markets was a discussion of market trends, fiscal policy, government intervention, and other pressing issues in the American economy.
Skill Building Workshops
Intimate seminars offered leaders a chance to learn about innovative
tools and trends for personal and professional development.
Relationship Building gave participants an opportunity to learn insights into the importance and power of leveraging connections and managing networks.
Leveraging Trends in New Media taught participants how to harness the power of existing online tools, markets and communities, and covered topics such as online branding using participant case studies as an aide.
Collaboration Session: Transformative Projects
During the collaboration session at the Leadership Forum,
participants contributed their skills, expertise, and ideas to several projects
that included startup non-profits, a grassroots initiative, and an advocacy and
public policy campaign. Project leaders received
input and assistance on a wide range of current challenges including marketing
their ideas, growing their organizations, brainstorming strategic partnerships,
and help researching policy issues. ADI
Leaders made specific commitments to leverage their networks to advance these
causes, help generate media for specific projects, develop strategic plans for
emerging organizations and much more. Below are three of the six projects
highlighted during this session:
Irene Godínez, Advocacy Director for El Pueblo, a statewide advocacy and public policy organization based in North Carolina dedicated to strengthening the Latino Community, came to the Leadership Forum seeking support for their current efforts to prevent North Carolina from being the first state to bar undocumented immigrants from higher education. In addition to developing an innovative three-prong strategic approach, ADI Leaders made commitments to help form connections with their peers in North Carolina, and coach Irene on lobbying. Leaders also developed an idea to establish a support group of other young Latinas whose aspirations are in politics at the state and national level.
Matt Paco, founding member of SKOOL'd, a New York City grassroots initiative that raises money and awareness for charities that benefit lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth - especially homeless and suicidal teens-attended the forum seeking insight to grow the volunteer organization into a sustainable 501(c)(3). Matt spoke with ADI Leaders who had themselves founded, or worked in nonprofits, to developing a process for leadership succession, Board and volunteer management, and even secured a commitment from one participant to facilitate a strategic planning process for SKOOL'd.
Kinya
Mururu, the founder of a Kenyan Women's Nonprofit Startup, came
to the Leadership Forum seeking ideas and input on how she could develop her
vision into a sustainable organization.
Kinya walked away with insight on developing a basic organizational framework, as well
as researching effective approaches, and reaching out to potential partners in
government, education, and corporations.
Leaders
Working Across Sectors to Empower Change
The leaders convened at the Washington,
D.C. Leadership Forum were
influential, accomplished professionals who have demonstrated leadership
abilities, records of accomplishment and possess the desire to effect positive
social, political and civic change in our democracy. They include leaders from
government, business, marketing, finance, entertainment, and law; along with
members of the military, entrepreneurs, issue advocates, members of
congressional staff and founders of nonprofits.
Please click on the links below for more information on the Washington D.C. Leadership Forum:
Detailed agenda, dress code and directions
Washington D.C. Leadership Forum Facebook Group
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CA LEADERSHIP FORUM
The first ADI Leadership Forum of 2008 was hosted on the Google Campus in Mountain View, California on February 9. Over 70 emerging leaders from various fields, including a large crowd from the tech world, and several New York Leadership Forum alums, participated in lively panels, intimate breakout group discussions, and expanded networking sessions throughout the day.
Garrett Graff, author of The First Campaign was featured at a well attended opening reception on Friday evening in San Francisco. Mitch Kapor, an original Silicon Valley icon, and current chair of the Open Source Applications Foundation, was the keynote speaker, and also a presenter on the Open Source Government Panel. A concurrently run panel on Technology and electoral participation focused on the upcoming I Vote You Vote Program. The day was rounded out by Board Member Judith Zarin, who moderated a panel on leadership during the closing plenary.
Thank you to all our participants and presenters at the first American Democracy Institute Leadership Forum of 2008. Videos from the program and selected photos from the event, as well as links to participant and presenter bios, the Leadership Forum Facebook group, a discussion overview, and a program agenda are posted below.
