Events Archive - Spring 2005

• Campus Progress End of Summer Bash – Wednesday, August 3rd, 6:30 – 9 p.m.

  Bring the party back to the progressives. $2 Campus Progress Cocktails, $2.50 Beer and Well Specials, and tons of free food!

  Finn mac Cool’s
  713 8th Street, SE (Orange/Blue Line to Eastern Market)
  All ages. 21 to drink. ID required.
  



• Media that Matters Film Festival – Wednesday, July 27, 2005
  Be one of the first in DC to check out the films and connect with more young progressives.
  


• Campus Progress National Student Conference
  Get all the information on our upcoming National Student Conference in Washington DC on July 13!
  


• After spending the day fighting the battle of ideas, let’s take a break to get our party on! Join us at the Campus Progress National Student Conference After Party. Drinks specials, $2 hotdogs and $2 hamburgers. All ages are welcome, but you must be 21 to drink. ID Required.
  No cover charge!!
  Wednesday, July 13, from 7 PM – until
  Lulu’s Club Mardi Gras at 1217 22nd Street, NW (off of M Street)
  


• “Money, Politics, and Democracy: A New Students Movement.” You may recognize him from the NBA, where he is the center for the Golden State Warriors, but Adonal Foyle is passionate about more than just basketball. As President of Democracy Matters, he leads an innovative effort to get private money out of politics while politically engaging a new generation of young people. Foyle travels to campuses nationwide to help college students play an active role in the national dialogue on money in politics as a part of the larger pro-democracy movement. Foyle brings a fresh and empowering perspective on how politically engaged young people can lead the fight for public election finance reform. Thursday, July 14, 2005 at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC. 12: 30 pm – 1:45 pm. Lunch will be served. Co-sponsor: Democracy Matters. Click here to RSVP.
  
• “The Education of Shelby Knox.” A coming of age story about a teenage girl who joins a campaign for comprehensive sex education in the high schools of Lubbock, Texas, an area that boasts some of the nation’s highest teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease rates in the country. After the screening we will host a panel discussion featuring Shelby Knox, student activist; Smita Varia, Advocates for Youth Young Women of Color Leadership; Rebecca Fox, Sexuality Information and Education Council; and Jessica Arons, Center for American Progress. Join us on Tuesday, July 12, 2005, at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC. Doors open at 6:00 PM, Screening starts at 6:30 PM SHARP. Admission is FREE, but space is limited. Food and soft drinks will be served. Click here to RSVP.
  


• “The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till” by filmmaker Keith Beauchamp. A compelling documentary that finds new evidence surrounding the murder of Emmett Till. As a result, a new investigation was launched by the Department of Justice in May 2004 to reopen the fifty-year-old case. Campus Progress will host a screening of the film on Tuesday, June 28, 2005, 6:30 PM, at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC. There will be a discussion with director Keith Beauchamp immediately following the screening. Click here to read more.
  


• Join us at the Campus Progress Summer Kick Off party. This summer we are bringing the party back to the progressives. This is an event that you don’t want to miss. More magical than a Heritage intern’s balcony. Drink specials, free Yuenglings and free grub! All ages are welcome, but you must be 21 to drink. ID required.
  No cover charge!!
  Wednesday, June 29, from 7 PM to 10 PM
  Cafe Saint-EX at 1847 14th Street, NW (off of T street)
  


• Brian Katulis, director of democracy and public diplomacy at the Center for American Progress, and Caroline Wadhams, national security senior policy analyst at the Center for American Progress, will speak along with William Sullivan, Center for Strategic & International Studies, on “Rebuilding in Iraq: the Way Ahead.” On June 22, from 1 to 3pm in Dublane Room 104 at American University. This event is hosted by Americans for an Informed Democracy. Email speakers@americanprogress.org for more information.
  


• “Should John Bolton be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations?” Lawrence J. Korb and Ruth Wedgwood debate for and against Bolton’s confirmation. Co-sponsored by 20/20 Vision, Campus Progress and The Mershon Center at Ohio State University, McPherson Hall – Room 1000 on Tuesday, May 10th at 7:00pm. For more information please contact speakers@americanprogress.org. Free Refreshments.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State. Co-sponsored by the Roosevelt Institute at Stanford University, 420-041 (Jordan Hall) on May 3 at 7:00 p.m.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State. Co-sponsored by the USC Progressive Alliance, the Trojan Horse and the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California. SLH 102 on Thursday, April 28 at 6:00 p.m. (Film starts at 6:30)
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State. Co-sponsored by Issue at University of Texas – Austin. Taos Co-Op, 2612 Guadalupe on Tuesday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State. Co-sponsored by Boiling Point at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bingham Hall, room 103 on April 20 at 7:00 p.m.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State. Co-sponsored by Co-sponsored by Orbis and VPSU at Vanderbilt University. Furman 114 on April 19 from 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State. Co-sponsored by the Moderates, CampusForce.org, and The Colonel at University of Kentucky. W.T. Young Library Auditorium, First Floor, Near South Entrance on April 18 from 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State at Illinois State University. Stevenson 101, on April 15 at 7:00 p.m.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State at University of Illinois at Urbana. Allen Hall, Main Lounge, on April 14 at 7:00 p.m.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State. Co-Sponsored by Diskord at University of Chicago. Biological Sciences Learning Center, 924 E. 57th Street, on April 13 at 7:00 p.m.
  


