Winning Change That’s Built to Last

We heard from an incredible line up of elected champions, labor leaders, frontline organizers, faith leaders, strategists, policy advocates all fighting for the changes our communities need to thrive.

First we heard opening remarks from Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Maria Teresa Kumar. In our first panel Analilia Mejia, co-executive director of CPD Action, moderated a conversation with special guests Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Rep. Mark Pocan, President Liz Shuler of the AFL-CIO, and Danielle Atkinson, founding director of Mothering Justice, as they discussed the big changes won in Congress, how we got here, and our next steps.

Then, Local Progress’ Executive Director Sarah Johnson led a discussion with special guests Rep. Veronica Escobar, State Innovation Exchange’s Co-Executive Director Jesse Ulibarri, Texas Organizing Project Co-Executive Director Michelle Tremillo, and El Paso City Representative Alexsandra Annello on how we ensure that policy change won in Washington reaches our communities. In our third panel, we dove into our big vision and how we build the power to get there moderated by Deepak Bhargava with special guest members of Congress Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, Rep. Jamie Raskin, and Rep. Andy Levin.

Then Lorella Praeli, Co-Executive Director of Community Change Action led a discussion with Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, President Mini Timmaraju of NARAL, NDN Collective Executive Director Nick Tilsen, and Hadar Susskind, President and CEO of Americans for Peace Now.  These movement leaders dug into how we build our movements to win the big, transformative changes our communities are counting on in 2022 and beyond.

We closed out with inspiring remarks from progressive champions and special guests Rep. Barbara Lee and Sen. Bernie Sanders.