http://www.americanprogress.org/events/ en-us ℗ & © 2009 Center for American Progress Event audio from the Center for American Progress Center for American Progress The Center for American Progress is a progressive think-tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action. We are creating a long-term, progressive vision for America—a vision that policy makers, thought-leaders and activists can use to shape the national debate and pass laws that make a difference. Our mission is to transform progressive ideas into policy through rapid response communications, legislative action, grassroots organizing and advocacy, and partnerships with other progressive leaders throughout the country and the world. The Center for American Progress is headed by John D. Podesta, former chief of staff to President William J. Clinton and a professor at Georgetown University Center of Law. Event audio from the Center for American Progress Center for American Progress progress@americanprogress.org Center for American Progress This CAP event features a discussion with co-authors and economists Stephen Cohen and Brad DeLong regarding their new book: The End of Influence: What Happens When Other Countries Have the Money. Panel is moderated by Bruce Stokes, International Economics Columnist, National Journal; Fellow, German Marshall Fund. With additional commentary by Nina Hachigian, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress The End of Influence http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/020510.mp3 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:20:05 -0500 no 01:31:32 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress This CAP event features two respected scientists who have both helped author reports produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Dr. Michael MacCracken and Dr. Christopher Field explain the IPCC's assessment process, how we know what we know about human-caused climate change, what we have learned since the 2007 IPCC report, and why the science must inform public policy in the United States. The panel is moderated by Joseph Romm, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress CAP Event on the Science of Climate Change http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/020310.mp3 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:06:10 -0500 no 01:32:24 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In regards to U.S. Human Rights policy in Iran, this forum examines the policy options currently being debated by the administration, and discusses ways to effectively harness human rights promotion to pressure on the Iranian regime. Featured panelists include: Geneive Abdo, Fellow and Iran Analyst, The Century Foundation, Hadi Ghaemi, Coordinator, International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, and Michael Signer, Fellow, Progressive Policy Institute. Panel is moderated by: Matthew Duss, National Security Researcher, Center for American Progress and Blogger, Center for American Progress Action Fund's ThinkProgress CAP Panel on Human Rights and U.S. Policy in Iran http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/020110.mp3 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:03:58 -0500 no 00:57:59 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress This CAP event features Ambassador Richard L. Morningstar, special envoy for Eurasian energy, who is the senior State Department official responsible for energy issues relating to Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. In his talk, Ambassador Morningstar offers the first comprehensive public statement of Obama administration policy on this subject. Event moderated by Dr. Samuel Charap, Associate Director for the Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for American Progress A Conversation with Ambassador Richard L. Morningstar, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/012810.mp3 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:10:23 -0500 no 01:24:09 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress CAP Event that discusses how community colleges have become highly visible in public policy in the last year. Part 4 contains a paper presentation:Community College and Apprenticeship as Collaborative Routes to Rewarding Careers. Featured speakers include: Robert I. Lerman, author; professor of economics, American University and Susan Schurman, dean, University College Community, Rutgers University. Panel is moderated by Louis Soares, Director, Postsecondary Education Program, Center for American Progress. Generating Economic Opportunity Through Innovation in Postsecondary Education http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/012710_4.mp3 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:03:42 -0500 no 01:03:24 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress CAP Event that discusses how community colleges have become highly visible in public policy in the last year. Part 3 contains a paper presentation: Models Of Postsecondary Success For Low-Income Adults And Youth: Community College And Workforce System Partnerships . Featured speakers include: Harry J. Holzer, co-author; professor, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Demetra S. Nightingale, co-author; principal research scientist, Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies, and Gail Mellow, president, LaGuardia Community College. Panel is moderated by Louis Soares, Director, Postsecondary Education Program, Center for American Progress. Generating Economic Opportunity Through Innovation in Postsecondary Education http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/012710_3.mp3 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:55:51 -0500 no 00:44:00 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress CAP Event that discusses how community colleges have become highly visible in public policy in the last year. Part 2 contains a paper presentation: Re-imagining Community Colleges in the 21st Century. Featured