• Social Security Tour – John Irons speaks at the Conservation Auditorium in the Natural Resources Building on the University of Missouri-Columbia Campus from 7:30pm to 9:30pm, Wednesday, April 13.
  


• “Should John Bolton be the next U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations?” Ruth Wedgwood and Morton Halperin debate for and against Bolton’s confirmation. A Campus Progress event, co-sponsored by the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, Democracy Matters, Americans for Informed Democracy, and other campus groups at Brown. Pembroke Campus of Brown University. Wednesday, April 13 at 7:15 p.m., Room 106, Smith-Buonano building. Read coverage of the event here.
  


• “The Impact of the Right Wing on the Legislature, the Judiciary, and the Executive” featuring Sarah Wartell, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Center for American Progress & Former Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council for the Clinton Administration. George Washington University Law School, Great Room, 2000 H St., Washington, DC. Tuesday, April 12, 5:30 p.m. For more information, email speakers@campusprogress.org.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State. Co-Sponsored by The Independent at University of Michigan. Chem 1300, on April 12 at 8:30 p.m.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State. Co-sponsored by The Madison Observer at University of Wisconsin. Humanities Bldg, Rm. 1111 on Monday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m.
  


• “An Invitation to Help Design the Constitution in 2020” April 8, 2005. Hosted by the American Constitution Society at Yale Law School.Click here for information.
  


• “Rebuilding the Democratic Party & the Left.” Campus Progress’ Ben Hubbard will discuss effective use of the media at a conference sponsored by Harvard Law School Democrats on Thursday, April 7 at 2pm at Austin Hall, Austin West Room on the Harvard Law School campus. The panel will also feature Maggie Williams, Joe Lockhart, Mike Feldman, and David Brock. This event is open to the entire Boston community. For more information, contact David Burd at dburd@law.harvard.edu.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State. Co-sponsored by the Pragmatist and the College Democrats at Ohio State University. Mendenhall Laboratories, Room 100 on Wednesday, April 6 from 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
  


• Gayle Smith, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, and former Special Assistant to President Clinton for National Security Affairs, speaks at the Harvard Launch of the Genocide Intervention Fund. She will discuss the crisis in Sudan and the need to raise awareness at Harvard University, John F. Kennnedy School of Government on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 from 6PM -7PM. For more information, email speakers@campusprogress.org.
  


• Jennifer Washburn, author of University, Inc., discusses her book at University of Tampa, Brevard Community Room – 1st Floor on Tuesday, April 5 from 5-7PM. For more information please contact speakers@americanprogress.org.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State. Co-sponsored by the Hippolytic at Yale University, Lindsley-Chittenden Hall Rm. 101 on Monday, April 4 from 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
  


• Building Coalitions for Progressive Causes The Center for American Progress presents the second in our monthly Progressive Policy Skills Seminar series. This seminar series is aimed at equipping our future leaders with concrete tools and skills for advancing a progressive policy agenda, and will include “how to”s on diverse topics to foster future generations of progressive leaders. Friday, April 1, 12 noon – 1:00 p.m. Click here for more information.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State. Co-sponsored by Turn Left at Cornell University, Warren Hall Rm. 245 on Thursday, March 31 at 5:00 p.m.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State. Co-sponsored by the Princeton Progressive Review at Princeton University, McCosh 10 Auditorium on Wednesday, March 30 from 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
  


• Ambassador Don Steinberg, former director of the Joint Policy Council in the Department of State, speaks as part of our Genocide Intervention Fund series. He has served as a special representative of Presidents Clinton and Bush for global humanitarian demining; special Haiti coordinator in the Department of State; and national security director for African affairs and for public affairs. He will discuss the crisis in Sudan and the need to raise awareness at the University of Michigan on March 29. For more information, email speakers@campusprogress.org.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State. Co-sponsored by the Program Board at New York University, Kimmel Building – 60 Washington Square South on Wednesday, March 29 from 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
  


• Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Melody Barnes participates in “How President Bush’s Policies Affect Women,” a post-election panel at Columbia University on Tuesday, March 29 in Satow Room, Alfred Lerner Hall at 5 pm. For more information, email speakers@campusprogress.org.
  


