DNC American Majority Partnership Summit
Las Vegas, NV
August, 23-25th, 2007
Thursday, August 23rd,
2007
Registration Opens at
Women’s
Leadership Summit Agenda – Skyview 5, Bally’s
Mame Reiley,
DNC Women’s Caucus Chair
Update on DNC’s Women’s Program
Sharon Grosfeld,
WLF Executive Director
Introduction of Speaker: Mame Reiley, DNC Women’s Caucus
Chair
Erin Bilbray-Kohn, Executive
Director, emergeNevada
Q & A
11:30 AM Women
As Candidates for Political Office
Introduction of Speaker: Mame Reiley, DNC Women’s Caucus
Chair
Alice Germond,
Secretary, Democratic National Committee
Q & A
12:00 PM Lunch Break (on your own)
1:30 PM Issue Briefings with Q & A
the
Success of Democratic Candidates
Introduction of Speaker: Mame Reiley, DNC Women’s Caucus Chair
Linda Berg, Political
Director, NOW PAC
Q & A
1:50 PM Women’s
Health
Introduction of Speaker: Susan Turnbull, DNC Vice-Chair Jatrice
Martel Gaiter, President and CEO, Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan
Q & A
2:10PM Women’s Reproductive Rights
Introduction of Speaker: Susan Turnbull, DNC Vice-Chair
Julie Stitzel, Deputy Political Director, NARAL Pro-Choice
Q & A
2:30 PM Women,
Work and the Family
Introduction of Speaker: Lottie Shackelford,
DNC Vice Chair
Jocelyn
Frye, General Counsel, National Partnership for Women & Families
Q & A
Introduction of Speaker: Lottie
Shackelford, DNC Vice Chair
Sue Swenson,
President, ARC of the
Q & A
3:10
PM Global Women’s Issues
Introduction of Speaker: Mame Reiley, DNC Women’s Caucus Chair
Dr. Leslie
Wolfe, President, Center for Women Policy Studies
Q
& A
Mame Reiley,
DNC Women’s Caucus Chair
General Program
4:00 PM Constituency Caucus Meetings Skyviews 1-4, Bally’s
Alice Germond,
DNC Secretary
Mona Pasquil,
DNC Member, CA
Rick Boylan,
Former Director, DNC Party Affairs
6:00 PM National Convention & DNC Debate Update Skyview 5
Reverend Leah Daughtry,
CEO, 2008 DNC Democratic Convention
Host:
Introduction: Mark
Brewer, DNC Vice Chair and President, Association of State Democratic Chairs
Program by
Joint
Opening Session –
Registration (Opens at
8:30 AM Opening, Welcome and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Mame Reiley, DNC Women’s Caucus Chair
Recognition of Special
Guest(s): Senator Mike Gravel
Other Guests TBD
Welcoming Remarks: Jill
Derby, Chair,
Communications and Polling Briefing
Luis Miranda, DNC Deputy Director of
Communications, Regional & Specialty Media
Cornell Belcher, President,
brilliant corners Research & Strategies and DNC Pollster
Individual Leadership Summits Begin
at
AAPI
Leadership
Bel Leong-Hong,
DNC
Congressman Mike Honda,
DNC Vice Chair
10:50 AM Lessons Learned in 2004 and 2006: Strategies for 2008
Moderator: Betsy Kim, Deputy Director, DNC American
Majority Partnership
2004
Political & Community Affairs
Strategist
2006
Moderator: Frank Wu,
Dean,
Former Congressman Robert Underwood,
Daphne Kwok, Executive Director,
Dang Pham, Executive Director,
Introduction:
Governor Howard Dean, M.D., DNC Chairman
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie,
Presiding Prelate
Thirteenth Episcopal District, African American Episcopal
Church
2:00 PM NextGen Strategies – The New
Frontier in Politics: Innovation in
Media and Technology
Moderator: Legislator Nathan Shinagawa,
Eric
Byler, Filmmaker and Board Member, Asian Pacific Americans for Progress
Toby Chaudhuri, Communications
Director, Campaign for
Keith Kamisugi, Associate Director for Communications, Equal
Justice Society
S.R. Sidarth, formerly of Senator
Jim Webb’s campaign
3:00 PM AAPI Political Landscape – Winning Strategies
Moderator: Senator
Mayor Jun Choi,
Township of
Senator Hansen Clarke,
Representative Jay Goyal,
Representative William Tong,
4:00 PM Break
4:15 PM AAPI Strategies
for Victory
Moderator: Delegate Susan
Delegate
Selection Parag
Mehta, DNC Director of Training
Fundraising Mayor Otto Lee, DNC
Shekar Narasimhan,
Co-Chair, DNC Indo-American Leadership Council
AAPIs in Campaigns Irene
Bueno, Co-Founder and Partner, NVG LLC
Eugene
Kang
S.R. Sidarth
Other
Speakers TBD
Training
Moderator: Gloria Caoile, Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Labor
Congresswoman
Christine Chen, Executive Director,
Madalene Mielke,
Founder and Principal, Arum Group
Erika Moritsugu, Co-Founder and
Co-Chair, DC Democratic Lawyers Council
6:15 PM Wrap Up and Closing
Bel Leong-Hong,
DNC
African
American Leadership Summit Agenda – Las Vegas Ballrooms 1-7, Bally’s South
Tower, 3rd FL
Virgie M. Rollins, DNC Black Caucus
Chair
Reverend Randy Kelley, DNC Member, AL
10:30 AM Town Hall Meeting: Prioritizing Our Issues in 2008
The panel will discuss key issues of importance to the
African American community.