Program Videos
Watch the keynote address given by Mitch Kapor from the Northern California Leadership Forum below, and click here to watch a welcome and introduction featuring Manish Patel and John Hart.
Participant and
Panelist Bios
What's unique about our leadership program is that forum
participants oftentimes have expertise and experience parallel to that of
presenters. The insights gained at Google came
from both panel discussions and conversations among participants. This Forum featured extra time for networking to
maximize learning opportunities. To download a list of
participants click here. To read participant bios, click here.
Facebook Group
In order to help connect Leadership Forum Network members,
we've provided a private Facebook group for just the attendees of this
event. To join our Northern California
Leadership Forum Facebook group, click here.
Roundtable Sessions
To facilitate collaboration, the day featured roundtable
discussions that highlighted how new technologies, social networks, open source
innovation and alternative leadership strategies are shaping our democracy in
this election year and beyond. These discussions took place in panels
and breakout groups, providing an opportunity for participants to contribute thier thoughts, experiences, and project ideas to the conversation. Click on the video below to watch highlights from each roundtable session. To learn more about the roundtable format and
topics click here.
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Programs
Please click on a link from the side navigation or from the descriptions below to learn more about recent and upcoming ADI Programs. To be considered to attend an American Democracy Institute Leadership Forum, please click here. To nominate someone to attend a Leadership Program, click here.
Spring 2008
Washington D.C. Leadership Forum
April 25, 2008
International Trade Center
The American Democracy Institute hosted a Leadership Forums in Washington D.C. at the International Trade Center. The Forum will brought together distinguished leaders who share a desire to affect positive social, political and civic change and offered opportunities to collaborate, exposure to new ideas, access to a dynamic peer group, and inspirational panelists and speakers.
Northern California Leadership Forum
February 9, 2008
Google Headquarters
The first ADI Leadership Forum of 2008 was hosted on the Google Campus in Mountain View, California. Over 70 emerging leaders from various fields, including a large crowd from the tech world, and several New York Leadership Forum alums, participated in lively panels, intimate breakout group discussions, and expanded networking sessions throughout the day.
Fall 2007
Empower Change Summit
November 3, 2007
Royce Hall, UCLA
The California Empower Change Summit offered 2,000 young leaders the opportunity to be inspired and motivated through distinguished speakers and workshops, featuring our very special guest, President Bill Clinton. The day long event included a morning plenary session, an afternoon festival, and a variety of empowering workshops. Participants experienced a day of innovative programs and opportunities to network with individuals representing various educational backgrounds and professional fields.
Young Hollywood Event
October 17, 2007
Falcon Restaurant
ADI & Young Professionals in Entertainment and Media hosted music, cocktails and engaging conversation to support the California Summit: Empower Change. Featured speaker, David Wilhelm, and a distinctive host committee addressed the importance of empowering change.
New York Leadership Forum
September 29, 2007
New York University
The one day New York Leadership Forum provided participants with high-level development, access to a growing national network of emerging leaders, platforms to promote ideas, and opportunities to collaborate with peers. This program featured two keynotes, a networking lunch and reception, as well as the opportunity to participate in dynamic roundtable discussions.
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NY LEADERSHIP FORUM
On September 29, 2007, the American Democracy Institute convened 100 leaders for the New York Leadership Forum at the Helen and Martin Kimmel Center at New York University. This one-day program provided participants with high-level development, access to a growing national network of emerging leaders, platforms to promote ideas, and opportunities to collaborate with peers.
Featured Speaker
David Wilhelm was the featured speaker.
David has a background in politics and business; he is a former Chair
of the DNC and is currently the founder and president of Woodland
Venture Management that focuses on investments in rural areas
throughout the central United States.
