Be the Movement! Conference Schedule

DRAFT WORKING AGENDA (Updated 10-6-15)

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FRIDAY 16th

7:00 – 9:00 pm (Plenary)

• Opening and Welcome – Bob Baskin
• Special Speakers: Dot Maver and Sam Daley Harris
• Fly By Light, One Common Unity: DC youth performance
• Exercise to help get folks from within states and regions to know one another.

SATURDAY 17th

9:30 – 12:00 (Plenary) – Live Streaming

• Overview and goals for the weekend
• Humanizing Justice Systems Discussion + Audience Q&A
  • Marie Williams, additional speaker announced soon.
• Group game-playing exercise (increasing lobbying skills)
• Grassroots sharing: success stories (sprinkled throughout the weekend)

1:00 – 5:15 (Plenary) – Live Streaming

• Congressional Peacebuilder Award Presentation & Keynote: Congressman Bobby Scott 1:00 – 1:30
  
• Empowering Community Peacebuilding Discussion Forum + Audience Q&A
  1:30 – 3:00
  
  • Moderated by Michael Skolnik, featuring Whitney Richards-Calathes, Heart Phoenix, Jeffrey Weisberg and joined by Congressman Scott.
• Fostering International Peace Panel Discussion Forum + Audience Q&A
  3:20 – 5:15
  • Moderated by Phil Donahue, along with Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury, Diane Randall and Lena Slachmuijlder.

7:15 – 9:00 (Plenary) No Live Streaming

• Training: (Reclaiming our Democracy) Sam Daley-Harris leads advocacy workshop activity/training for Monday and Tuesday lobbying

SUNDAY 18th

8:45 – Optional mindfulness practice/exercise
9:10 – 12:30 (Plenary)

• Cultivating Personal Peace Discussion
  • Speakers: Sylvia Boorstein, Rabbi Gil Steinlauf
• Investing in Peace
• Keys to effective lobbying (staff and Sam Daley Harris)
  • Crafting your personal story and pitch
  • Group role-playing exercises, practice talking to Members of Congress. (small breakouts)

2:00 – 6:00 (Plenary and Breakouts)

• • Continue with above Skill building
  • Be the Movement: Taking the conference home with you – overview and breakouts
  • Breakouts:
    • Building the Movement Deep Dive
    • Community Peacebuilding
    • Department of Peacebuilding

Evening

• CO Rep. Pete Lee and Lynn Lee (Restorative Justice Trailblazer Award)
• Screening of OWN Networks Belief series.

MONDAY 19th

Early morning ‘Pep Rally’ with special speaker (TBA)

Lobby meetings during day on Hill

 After 4:30: Afternoon: Space for people to come and do check-ins from day’s meetings

 7:00 – 9:30: Special Evening Program

• TBD

TUESDAY 20th

 Lobby Meetings on Hill

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