Brit Tzedek v'Shalom

Brit Tzedek v'Shalom
National Grassroots Leadership Training Institute
(June 16-17, 2007)

National Advocacy Days
(June 17-19, 2007)

AGENDA

National Grassroots Leadership Training Institute: Building our Political Movement for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Washington Doubletree Hotel 1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Saturday, June 16
6:00pm	Registration Begins
8:00pm	Terrace Ballroom Opening Remarks "A Year in Brit Tzedek Grassroots Activism" Carinne Luck, Director of Chapter and Grassroots Development Opening Plenary: "Organizing in the American Jewish Community: Unique Challenges and Opportunities" Panelists include: Daniel Sieradski, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Jew School, a popular left-wing Jewish weblog, as well as weblogs Radical Torah and Orthodox Anarchist Hadar Susskind, Washington Director, Jewish Council for Public Affairs Debbie Stillman, Assoc. Director of Operations, Washington DC; National Council of Jewish Women Moderated by Carinne Luck
Sunday, June 17
9:00 - 10:45am	Workshop Session I
11:00am - 12:45pm	Workshop Session II
1:00 - 2:30pm	State Room Lunch (Vegetarian Box Lunch) *Kosher Vegetarian available upon request. "Relationship Building: A Core to Effective Activism" Cherie Brown, Chair, Chapter Development Committee "Honoring Marcia Freedman, Brit Tzedek Founding President" Marcia Freedman, Founding and Outgoing Board President
2:30 - 4:15pm	Workshop Session III
4:30 - 6:15pm	Workshop Session IV
National Advocacy Days 2007
Sunday, June 17
8:00pm	Terrace Ballroom Keynote Address: "The Call for a Diplomatic 'Surge': New Developments In Arab-Israeli Peacemaking and the Role of the US" Washington Doubletree Hotel, 1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW Washington, DC Speakers: Ziad J. Asali, President and founder of the American Task Force on Palestine Daniel Levy, Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Policy Initiative, New America Foundation; lead Israeli drafter of the Geneva Initiative Mara Rudman, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, national security and foreign policy, with a particular emphasis on the Middle East Co-hosted by the Washington DC chapter of Brit Tzedek
Monday, June 18
8:30am - 9:30am	Welcome and Overview of Brit Tzedek Advocacy Strategy Cannon Caucus Room (Rm 345), Cannon House Office Building Diane Balser, Advocacy Chair, Brit Tzedek v'Shalom Rob Levy, Washington Representative, Brit Tzedek v'Shalom
9:30 - 12:30pm	Policy Briefing Sessions Cannon Caucus Room (Rm 345), Cannon House Office Building Speakers: Reva Price, Senior Advisor to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) Joel Rubin, Foreign Policy Advisor for Sen. Frank Lautenberg (NJ) Matthew Rosenstock, Senior Political Officer, Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs - U.S. State Department *Continental Breakfast will be provided
12:30 - 1:30pm	Lunch
1:30 - 5:00pm	National Advocacy Training Sessions Hart Senate Office Building (Rm. 902) Presenters: Diane Balser - Advocacy Chair, Brit Tzedek v'Shalom Rob Levy - Washington Representative, Brit Tzedek v'Shalom Steve Masters - Advocacy Co-Chair, Brit Tzedek v'Shalom
5:30 - 7:00pm	Congressional Reception Rayburn Foyer (2nd floor), Rayburn House Office Building Speakers include: Rep. Lois Capps (CA) Rep. David Price (NC) Rep. Susan Davis (CA)* *invited
Tuesday, June 19
10:00am - 3:30pm	Advocacy meetings with Senators, Representatives, and their Staff
3:30 - 4:30pm	Debriefing and Next Steps: Bringing Advocacy Back to the Grassroots

Workshop Session I
Chairman's Room Public Relations and Public Speaking [Media and Communications] Diane Cantor, Aaron Ahuvia and Jessica Rosenblum	Description	Cantor Bio Rosenblum Bio Ahuvia Bio
Congressional Room From Activists to Advocates: A How-to Guide to Home District Advocacy [Grassroots Organizing] Diane Balser and Rob Levy	Description	Levy Bio Balser Bio
Director's Room Developing a Local Strategy for your Chapter [Building a Chapter] Carinne Luck and Steve Masters	Description	Luck Bio Masters Bio
Workshop Session II
Director's Room Cultivating and Supporting Leadership Within Your Chapter [Building a Chapter] Cherie Brown	Description	Brown Bio
Chairman's Room Communicating Our Message to the Media [Media and Communication] Diane Cantor and Jessica Rosenblum	Description	Cantor Bio Rosenblum Bio
Congressional Room Finding Allies and Building Relationships with Jewish Communal Organizations and Synagogues [Grassroots Organizing] Steve Masters and Rabbi Scott Weiner	Description	Masters Bio Rabbi Weiner Bio
Workshop Session III
Congressional Room Campaigns and Events as Organizing Tools [Grassroots Organizing] Carinne Luck and Ben Murane	Description	Luck Bio Murane Bio
Director's Room Turning Your Supporters Into Activists [Building a Chapter] Judith Kaye and Cherie Brown	Description	Kaye Bio Brown Bio
Chairman's Room Handling Difficult Situations [Media and Communications] Diane Cantor, Jessica Rosenblum and Rich Breitkopf	Description	Cantor Bio Rosenblum Bio Breitkopf Bio
Workshop Session IV
Terrace Ballroom Let's Talk! - Communicating the Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace Message [All Participants] Cherie Brown and Aaron Ahuvia	Description	Brown Bio Ahuvia Bio

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