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PA Conference for Young Progressive Leaders
Submitted by FareedaM on Tue, 03/14/2006 - 4:15pm.
At the end of this month, the Center for Progressive Leadership, the United States Student Association, Young People For and the top progressive youth organizers, activists, and leaders across the state are getting together for the Pennsylvania Conference for Young Progressive Leaders. Click "read more" below to find out why and get the details.
The event is 2-day event on March 25th-26th in downtown Philadelphia. It will include panel discussions, workshops, interactive training sessions, guest speakers, and more. This is our chance to begin mobilizing, organizing and training our leaders to empower and engage the next generation of leaders in this state.
You can be of any age to attend...from high school and college students to recent college graduates and young professionals...just as long as you are passionate about Pennsylvania and passionate about getting involved. Read more below...
This is a huge opportunity to bring together exciting progressive leaders from across the state and work side-by-side to focus on progressive organizing in Pennsylvania.
* Name: Pennsylvania Conference for Young Progressive Leaders
* Dates: Saturday March 25th – Sunday March 26th
* Times: Saturday: 9:15am – 6:00pm, Sunday: 9:15am – 5:00pm
* Location: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market St
This conference will give progressive leaders and activists a great chance to to develop both the skills it takes to engage other young voters in the voting process and more importantly, begin building a state-wide network that will help us reshape politics in this state. Discussion topics and skills covered during the conference will include:
* Coming Up With a Progressive Vision for Pennsylvania
* Developing a Progressive Message That Engages Young Leaders
* New Strategies for Empowering the Youth
* Campaign Strategies and Planning for 2006
* Tools of Young Voter Education
* Youth Voting: Election Laws and How to Make them Work for Us
Read more by going to www.progressleaders.org/PAyoungleaders and find out more about the event, including how to help spread the word and how to get involved. But unfortunately, there are a limited number of spots available, so sign up today to guarantee yourself a spot!
If you have any questions or want to help, you can email me directly at fareeda@progressleaders.org.
Help take the first steps towards a successful 2006 by making this a huge kick-off for progressives all over Pennsylvania!
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Anyone going!!!
Hello out there, I am thinking about going to this conference and was wondering if anyone has heard any feedback on other events by this group. This may be a good networking event for the young democrats organization I am trying to put together out here in the suburbs.
Hopefully
While I believe this is a great thing, I have alot of respect for Ms. Mabry for running a training for young people. We also have to keep in mind the older and current political leaders that deserve respect for their positions and experience.
Granted people can get the signatures to be on the ballot and pay the finance costs to get on the ballot, but one thing that people forget is old school politics that is still very strong in Philadelphia. Experience is a key for being an elected official and a community leader.
What I do not want to see is a lot of young people run for office, genuinely make fools of themselves and lose any traction they would have had politically because they didn't show their elders respect.Life is not a rush, you should want to learn to walk before you run, and you can't run backwards.
Speakers and trainers...
Guest speakers and trainers include:
Rev. Steven Baines, People for the American Way Foundation, Director of Interfaith Outreach
Marco Ceglie, Billionaires for Bush, National Co-Chair
Malia Lazu, Racial Justice Campaign, Director
Nick Berning, People for the American Way Foundation, Communications Specialist
Jenn Brown, United States Students Association, Organizing Director
Pat Clark, Jackson/Clark Partners, Managing Partner
Rosa W Goldberg, Philadelphia-based activist
Monica Higgins, USSA Grassroots Organizing Weekend (GROW), Trainer, University of Pittsburgh
Joan Javier, Center for Progressive Leadership, Program Support Manager
Paul Kendrick, Young People For Senior Fellow, George Washington University
Leah Martin, NGP Software, Inc., Research Analyst and Young People For Senior Fellow, Trinity University
Ruth Martin, People for the American Way Foundation, Deputy Field Director
Jennine Miller, Project H.O.M.E., Coordinator of Education and Advocacy
Aubrey Montgomery, Friends of Leanna Washington, Finance Director and CPL Pennsylvania Political Leaders Fellow
Khari Mosley, League of Young Voters, PA/OH Trainer/Organizer
Ray Murphy, Pennsylvania PAC for Progress, Executive Director and Philadelphians against Santorum, Director
Marian Schneider, Attorney-at-Law and CPL Pennsylvania Political Leaders Fellow
Tony Simone, People for the American Way Foundation, Deputy Director – New York office
Marc Stier, Neighborhood Networks, Co-Founder and CPL Pennsylvania Political Leaders Fellow
Shaunna Thomas, Young People For, Expansion Programs Director
Gigi Traore, Young People For Senior Fellow, Cleveland State University
Josh Tulkin, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Organizing Director
Jay Woodson, National Hip Hop Political Convention, Chair of Philadelphia Hip Hop Political Organizing Committee
Great Opportunity
I would definitely go CPL is a great organization and I encourage all to attend. We have a great class of fellows, 55 emerging leaders and there is no better place to network. I hope to see you there.
Making a fool of myself
I have to disagree with you on this. I ran for school board last cycle in 05’ at the age of 23. This was for a seat no one else wanted or thought we had a chance of winning. Although I did lose, it was only by a small number of votes. On the contrary to making a fool of myself I believe I earned a lot of respect as well as gained valuable experience. Politically I may not have known how to walk yet, but with out this failed opportunity I may never have learned to run either.
Here’s to all of you who have failed and not been afraid to get back up again stronger!!
Respect is a two way street
my opinion on whether or not folks should participate in the conference is subjective given i am presenting. i will say i am looking forward to the discussions and networking with particpants.
winning an election to become an official is not the only reason why young people are becoming politically educated and developing their skills. there are many opportunities for young people to become involved in politics outside of holding office. we can direct political action committees, run democracy and human rights organizations, become legislative staff, and campaign field directors etc.
more seasoned public officials need to respect their constituencies more. too many public officials cater too much to their corporate constituencies.
loosing an election does not make you a fool. one of the best ways of gaining name recognition is running for office. an unsuccessful run for office could be a short term tactic in a long term strategy.
Not what I meant
The seat that you said you ran for,no one else wanted and didn't think of a chance of winning. That is fair enough you took a shot and learned from it and hopefully you'll do better every time.
My problem with some of the young people now, is that they run against entrenched Democrats or people who already have the party endorsement. These kind of people in no way help the party or young people. Elected offices hold a certain amount of prestige and power that comes with it and we should respect that. Run for the seat that no on else wants and turn it into a seat that people want. Run for the seat that no one thinks a Democrat can win and make it close.
But do run against another Democrat when you really have no chance of winning and burn your Democratic bridges when you don't want to listen to reason and learn and grow and within time earn the Demcratic seat.