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More than 2,000 leaders and activists are expected to attend AFSCME's first Leadership Conference.
The conference will combine the agendas and goals of the biennial Legislative Conference and the 2007 Women's Conferences. Like our legislative conferences, the Leadership Conference will identify federal priorities and press for congressional action. In light of our victories in November, we now have a much more ambitious agenda. And, like our Women's Conferences, the emphasis will be on leadership and activism.
The participants of the Leadership Conference will help develop a roadmap that will bring us success in the Presidential election in November 2008. The decisions and recommendations of this meeting will move us toward reaching one of the adopted goals of the 21st Century Committee Report — establishing a base of 40,000 AFSCME activists by Election Day in 2008. In order to reach that goal, we must start now.
AGENDA
Sunday, June 17 |
| 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
Registration
Convention Registration Desk
(Lobby Level) |
| Monday, June 18 |
| 7:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon |
Registration
Convention Registration Desk |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Keynote:
Gerald W. McEntee, AFSCME International President
Achieving Great Things
Moderator: Donna Brazile — Political Strategist and Commentator
Marriott Ballroom (Lobby Level) |
| 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch
Exhibit Hall C (Lower Level) |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Workshops |
| 3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. |
Workshops |
| 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. |
PEOPLE MVP Appreciation Reception and Fundraiser
Exhibit Hall C |
| Tuesday, June 19 |
| 6:30 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast
Exhibit Hall C |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Presidential Forum
Moderator: Chris Matthews, MSNBC
Marriott Ballroom |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Town Meeting
Gerald W. McEntee, International President
William Lucy, International Secretary-Treasurer |
| 12:15 p.m. |
Lobbying Briefing - Congressional Appointments
Chuck Loveless, Director, AFSCME Legislation Department |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
EFCA Rally – Upper Senate Park
(Buses will leave hotel @ 1:00 p.m.) |
| 3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
Congressional Appointments |
| 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
Congressional Reception
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW |
| Wednesday, June 20 |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Breakfast
The Honorable Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives
Marriott Ballroom |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Remarks:
William Lucy, AFSCME International Secretary-Treasurer |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Growing PEOPLE and Activists — Best Practices Panel Discussion |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:45 a.m. |
What Will You Do? Personal Commitments for 2008 |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Closing:
Gerald W. McEntee, AFSCME International President |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Adjourn |
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