Fw: now-action-list Progressive Summit Set for Feb. 28

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Martha Murdock, Director

National Silicone Implant Foundation

Dallas, Texas Headquarters

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Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 12:44 PM

Subject: now-action-list Progressive Summit Set for Feb. 28

> Please feel free to forward the following to activists:

>

> From the National Organization for Women Action Center:

>

> Action Alert

> Progressive Summit Set for Feb. 28th

> Feb. 23, 2001

>

> W. Bush may be in the White House, but he didn't win the election.

And

> it's clear that Bush's Right Wing party sentiments to not reflect the

values

> held by a majority of voters. So what are we going to do about this?

>

> National Organization for Women President Ireland, along with

> , Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and AFL-CIO President Sweeney

invite

> progressive activists to attend a national conference, The Next Agenda, on

> Wednesday, February 28 at the National Press Club, 14th and F Sts. NW, in

> Washington, D.C.

>

> The accidental presidency of W. Bush presents progressives -- and

> feminists -- with a dual task: fighting against new reaction while putting

> forth a clear vision and bold agenda for progressive reform. This one day

> conference -- sponsored by a wide array of civil rights, women's rights,

> unions, religious and social service advocacy organizations -- will lay

out a

> bold plan for future organizing. It will dissect the message of election

> 2000,

> highlight pressing economic and political reforms, and feature leading

> progressive activists and analysts.

>

> On the list of speakers are: Heidi Hartmann, Institute for Women's Policy

> Research, speaking on Economic Security for Women and Children; Hillary

> Shelton, NAACP, addressing the Imperative of Voting Reform, Sen.

> Wellstone

> (D-MN) with Yale Prof. Ted Marmor and Service Employees International

Union

> president Stern proposing Health Care for All and many other

prominent

> individuals.

>

> The total vote for Vice President Al Gore and Green Party nominee Ralph

Nader

> was 52% -- the largest center left vote since Lyndon 's election in

> 1964. Sen. Wellstone notes, " this election confirms what we already knew:

> progressive politics are winning politics. Health care, education,

retirement

> security and broadening our prosperity are the issues foremost on voters'

> minds. The challenge facing us now is to translate the dominance of our

> issues

> into a winning progressive agenda. "

>

> Campaign for America's Future, principle organizer of the conference, will

> release a new book " The Next Agenda: Blueprint for a New Progressive

> Movement, "

> published by Westview Press (and available online at a discount). For more

> details on the book, the conference agenda and to register, go to

> http://www.ourfuture.org The event is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.

and

> will feature a luncheon, evening reception and dinner. Cost to attend to

just

> the day proceedings and the luncheon is $25, while attendance to all

events,

> including two meals and reception with a complementary copy of the book is

> $80. More information is available by phone at 202-955-5665.

>

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