• Reel Progress College Tour of This Divided State. Co-sponsored by the Program Board at George Mason University, SUB 2 Ballroom on Monday, March 28 from 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
  


• Washington, DC premiere of This Divided State. A controversial film created to capture the intensity of a visit from filmmaker Michael Moore to Utah Valley State last fall. Directed by Brigham Young University student Steven Greenstreet, it chronicles the personal stories of the key figures embroiled in this controversy, as well as opinions of the community at large. On Wednesday, March 23 from 7-9pm at E Street Cinema, 555 11th Street NW. This event is free – Click here to register.
  


• “Living on Borrowed Time” Center for American Progress Senior Economist Dr. Christian Weller discusses Social Security, improved labor market policies, fiscal responsibilities and progressive saving initiatives at Emmanuel College on March 23. For more information, email speakers@campusprogress.org.
  


• “Taking Back the Media.” A panel discussion sponsored by Mother Jones magazine at the Idealist National Conference.

  Why is much of main stream news media so lame? How do you know good journalism when you see it? How do you find it? How can you create good journalism? What can we do to get better media? Moderating the panel will be KPFA Morning Show co-host & producer, Andrea Lewis. Participants in the panel discussion are Pratap Chatterjee, managing editor and program director at CorpWatch, Rick DelVecchio, San Francisco Chronicle staff writer and Ben Hubbard, director of Campus Progress, at the Center for American Progress.
  



• Social Security Roundtable March 16, 2005. Ben Hubbard will debate the politics of Social Security privatization on Wednesday night at a roundtable hosted by the conservative America’s Future Foundation. Click here for more details.
  


• Campus Progress’ Reel Progress Screening Tour: “The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till” by filmmaker Keith Beauchamp. A compelling documentary that speaks to new evidence surrounding the murder of Emmett Louis Till. As a result, a new investigation was launched by the Department of Justice on May 10, 2004, to reopen the fifty-year-old case. Co-sponsored by Spelman College Student Activities at the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Academic Center Auditorium on March 15 at 7 p.m. For more information, email speakers@campusprogress.org.
  


• “Fast Track to College: Increasing Postsecondary Success for All Students” March 15, 2005. Click here for information.
  


• “A Time for Action” with Omer Ismail, co-founder of the Sudan Democratic Forum, a think tank of Sudanese intellectuals working for advancement of democracy in Sudan. He is the spokesperson for The Darfur Union, an advocacy group, and the co-founder of Darfur Peace and Development. Mr. Ismail will discuss the crisis in Sudan and the need to raise awareness through methods such as the Genocide Intervention Fund in the Croft Institute for International Studies at The University of Mississippi on March 10, 2005 from 6-8pm.
  


• The Center for American Progress launches our new progressive film series, Reel Progress, with a screening of Danny Schechter’s
  WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception and a panel discussion. Wednesday, March 2, 2005, 6 PM to 9 PM. Space limited; pizza will be served. At Center for American Progress,
  1333 H Street NW, 10th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. For more info and to register, click here.
  


• “What’s Next? Students Leaders and the Future of the Progressive Movement” Brooke Lierman, Special Assistant to the Senior Vice President for National Security, speaks at Student Progressives’ conference designed to address the future of student leaders, organizers and the progressive movement. On February 26 from 10 AM to 6 PM at Logan Hall, University of Pennsylvania. For more information, see www.studentprogressives.com.
  


• “The Road to Progress: Addressing the Major Issues Facing Our Nation,” featuring Center of American Progress Senior Vice President of Economic Policy Cassandra Butts and Senior Fellow Melody Barnes. Chapel Hill alumnae discuss faith and politics, taxes, Social Security and other key challenges of the next four years. February 24 from 1-3 PM in the Kresge Foundation Common Room (039) in the Graham Memorial building at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For more information, contact speakers@campusprogress.org.
  


• “Beyond 2004: The Future of the Black Vote” with Al Sharpton, Armstrong Williams, and others – Feb. 16, 10:00 am at Howard University. More than 200 people attended. Thanks to the speakers and Howard U. Click here for our coverage of this event
  


• “Iraq, Sudan, Tsunami: What Are America’s Responsibilities in the World?” Feb. 11 at George Washington University. More than 120 people attended our first event. Thanks to the speakers and GWU. Click here for our coverage of this event