June 16, 2017 - 9:00 am
A half-day conference on the state of our democracy today — focusing on voting rights, access to participation and how people get the information that motivates them to engage.
9:00-10:00am Opening Panel: Voter Engagement, Access and Community Organizing for Action
- Tom Basile, Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy, Reclaim New York
- Gara LaMarche, President, Democracy Alliance
- Rashad Robinson, Executive Director, Color Of Change
- Erin Vilardi, Founder and Director, VoteRunLead
10:00-10:45am PHIL Talks
Three fascinating, inspiring leaders on the work that drives them:
- Afua Atta Mensuh, Executive Director, Community Voices Heard
- Jeff Jarvis, Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism/Director, News Integrity Initiative
- Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo, Executive Director and Community Engagement Coordinator, Theatre of the Oppressed NYC
11:15am-12:30pm The Power of Participation: Democracy Building Now
- Amy Goodman, Host and Executive Producer, Democracy Now!
- Chris Hayes, Host, All In With Chris Hayes, MSNBC, author of “A Colony in a Nation”
- Radhika Jones (Moderator), Editorial Director, Books, New York Times
- Bakari Sellers, Correspondent, CNN, former Representative, South Carolina House of Representatives
With Audience Q&A (TWEET YOUR QUESTIONS!)