Introduction: Virgie M. Rollins, DNC Black Caucus Chair
Moderator: Lottie Shackelford, DNC Vice Chair
Panel: Congresswoman Maxine
Waters,
Senator Steven Horsford,
Flora Walker, AFSCME
Ngai Pindell,
Professor,
Introduction:
Governor Howard Dean, M.D., DNC Chairman
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie,
Presiding Prelate
Thirteenth Episcopal District, African American Episcopal
Church
Introduction: Ken Foxworth, DNC Black Caucus Vice
Chair
Moderator: Rodney Shelton, DNC Southern Regional Director
Panel: Congressman Keith Ellison,
Representative Joyce Beatty,
Minority Leader,
Representatives & DNC Member
Michael Thurmond, Georgia
Labor Commissioner &
3:00 PM Faith in Action
Panel
Moderator: Rev. Romal J. Tune, Training and
Mobilization Liaison, DNC Faith in Action Initiative and CEO, Clergy Strategic
Alliances, LLC
Panelists: Fr. Ray East, Director of the Office
of Black Catholics, Archdiocese of Washington and Pastor,
Rev. Dr. Robert Fowler, Senior
Pastor,
Rev. Dr. Suzan Johnson-Cook, Senior Pastor, Believers
Christian Fellowship and Founder, Women in Ministry International
Imam Al-Hajj Abdur Rashid, Chairman, Justice Committee of the Islamic
Leadership Council of N.Y., and Dep.Amir, Muslim
Introduction:
Panel: Anna Martinez,
Deputy Political Director, Voter Protection
Greg Moore, Executive Director,
NAACP National Voter Fund
Introduction: Johnnie Patton, DNC Black Caucus Secretary
Moderator: LaToia Jones,
Executive Director, College Democrats of
Panel:
Marlon
Jamal
Simmons, President of New Future Communications
Marvin
Steel, Congressman Lacy Clay
6:30 PM Closing Remarks & Prayer
Virgie M. Rollins, DNC Black Caucus
Chair
Reverend Toi
A. Barbel
Hispanic
Leadership
Ramona Martinez, DNC Hispanic Caucus
Chair
10:20 AM Current National Voter Registration Efforts
“New Approaches and Techniques to Registering Today’s Voters”
An interactive panel aimed at exploring and applying the
latest voter registration techniques in your community.
Introduction: Ramona Martinez, DNC Hispanic Caucus Chair
Organization:
Panelist: Manny Rodriguez, Chair and DNC Member, CO
Organization: NALEO
Panelist: Marcelo
Gaete, Senior
Director of Programs
Organization: SEIU
Panelist: Marcos Vilar,
Assistant to the Secretary/Treasurer
Organization DNC
Panelist: Anna Martinez, Deputy Political Director,
Voter Protection
11:15 AM Hispanic Media Coverage 2008
“Real Partners in Increasing
Hispanic Voter Participation”
This segment of our summit brings together senior executives
from the major Spanish media networks including radio and television. Our invited speakers will be presenting their
respective networks plans to cover the 2008 election cycle.
Introduction: Maria Echaveste, Co-Founder,
NVG LLC
Organization: Hispanic Communications Network
Panelist: Carlos Alcazar, President
Organization: Telemundo
Panelists: Jorge Hidalgo, Senior Executive Vice President,
News and Sports
Michael
O’Shea, Vice President, Business Development
Organization: Univision
Panelists: Bert Gomez, Vice President
Political Strategy
George
Ray, Vice President Marketing
Moderator Alexandra Rooker, DNC
Member, CA
This section will be an interactive dialogue that is aimed
at developing a core Hispanic Democratic messaging strategy and implementation
opportunities.
