A

NOTE FOR FOUNDATION

REPRESENTATIVES

Foundation Representatives sh

ou

ld review the agenda and

decide whet

h

er

there are any

sessions whi

ch

they

believe

wou

ld

not

be

appropr

i

ate

for

them

to

attend

, or

prefer

to

atte

nd in the

ir

persona

l

capacities

.

Democracy

All

i

ance

staff

and

co

unsel

are ava

il

able

to

discuss

any

Questions

about

the

content

of

the sessions.

P RTICIP TION

GUIDELINES

The Democracy Alliance

str

i

ves

to

create a

sa

fe place

for

progressive funders

and

movement

leaders

to

meet and

discuss issues of

common

interest,

develop

relationships

through

dial

ogue

and networking, and engage in conversations about progressive ideas

and

strategies.

One

of

the

primary

purposes

of

this

conference

is

to

generate

support

for

All

i

ance

Partner

Organizat

i

ons

and engage

in

diverging

pe

rspectives

connected

to

shap

i

ng

politica

l

and

policy

transformat

i

on

in Am

erica.

In

order

to

create

a

comfortab

le

env

i

ron

m

ent

for

everyone

,

we politely

request

that

attendees

not

solic

it

one an

ot

h

er

for

proj

ects outside the

DA s

purv

i

ew

at

DA

event

s

DA

conference

pa

r

ticipants

are

entit

led

to

the expect

at

i

on

that

their

conference experience

an

d

their

i

dentity

should remain

confide

ntial. In or

der to

keep faith

with that

expectation.

we

ask Partners

and

guests

to: •

Respect

the

pr

i

vacy

of

others and

n

ot

shan~ Part

ners names

or

details

of

the conference

wi

th

the

press

or

post

to

persona

l

media channels

in

cluding,

but

no

t

lim

i

ted

to

,

Facebook,

Twitter. l

nstag

ram, YouTube.

etc.

• Cont

act

Elizabeth Bartolomeo at

ebarto

l

omeo

@democracyalliance.

org

or

(202) 255-2677

you are

contacted

by

the

med

ia or a

blogger

about the conference

. •

Refra

in

fr

om

leaving

sensi

tive mater

ials

out

where

othe

rs

may

find

the

m.

We

ask

that

all attendees

dispose

of

unwanted conference

materials

in

spec

i

ally-iden

t,

fiod

recyclin

g bins. Please

wear

your

name badge

while

within

the

conference

area. and m

ake

su

re

it

is

clearly

visib

le

to

staff

when entering the ballroom and meeting

roo

ms.

DEMOCRACY

AL

LIAN

CE

FALL

20

17

INV

ESTMENT CON

FE

R

ENCE

3

 

WELCOME

November

15

2017

Welcome to La

Costa Resort

for

the

De

m

ocracy

A

lli

ance Fall Investment Conference, Beyond Resistance:

Recl

aim

i

ng

our

Progressive

Futu

re.

One year

ago, we

met

in Washington. DC,

on

ly days

after

the

most

cataclysmic

elect

i

on

of

modern

hi

story

,

to

come together

and

talk

about

what

had

just

happened.

At

the

spring

donor

summit,

we

mapped

ambit

ious plans to rebuild progressive

power

in the states and

defend democrat

ic norms

aga

inst the assaults

of

the

new

Trump Administrati

on.

This

week

we

meet

to

report

on progress. cel

ebrate

last week's victories for progressives from coast to

coast. learn from

our

shortfalls, and

chart

a course

forward.

With

so

many

important issues on

the

tab

le this year.

no

single conference can sufficiently provide

the

in

-

depth attent

i

on

they

all deserve. As we have always

done, th

is conference

brings together

recognized progressive leaders

from

established beacons

of

our

cause

with

those leading the

new

resistance

movement

nationally and

vita

l

efforts

in batt

l

eground

states.

Over

the

next four

days, we

'll work

together on many key

cha

ll

enges, including:

Turning resistance energy into electoral

act

ion

Mobi

lizing low~propensity voters in the progressive base

and

reachi

ng

out

beyond

rt

Fighting

to

take

back

the states Learning from

the

health care

fight

, and suiting

up

for

the next big

legislative battles

of

tax

reform, jobs, and infrastructure Discussi

ng

why the economy is central -

what we ve

done

wrong

and how

to

get

it

right

Understand

i

ng

how

this year's

extreme

weather

disasters

are

making climate change

an

even

more

urgent

po

litical issue.

In

short

talks

throughout

the conference. we'll

hear

calls

to

action on

the

fight for

the

dreamers, •religious

exemption

laws that

gut

civil

ri

ghts

protections. and el

ection

security. The agenda also offers deep-dive,

Partner-sponsored sessions on topics such

s

social

media

and elections. California's progressive

template

.

and

the i

mportance

of

prosecutor races. As always, Partners will have

opportun

ities for frank exchanges

about

items

of

interest

and

or

concern

to

the

DA

community.

It's

been

a challenging year, in which a

ll

of

us are

working

to

rebuild political

strength while fighting

to

protect

our

democratic

institutions and

globa

l security from unprecedented threats. The Democracy

Alliance

doesn t

have all the answers -

but

in our diverse and spirited

com

munity,

we

can challenge

one another

in

civil and constructive discussions

so the

critical

work

we

do

together has the i

mpact

we want

and

of

whi

ch

our

country

so desperately deserves. Thanks

for

being he

r

e

and

for

all

you

do

for

a progressive future.

L

Gara LaMarche Presi

dent

·~

John

Stocks Chair

DEMOCRACY

ALLIANCE FAL

L 2017

INV

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TMENT

CONFERENCE S