ADA Updates
“If there is one thing that we have learned over the last two years, it’s that conservative opposition to progressive change is alive and kicking and we have to match their organizing and outreach if we want to continue to move this country forward", said ADA National Director Michael J. Wilson The event included members of congress, economists, pollsters, and labor leaders, all of whom imparted their own unique and rich perspectives. Participants included: • U.S. Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and President of Americans for Democratic Action The symposium focused on are the connection between politics and policy, and how we can mobilize progressive forces to rebuild the progressive majority which made 2008 so hopeful. Overall, this symposium played an important role for the conversation that activists and leaders need to have in order to learn the lessons from the last election. View All ADA Updates |
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