Emerging Trends in New Media:
Moderator: Geronimo Rodriguez, VP of Diversity & Community Outreach, Seton Family of Hospitals
Panelists:
Charles Forman, Founder, iminlikewithyou; Michael Bassik, VP
Interactive Marketing, MSHC Partners, Inc.; Peter Greenberger, Team
Manager Elections & Issue Advocacy, Google; Dina Kaplan, COO,
Blip.tv
There is a slow but seemingly steady growth of the use of new media in
our work places and social networks. Often-times companies and
politicians still fear the inability to control the messaging that can
come though, although they are beginning to see the importance of
having a presence in this space. New Media can offer a word of mouth
network that is stronger then advertising, more direct and more candid
and has the potential to be targeted to specific and different
audiences whereas broadcast will warrant a more generic appeal. While
there is incredibly slow annual growth of political spending on the
internet it is still a tiny percent of the overall advertising dollars
spent. Corporations too spend considerably less on internet
advertising. Today, candidates, especially Presidential candidates, are
beginning to realize the importance of building an online audience that
is integrated with their offline events. They are realizing the power
that their blogging audience has, especially in disseminating
information and in moving the needle for a social cause or candidate.
Moving forward we can expect to see a continued growth in online
advertising, a tentative embracing of the blogosphere, and a look to
mobile as the next step in new media.
Partnerships & Collaborations:
Moderator: Declan Kelly, Chairman & CEO, Financial Dynamics
Panelists:
Priya Bery, Director of Strategy & Business Development, Virgin
Unite; Michael Madnick, Senior VP, UN Foundation; Scott Shalett,
Principal, Dewey Square Group
Partnerships are vital but are hard work. Not everyone comes to the table with the same agenda -- be honest with motives and work to bring about the greatest change. Each individual, corporation or government can not go it alone. They must often work together to accomplish greater results and even though each industry has its own language, patience, time and deliberation can unite them under the belief that together something bigger and better will be done. You must harness the capacity of all sectors.
When building partnerships and responding to issues, you will need to
realize the time line of action. If caused by natural disaster,
movement must be faster, relief packages must be supplied, protocols
must be set, but the public must also have a voice. With long standing
issues, partnerships have the ability to build policy for advocates and
stimulate markets for economic and strategic growth. They can also
influence markets and create space for government and business to work
together. Within each of these instances there is space for individuals
to get involved without having to make a career change. Very often
these same organizations and partnerships are in need of expertise in
various fields from drafting business plans, to grant writing to any
number of skills that help put together a partnership - including
access to deal flow.
Mobilizing Support:
Moderator: Jamal Simmons, President, New Future Communications
Panelists: Peter Colavito, Political Director, Local 32BJ, SEIU; Malia
Lazu, Executive Director, The Gathering for Justice; Jed Alpert,
Co-Founder & CEO, Mobile Commons; Joe Eyer, Principal, Dewey Square
Group
With mobilizing support we should never fall in love with a tactic,
some work better then others. We should invest our capacity on tactics
that build for the long term while using those that work for the
moment. Text messaging has enormous potential and has been actualized
well and successfully but can not be used on its own as a consistent,
strong mobilizing factor. With out the institutional building, the
infrastructure, we won't win - human contact is still extremely
important. We must also be mindful of over-saturation by too much
texting and emailing.
We need, as progressives, to zero in on what we now know and not try to
do everything. We need to put our money and energy into what will
bring, for certainty, people to the polls.
Launching & Incubating Ideas:
Moderator: Judith Zarin, Former Producer, ADI Board Member
Panelists: Joey Cheek, Founder, Where Will We Be? Team Darfur; Khalid
Reede Jones, Co-Founder & General Counsel, Thrasher Funds; Justin
Krebs, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Living Liberally; Erica
Payne, Founder & Principal, The Tesseract Group; Jon Schnur,
Founder & CEO, New Leaders, New Schools; Taz Tagore, Founder &
Executive Director, Reciprocity Foundation.
When launching and incubating your idea and plan, go to a place where you most believe in the people and leadership of the place or one that is doing the best work and learn from them -- don't assume that changing the world happens only in the nonprofit world. To successfully build your structure you must be deeply committed to your goal. You must understand the problem deeply, become experts and figure out, quietly, what works and what doesn't. Without that deep commitment it will be that much harder to build your network, find the funding, identify and hire the right team and use other organizations, where able, to help you achieve your goals.