speakers include: Brian Pusser, co-author; associate professor, University of Virginia; director, Center for the Study of Higher Education, University of Virginia and Keith Bird, Chancellor Emeritus, Kentucky Community and technical College system. Panel is moderated by Louis Soares, Director, Postsecondary Education Program, Center for American Progress. Generating Economic Opportunity Through Innovation in Postsecondary Education http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/012710_2.mp3 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:52:05 -0500 no 00:37:59 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress CAP Event that discusses how community colleges have become highly visible in public policy in the last year. Part 1 contains the Event Keynote with introductions by John Podesta, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress and Jill Biden. Generating Economic Opportunity Through Innovation in Postsecondary Education http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/012710_1.mp3 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:31:23 -0500 no 00:27:55 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress Innovative labor leaders Andy Stern and Anna Burger discuss, in advance of President Obama's State of the Union address, the current state of the American worker and their vision for the future. They focus on the tremendous challenges facing the American economy and the role of the American labor movement in rebuilding a sustainable economy for all working families. Conversation is moderated by John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for American Progress Action Fund CAPAF event on the current state of the American worker http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/012610.mp3 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:50:17 -0500 no 01:38:37 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In this CAP Event, National Security Advisor James L. Jones comments on the administration's strategy in Afghanistan and the region. Following his remarks, a panel of civilian experts, moderated by Carolyn Wadhams—senior Policy Analyst for National Security, Center for American Progress—discusses the issues and how the U.S. can improve it's situation in that part of the world. Panelists include J Alexander Thier, Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Paul O'Brien, Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, Oxfam America, and James A. Bever, Director, Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force, USAID. NSC Advisor James L. Jones and a panel of civilian experts http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/012510A.mp3 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:47:47 -0500 no 01:39:49 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress This CAP and Progressive Book Club Event features historian Jackson Lears, author of Rebirth of a Nation: The Making of Modern America, 1877-1920, and presidential scholar, Sidney Milkis, author of Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive Party, and the Transformation of American Democracy, discussing the cultural and political changes of the original progressive era and how these ideas continue to influence American politics today. The conversation is moderated by John Halpin, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress A conversation with Jackson Lears and Sidney Milkis http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/012510B.mp3 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:01:04 -0500 no 01:04:00 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In this CAPAF event, please join CAPAF's Internet Advocacy Roundtable, Netroots Nation, and America's Voice for a lively panel discussion about the policy and politics of immigration reform led by Nico Pitney, National Editor ofThe Huffington Post. Panel members include Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga (Kos), Founder and Editor, Daily Kos; Columnist, The Hill. Author, Crashing the Gate: Grassroots, Netroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics and Taking On the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era, María Elena Durazo, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, and Andrea Nill, Immigration Blogger and Researcher, Think Progress. Introduction by: Faiz Shakir, Editor-in-Chief, Think Progress CAPAF Event on How We Will Make Immigration Reform Happen http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/012110.mp3 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:12:46 -0500 no 01:24:24 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress Please join the Center for American Progress for an event, using Bob Pozen's book—Too Big To save?—as the launching pad for a discussion on the economic crisis, what we need to do to promote positive change, and whether the legislative process is likely to produce it. This event is moderated by Sarah Rosen Wartell, Executive Vice President, Center for American Progress and features additional commentary by Robert Johnson, Executive Director, Institute for New Economic Thinking; Director of Economic Policy, Roosevelt Institute. How to Fix the U.S. Financial System http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/010810.mp3 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:13:26 -0500 no 01:14:56 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In this event, please join CAP and Democracy: a Journal of Ideas for a lively panel discussion led by Jonathan Moreno, Senior Fellow at CAP, Editor-In-Chief of Science Progress, and co-editor of Progress in Bioethics. The panel will include Jonathan's co-editor, Sam Berger, Democracy editors Michael Tomasky and Clay Risen, as well as two contributors to Progress in Bioethics, Kathryn Hinsch of the Women's Bioethics Project and Marcy Darnovsky of the Center for Genetics in Society. CAP event on Science, Policy, and Politics http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/010710B.mp3 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:44:51 -0500 no 01:26:19 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In this CAP event, Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke tell their "American Stories" and their perspectives of today’s immigration debate. Conversation moderated by John D. Podesta, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress. Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Labor and Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce on Immigration http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/121609.mp3 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:44:11 -0500 no 00:51:04 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In this CAPAF Event, a panel of experts discuss how strategic investments in service programs can reduce youth unemployment while supporting the organizational needs and development of nonprofits. Panel members include John Bridgeland, President and CEO of Civic Enterprises, Ely Flores, LA CAUSA YouthBuild Member (Class of 2005), Kirsten Lodal, CEO and Co-Founder, LIFT, and David Muraki, Director, California Conservation Corps. Panel is moderated by Shirley Sagawa, Visiting Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund. Opening remarks by: AnnMaura Connolly, Chief External Affairs Officer and Senior Vice President, City Year. CAPAF Event on Unemployed Youth, National Service Investments, and Job Creation http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/121509_1.mp3 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:37:49 -0500 no 01:14:18 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In this event coordinated by the council for global equality, Scott Evertz--director of the Office of National AIDS Policy during the Bush administration--will host a panel of HIV/AIDS experts to discuss where PEPFAR has fallen short, particularly in relation to LGBT communities. Panel is moderated by Michael Guest, Senior Advisor, Council on Global Equality. Panel members include Scott Evertz, Consultant, Evertz Group, Jodi Jacobson, Editor, RH Reality Check, Kent Klindera, Director of MSM Initiative, amfAR, Ron Johnson, Deputy Director, AIDS Action Council, and Paul Zeitz, Executive Director, Global AIDS Alliance. Introduction by Winnie Stachelberg, SVP for External Affairs, Center for American Progress Why PEPFAR Has Failed to Meet Its Potential http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/121509_2.mp3 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:53:24 -0500 no 01:30:46 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In this CAP event moderated by Robin Chait, Associate Director for Teacher Quality, Center for American Progress, panelists discuss the newly released paper,"Adding Value to Discussions about Value-Added." This paper aims to help increase teachers' participation in conversations about using estimates of their effectiveness to inform policy. Panelists include: Raegen Miller, Associate Director for Education Research, Center for American Progress, Caitlin Hollister, Teaching Policy Fellow, Teach Plus and Boston Public Schools, and Segun Eubanks, Director of Teacher Quality, National Education Association. CAP event on reexaming the methodology of teacher evaluations http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/121009.mp3 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:42:45 -0500 no 01:29:03 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer will appear at the Center for American Progress Action Fund to discuss the minority party's role in Congress and the current Republican leadership's record of pushing them to be the "Party of No." From creating jobs and addressing the economic crisis, to health reform and climate change, the Republican leadership has put up roadblocks rather than work constructively to find solutions to the challenges facing our country. The Majority Leader will discuss the history of the "Party of No" strategy, which is based on the assumption that the minority party benefits most when Congress is deadlocked. He will also discuss historical examples of constructive minorities in Congress, to demonstrate that more productive alternatives are possible—alternatives that would enable Congress to better address the needs of the American people at a critical time in our nation’s history. Loyal Opposition or Deliberate Roadblock? http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAPAF/2009/12/Event20091207.mp3 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:57:08 -0500 no 0040:56 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress Citizens are very concerned about the role of campaign contributions from interested industries in shaping the debates on health care and climate control. And members of Congress describe fundraising as the least favorite part of their jobs. So will the Supreme Court's pending decision in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission be the spark that gets Congress to adopt sweeping legislation for public financing of elections? The Citizens United case could allow unlimited corporate spending in elections, forcing elected officials to spend more time raising money than they do today. Please join the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Common Cause, and Public Campaign for a discussion with Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (D-Conn.) as they discuss why they sponsored the Fair Elections Now Act, and what they see as the road ahead in wake of the Citizens United decision. The Future of Participatory Democracy http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAPAF/2009/12/Event20091204.mp3 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:44:00 -0500 no 00:38:20 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress Given the demands of a 21st century workforce, educators and policymakers agree that the purpose of high school has shifted from graduating students to ensuring that students are poised for success in college and