Take Back America conference and Democracy Fest both in June.

Take Back America is a conference sponsored the Campaign for America's Future. Here is a link to their site.

http://home.ourfuture.org/

Here is more about the TBA conference in late June.

Take Back America



Here are a few of the speakers. More are at the links above.

Governor Howard Dean
DFA Chair Jim Dean
Former Senator John Edwards
Representative Dennis Kucinich
Senator Sherrod Brown
Senator Bernie Sanders
Senator Jon Tester
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Robert Greenwald (Brave New World films)
Tom Matzzie (Move On)
Chris Bowers (MyDD)
Jane Hamsher
Anna Burger
Katrina vanden Heuvel

I see more have confirmed now. Hillary and Obama had not confirmed when I check today. I see Barbara Boxer and David Brock have confirmed. Also John Conyers and Dan Froomkin, Ned Lamont, Nathan Newman, Eli Pariser of Move On, David Sirota, Jon Soltz, and it is changing frequently.

But before that comes Democracy Fest in New Hampshire on June 9 and 10.

Last Call for New England

There's only one more DFA Training Academy event scheduled for New England this year. And it takes place next weekend, June 9 and 10, at DemocracyFest in Manchester, NH.

Sign up now:

http://www.democracyfest.net

In addition to a great opportunity to learn the skills to win elections, DemocracyFest brings together some of the progressive movement's biggest national and local stars. The agenda includes:

Gov. Howard Dean, DNC Chair (speech free & open to public)
Sen. John Edwards
Sen. Mike Gravel
Doris "Granny D" Haddock
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter
Rep. Paul Hodes
William McNary, President, USAction
Bev Harris
Mark Crispin Miller
Jim Dean
Sec of State William Gardner
Asst. Sec of State Anthony Stevens
Charlie Grapski
Jean Sara Rohe
Carlos and Melida Arredondo
Paul Twomey
Asst. Clerk, Manchester, Carol Johnson
Danville Moderator, Wally Fries

Trainers
Arshad Hasan, DFA Training Academy
Jeffrey Feldman: Framing
Aldon Hynes: Community-Building Technology
Mary Stanley: Making the Most of Grassroots Volunteers
Diane M. Serley: Internet 101
Matt Dunne: Service Politics
Dep. AG Bud Fitch: Pollworker Training

Panelists
Jeffry Taylor
David Lindorff
Quintus Jett
Deborah Langhoff
Rev. Jerald Abbott
Frederick Clarkson
NH State Rep, Jeff Fontas
NH State Rep, Andrew Edwards
ePluribus Media researchers: GreyHawk and Luapt

Films
We're Counting the Votes and You Can Too
Hacking Democracy
My War, My Story
Big Easy to Big Empty
Bought & Sold

Entertainment
Rebecca Padula
Subway Serenade
Cecilia St. King
Rick and Bill of the band Coldspring
Zo Tobi
Marshall Stern
Nancy Howland Walker

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