CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK
For Immediate Release: June 3, 2011
Contact: Charlie Albanetti, 518.595.9047
Melissa Harris-Perry to Keynote at Major Statewide Progressive Conference in Albany
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Other National Progressive Figures to Speak
Largest Gathering of New York State Progressives
Citizen Action of New York, a statewide grassroots organization with over 20,000 members, is hosting Justice Works: A Conference for Progressive New York this weekend, June 4th and 5th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Albany.
The event’s keynote address will be delivered by MSNBC contributor and professor of political science Melissa Harris-Perry. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will deliver the dinner address. Executive Editor of The Nation, Betsy Reed, will moderate a plenary entitled “Unions Aren’t the Enemy: A Conversation Around the Right’s Coordinated Attack on Organized Labor.” The panel will include L. Toni Lewis, Chair of SEIU Healthcare, Steve Allinger, Director of Legislation for NYSUT, Kevin Eitzmann of the Capital District Area Labor Federation, and Robert Kraig, Executive Director of Citizen Action of Wisconsin.
Justice Works is an unprecedented gathering of New York State’s progressive leaders. Dozens of organizations will be represented and workshops will include training on public policy issues and community organizing.
***NOTE: Press must register in advance. Please contact Charlie Albanetti at 518.595.9047 to obtain coverage credentials.
WHEN: June 4 and 5, 2011
Melissa Harris-Perry’s Keynote Address will be delivered Saturday at 11:15am.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will speak on Saturday at 7:15pm.
The plenary on the labor movement will take place on Sunday at 9:15am.A full detailed agenda is available at http://justiceworksny.org/agenda
WHERE: Crown Plaza Hotel, State and Lodge Streets, Albany