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EMPOWER CHANGE CA
Thank you all for attending the 2007 Empower Change Summit. The event was a huge success and many of you told us that you were ready to take the next step and empower yourself, empower your friends, empower your community, and Empower Change!
Audio of the four guests who spoke at the Opening Session:
John Hart, Founder & CEO, American Democracy Institute.
Melissa Fitzgerald, Actor & Co-Founder, Voices in Harmony.
Araceli Ruano, CEO, Foundacio ALAS.
Gene Nichol, President, College of William and Mary.
Click here to see video of President Clinton's Address to the ADI Empower Change Summit
Click here to see resources from the Entrepreneurial Leadership Workshop.
To download workshop descriptions, please click here.
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FEATURED PRESENTERS
2008 FEATURED SPEAKERS, PANELS & WORKSHOPS
Speakers
Amy
Curtis-McIntyre, Senior Vice President, Brand
Communication, Global Hyatt Corporation
Mitch Kapor, Chair, Open Source
Applications Foundation
Gene Nichol, Professor of Law, UNC Chapel Hill
Workshops & Panels
Organizing without
Organizations
Jerome Armstrong, Founding
Principal, Webstrong Group
Garrett Graff, Editor
at Large, Washingtonian Magazine
Jon Wheeler,
Managing Director, DemocracyInAction
The Constitution in
the 21st Century: Race and Equality
Anurima Bhargava, Director,
Education Practice, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
Emily Chatterjee,
National Program Law Fellow, American Constitution Society
Kristen Clarke, Co-Director,
Political Participation Group, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
Transformative Ideas:
Next Great Idea
Kenneth Baer,
Co-Founder and Co-Editor, Democracy
Journal
Jason Bordoff,
Policy Director, The Hamilton
Project
Transforming
Elections: Peer Leaders and Institutions in 2008
Ryan Friedrichs, Executive
Director, Michigan
Voice
Justin Levitt, Counsel, Brennan Center
for Justice at NYU
Transformative
Education: A Conversation with Kaya Henderson
Robin Chait,
Senior Education Analyst, Center for American Progress
Kaya Henderson, Deputy Chancellor,
District of Columbia Public
Schools
The Economy,
Government, and Markets
Jason Bordoff,
Policy Director, The Hamilton
Project
David Stoopler,
Legislative Assistant for Banking and Housing, Office of Senator Charles E. Schumer
Leveraging Emerging
Trends in New Media
Ben Clark, Account
Supervisor, Fleishman-Hillard
Relationship Building
David Burd,
Associate, Arnold and Porter, LLP
How Social Networks are Reshaping Electoral Participation: I Vote
You Vote
Aaron Chatterji, Professor of Management, Fuqua School of Business,
Duke University
Liz Heller, CEO, Buzztone
Chris Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer, Facebook
Barrett Reiff, Vice President, The GROOP
How Technology is Reshaping Democratic Institutions: Open Source
Government
Garrett Graff, Author, The
First Campaign: Globalization, The Web & the Race for the White House
Mitch Kapor, Chair, Open Source Applications Foundation
David Weekly, CEO, Founder and Chairman, PBwiki
Leadership through Enterprise:
Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship
Jose Caballer, Founder and CEO, The GROOP
Blake Mycoskie, Founder, Tom's Shoes
Darnell Strom, Millennium Network Director, Clinton Foundation
Judith Zarin, Board Member, ADI
2007 FEATURED SPEAKERS, WORKSHOPS & PANELS
Speakers
Araceli Ruano, Chief
Executive Officer, ALAS Foundation
Blake Mykoskie, Founder,
TOM's Shoes
David Wilhelm, Founder &
President, Woodland Venture Management
Gene Nichol, President, College of William & Mary
Melissa Fitzgerald,
Actor & Co-Founder, Voices in Harmony
Wendy Carrillo, Host, Power
106 "Knowledge is Power"
William Jefferson Clinton,
42nd President,
United States
Workshops & Panels
Launching and Incubating Ideas
Erica Payne, Founder,
Tesseract
Joey Cheek, Founder,
Where Will We Be?
