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Getting Ready for 2004:
Public Policy Conference
AGENDA
(updated 12/29/2003)
9:00 a.m. WELCOME AND OPENING PLENARY SESSION
- Key Legislative Issues for the Nonprofit Sector in 2004
Jon Pratt and Marcia Avner, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
- Minnesota's Economic Landscape
Dr. Tom Stinson, Minnesota State Economist
(Download handout: PowerPoint Presentation
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- Commentators: How will the political and economic landscape
influence policy debates? Where is Minnesota headed as a state?
What is the role of the nonprofit voice on matters related to
justice, economic fairness, and quality of life?
Professor Larry Jacobs, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute, University
of Minnesota, Dane Smith, Political Reporter, Star Tribune, and
Christina Macklin, Policy Analyst, Minnesota Budget Project.
11:00 a.m. MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS
1. Basic Skills: Developing Your Message
- Marcia Avner, Public Policy Director, Minnesota Council of
Nonprofits, Sheila Smith, Executive Director, Minnesota Citizens
for the Arts
2. Advanced Skills: Follow the Dollars: How to Impact the Budget
Process
3. Policy Issues: Who are we? How are we changing? What are the
policy implications?
12:30 p.m.
LUNCHEON SESSION
Presentation of the 2003 Nonprofit Allies Awards
2:00 p.m. AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS
1. Basic Skills: Effective Grassroots Efforts: Communicating,
Coalition Building, and Mobilizing
2. Advanced Skills: Election Cycle Activities: Be Smart, Stay Safe
- David Arons, Former Co-Director, Charity Lobbying in the
Public Interest
(Download handout
from the web)
- Pakou Hang, Center for Citizenship and Democracy, Hubert H.
Humphrey, University of Minnesota
3. Policy Issues: Economic Justice Issues: The 2004-05 Agenda
- Brian Rusche, Executive Director, Joint Religious Legislative
Coalition
- Ray Waldron, President, Minnesota AFL-CIO
- Kris Jacobs, Executive Director, jobS Now Coalition
- Marcia Avner, Public Policy Director, Minnesota Council of
Nonprofits
3:45 p.m. - ADJOURN |
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