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2008 Progressive States Network Legislative Leadership Retreat: Agenda

Agenda at a Glance

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2008
2:00pm-3:00pm	PSN Board Meeting, Skyview 2
4:00pm-5:30pm	Welcome to PSN's Legislative Leadership Retreat, Skyview 2
5:30pm-7:00pm	Dinner, Skyview 5
7:10pm-8:40pm	Opening Plenary Session with D. Taylor, Gerry Hudson and Jared Bernstein: The US Economy in the Context of a New Administration: Where Are Things Going?, Skyview 6
8:40pm-11:00pm	Welcome Reception, Skyview 5

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2008
8:00am-8:50am	Breakfast Plenary Address from David Cay Johnston: Progressive State Tax Policy: So You Want to Be More Like Sweden?, Skyview 5
9:00am-10:50am	Concurrent Sessions by PSN
	State Strategies for Achieving National Health Care, Skyview 6
	State Economic Growth Strategies, Skyview 4
11:00am-11:45am	Skills Training: Creating and Strengthening a Progressive Caucus in your Chamber, Skyview 4
12:00pm-1:00pm	Lunch, Skyview 5
1:10pm-2:10pm	Concurrent Sessions by EARN
	Introduction to Communications, Skyview 4
	The Gloves-Off Economy and Improving Government Enforcement of Labor Standards, Skyview 2
	Immigration: Policy Conflicts and Practical Solutions, Skyview 6
	Unemployment Insurance Systems in a Time of Recession, Skyview 3
2:20pm-3:20pm	Concurrent Sessions by EARN
	A Discussion on How the Middle Class Is Doing, Skyview 3
	State Policy and Green Jobs 1.0: Economic & Workforce Development, Skyview 6
	Strengthening Communities in the Wake of the Foreclosure Crisis, Skyview 1
	Inequality—Why do we care?, Skyview 2
3:45pm-4:45pm	Plenary Session with Thomas Frank and Andrea Batista Schlesinger: The US Economy in the Context of a New Administration, Part 2: Where should (and can) we be going?, Skyview 6
5:00pm-6:30pm	Concurrent Sessions by PSN
	The Progressive Approach to State Immigration Reform, Skyview 3
	Building for the Future: Broadband and Technology Investments, Skyview 2
7:00pm	Dinner for Legislators and PSN Board Members, Off-site

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008
7:30am-8:30am	Breakfast, Skyview 5
8:40am-10:30am	Concurrent Sessions by PSN
	Challenging the Privatization Ideology: Contractor Accountability and Defending the Public Sector, Skyview 3
	Election Reform and The Progressive Movement:Why Securing the Franchise is an Essential Aspect of Securing a Progressive Majority and How to Do It, Skyview 4
10:40am-11:20am	Closing Remarks by PSN, Skyview 4
11:20- 12:20pm	Concurrent Sessions by EARN
	Poverty in Communities of Color: Popular Myths and Real Causes, Skyview 1
	The Rising Cost of Child Care, Skyview 2
	Mining and Whining: How the Mineral Industry Cries Its Way Out of Fair Taxation, Skyview 3
	Cutting Poverty: Plans and Strategies from the State and Federal Level, and in the UK, Skyview 6
12:25pm-1:25pm	Lunch, Skyview 5
1:30pm-2:30pm	Closing Plenary Session with Rep. Garnet Coleman and Senator-Elect Eric Griego: Critical Issues in State Policy: State Economic Development, Privatization, and Regulation, Skyview 6
2:30pm-3:00pm	Ice Cream Social, Location TBA