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie,
Presiding Prelate
Thirteenth Episcopal District, African
American Episcopal Church
A workshop that provides data regarding Latino youth,
establishes general outreach strategies, utilizes Hispanic DNC messaging geared
toward the youth, and outlines how to utilize a variety of media markets,
including bilingual media markets and internet media.
Introduction: Joelle Martinez-Prutch, Political
Consultant and Former Western Region Director for
Communities United
Organization:
Panelist : Andres Ramirez
Organization: DNC
Panelist: Josh
McConaha, Internet Director
Organization: College
Democrats of
Panelist:s: Shamil Rodriguez,
Alicia
McClintock, Communications Director, College Democrats Hispanic Caucus
Q&A
4:00 PM Panel: The
“
The following informative panel will focus on the
significance of the upcoming Nevada Caucus.
Introduction: Albert Morales, Deputy Director, DNC American
Majority Partnership
Panelists: Andres Ramirez,
Catherine
Cortez-Masto, Nevada State Attorney General Assembly Member Ruben Kihuen, Nevada Assembly
Assembly
Q&A
5:00 PM Introduction: Linda Chavez-Thompson, DNC Vice
Chair
Closing Remarks Senator Bob Menendez, U.S. Senator,
LGBT
Leadership
Rick Stafford, Chair DNC LGBT Caucus & Mirian Saez, Vice Chair DNC LGBT
Caucus
10:30 AM The Internet – Blogs, YouTube, MySpace – NetGen LGBT Campaign Tools
Moderators: Jeff Richardson, DC Vice Chair, DNC Member & Jeremy
Bernard, DNC Member, CA
Panel: Joe
Sudbay, Deputy Editor, AMERICAblog
Josh
McConaha, DNC Internet Director
Julie
Tagen, DNC Deputy Finance Director
John
Marble, Communications Director, National Stonewall Democrats
Toby
Quaranta, Youth Outreach Coordinator, Human Rights
Campaign
11:15 AM LGBT Polling & Messaging
Overview of polling trends for LGBT issues and developing a
message for successful coalition building.
Moderators: Mirian Saez,
Vice Chair GLBT DNC Caucus & Delegate Heather R. Mizeur,
Maryland General Assembly and DNC Member
Panel:
Jon
Hoadley, Program Assistant, Gill Action Fund
Other Speakers TBD
Introduction:
Governor Howard Dean, M.D., DNC Chairman
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie,
Presiding Prelate
Thirteenth Episcopal District ,African
American Episcopal Church
Briefing on key issues of importance to the LGBT community,
including the Presidential Election, Congressional and State Elections, and
Federal and State Legislation.
Moderators: Claire Lucas, Chair DNC GLLC & Raymond Buckley, NH State
Chair, DNC Member
Panel: Marty
Rouse, National Field Director, HRC
Alexander Robinson, CEO, National
Black Justice Coalition
Dave
Noble, Director of Public Policy, NGLTF
Chuck
Wolfe, CEO, Victory Fund
Other
Speakers TBD
3:30 PM Diversity In 2008 and Beyond
A dialogue to examine ways State Parties and the LGBT
community can engage and motivate LGBT African Americans, Hispanics, APIA,
Native Americans, Youth and Women to participate in the Democratic Party at all
levels.
Moderators: Laurie McBride & Steve Driscoll, Co-Chairs National
Stonewall Democrats
Panel: Earl
Fowlkes, CEO, International Federation of Black
Prides
Council
Member Evan Low,
Toby
Quaranta, Youth Outreach Coordinator, HRC
Kathleen Padilla, Co-President, OutFront!
Eddy Morales, Deputy Director,
Center for Community Change
How LGBT elected officials at the
city, county and legislative level are making a
difference not only in the lives of LGBT Americans but as
representatives of our larger communities.
Moderator: Chuck
Wolfe, CEO, Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund
Panel: Delegate Heather R. Mizeur,
Maryland General Assembly, DNC Member
Council
Member Evan Low,
Representative
Al McAffrey,
Assembly
Member Dave Parks,
Other Speakers TBD
5:30 PM
Time to engage in an open dialogue, share strategies and
prioritize a plan of action to ensure victory’s from the White House to the
State House in 2008 and beyond.
Moderators: John
Perez, DNC Member, CA & Tonio Burgos, DNC Member,
NJ
Panel: Parag Mehta, DNC Director of Training
Art
DeCoursey, DNC Northeast Regional Director
Marty Rouse, National Field
Director, HRC
Other Speakers TBD
All events in the
Registration (Opens at
9:00 AM Welcome and Acknowledgements