Jon Schnur, Co-Founder
and CEO, New Leaders, New Schools
Judith Zarin, Former
Producer, ADI Board Member
Justin Krebs, Co-Founder
and Executive Director, Living Liberally
Khalid Reede Jones,
Co-founder and General Counsel, Thrasher Funds
Taz Tagore, Founder,
Reciprocity Foundation
Collaborations & Partnerships
Anil Soni, Executive
Vice President, Clinton
Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative
Declan Kelly, President
& CEO, Financial Dynamics
Michael Madnick,
Senior Vice President, UN Foundation
Priya Berry, Director of Strategy & Business Development, Virgin Unite
Scott Shalett, Principal, Dewey Square Group
Mobilizing Support
Jamal Simmons, President,
New Future Communications
Jed Alpert, Co-Founder
and CEO, Mobile Commons
Joe Eyer, Principal, Dewey Square
Group
Peter Colavito, Political
Director, Local 32BJ, SEIU
Emerging Trends in New Media
Charles Forman, Founder,
iminlikewithyou
Dina Kaplan, COO, Blip.tv
Geronimo Rodriguez,
VP, Diversity & Community Outreach, Seton Family of Hospitals
Michael Bassik, Vice
President/Interactive Marketing, MSHC Partners, Inc.
Peter Greenberger,
Manager, Campaign Team, Google
New & Emerging Media
Angela Sun, Host &
Producer, Current TV
Barrett Reiff, Vice
President of Client Services, THE GROOP
Evan Schumacher,
CEO, Going.com
Roy Sekoff, Founding
Editor, The Huffington Post
Relationship Building: Networking & Finding Allies
Sandra Gonzales-Castro,
International Representative, Service Employees International Union
Empowering Change through Film
Adrian Sexton, Executive
Vice President, Digital, Participant Productions
John Prendergast,
Author, Not on Our Watch: The Mission
to End Genocide in Darfur & Beyond
Melissa Fitzgerald, Actor
& Co-Founder, Voices in Harmony
Ted Braun, Writer &
Director, Darfur Now
Voter Engagement
Jonah H. Goldman, Campaign Director, National Campaign for Fair Elections
Justin Levitt, Counsel, Brennan Center
for Justice at NYU
School of Law
Timothy Killikelly,
Professor of Political Science, City College of San Francisco - Founder &
Coordinator of Mobilizing Democracy
Making Change Your Career
Benjamin Goldhirsh,
Founder & CEO, GOOD
Isabelle Rodriguez,
Executive Director, Boys & Girls Club, North Lake Tahoe - Deputy Assistant
to the President of the United States, the White House '92-95.
Kevin Iwashina, President, The General Media Company
Stephanie S. Streett,
Executive Director, William J. Clinton Foundation
Empower Change in Your Community
Ernesto Rocha, California Dream Act Advocate & Student, UCLA
Gautam Dutta, Deputy
Director, Political Reform Program at the New America Foundation
Jesús Malverde, Socially
Conscious Hip-Hop Artist, Malverde
Wendy Carrillo, Host,
"Knowledge is Power," Power 106 & "Movin' Minds," Movin' 92.3
Transforming Education through
Ecology, Economy & Equity
D'Artagnan Scorza, University of California Regent, UCLA
Michael Cox, Co-Chair, California
Student Sustainability Coalition (CSSC)
Entrepreneurial Leadership
Jonathan Greenblatt, Founder, Ethos Water
Liz Heller, Founder &
CEO, Buzztone, Inc.
Nancy Marmolejo, Founder, Comadre Coaching and Viva Visability
Rafi Musher, Founder & CEO
Stax Inc. - Initiator of New York's Hybrid Tax
