NPI at the PLAN Conference
Today I joined fellow NW bloggers to attend the launch of the Progressive Legislative Action Network, or PLAN, which is a new effort to get progressive state legislators organized and equipped with the tools they need to become more effective.
As quoted from PLAN's website:
We've had one panel discussion so far focusing mainly on how progressives can get America to take "the high road" instead of "the low road" which we are currently taking. We've heard a lot about Wal*Mart and the damage they're doing to the American economy. We have another workshop/panel discussion ahead of us before this one day conference wraps up.
When I have more time I'll post a longer, more in depth recap of what PLAN is and what happened at the Bell Harbor Conference Center today. I'm also attending the Magnuson Awards tonight, and I'll be posting a recap of that tonight.
As quoted from PLAN's website:
The Progressive Legislative Action Network's mission is to drive public policy debates and change the political landscape in the United States by focusing on attainable and progressive state level actions. It will do so by providing coordinated research support for a network of State legislators, their staff's and constituencies, in order to equip them with coherent logistical and strategic advocacy tools necessary for advancing key progressive economic and social policies.We have heard speeches so far from Brian Schweitzer, Governor of Montana, Senator John Edwards, and John Podesta, who heads the Center for American Progress.
If states are the "laboratories of democracy," they are also the most important breeding ground for progressive policies that serve the interests of America's middle class.
We've had one panel discussion so far focusing mainly on how progressives can get America to take "the high road" instead of "the low road" which we are currently taking. We've heard a lot about Wal*Mart and the damage they're doing to the American economy. We have another workshop/panel discussion ahead of us before this one day conference wraps up.
When I have more time I'll post a longer, more in depth recap of what PLAN is and what happened at the Bell Harbor Conference Center today. I'm also attending the Magnuson Awards tonight, and I'll be posting a recap of that tonight.