career. To drive toward this goal, every American high school must be able to systematically understand the extent to which its graduates are achieving college proficiency—in other words, how well their students are doing the year after high school. With this information in hand, high schools can make sound, strategic decisions to "launch" their students to postsecondary success. Please join the Center for American Progress and College Summit in celebrating the release of "The Promise of Proficiency," a white paper that proposes steps the federal government must take to ensure that high schools are fully empowered to graduate students onto the path of college and career proficiency. high school has shifted from graduating students to ensuring that students http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/2009/12/Event20091203.mp3 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:19:57 -0500 no 1:35:01 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In this CAP event, join three of the country's top education--Secretary Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, New York City, and Kati Haycock, President, The Education Trust leaders--for a frank discussion on the upcoming opportunity to revitalize the country’s education system, and hear them talk about the state of our schools, barriers to reform, and what's at stake for our children and America's future. Opening remarks by John Podesta, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress. Panel discussion is moderated by Cynthia G. Brown, Vice President for Education Policy, Center for American Progress CAP Event on Education reform with Secretary Arne Duncan, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, and Kati Haycock http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/112509.mp3 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:04:44 -0500 no 01:00:48 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress This CAP event features a discussion with author George Packer and is moderated by the Center's Senior Vice President of National Security and International Policy Rudy deLeon. The conversation includes key issues of the day such as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Obama administration's foreign policy, and current trends in America's ideological debates, as well as broader themes such as the temptations and dangers of idealism, the moral complexities of war and politics, and the American capacity for self-blinding and self-renewal. A Conversation with New Yorker writer George Packer http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/111909.mp3 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:02:21 -0500 no 01:18:09 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In this CAP event, a panel of experts discuss the challenges and successes of implementing expanded learning time in a traditional public school environment, highlighting the role of teachers and teachers unions. Panel members include Jonathan Spear, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Generation Schools, Leo Casey, Vice President of Academic High Schools, United Federation of Teachers, and Amber Dixon, Executive Director of Project Initiatives, Buffalo Public Schools. Panel is moderated by Melissa Lazarín, Associate Director for Education Policy, Center for American Progress. The experiences of three schools http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/111809.mp3 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:01:31 -0500 no 01:32:50 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In this CAP event, Laurie Mazur, editor of A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice and the Environmental Challenge (Island Press, 2009), and a panel of experts discuss the complex connections among population growth, climate change and other environmental issues, and explore the policies necessary to advance environmental sustainability and reproductive rights, equity and justice. Panelists include Andrew Light, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Director, Center for Global Ethics at George Mason University, and Rachel Harris, U.S. Climate Change Campaign Coordinator, Women's Environment and Development Organization. Moderated by Shira Saperstein, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress. Population, Justice and the Environmental Challenge http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/111709.mp3 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:12:26 -0500 no 01:27:02 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In this CAP event, moderated by Lawrence Korb, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, centers around integrating the elements of U.S. national power. It also serves as the release for CAP's new progressive national security strategy which offers a framework for the Obama administration's efforts to coordinate and unify U.S. diplomatic, development and military strategies. Keynote address given by Anne-Marie Slaughter, Director, Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State and additional commentary provided by Major General Paul D. Eaton, US Army (Ret); Senior Advisor, National Security Network CAP event on integrating the elements of U.S. national power http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/2009/11/111609.mp3 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:38:09 -0500 no 01:15:47 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In this CAP Event, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, discusses the work her department has been doing to prepare for broader immigration reform, and her unique perspective on this matter of vital importance to America's future. with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/111309.mp3 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:44:06 -0500 no 00:47:57 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In this Century Foundation and CAP Event, a panel of experts debate whether or not economic integration is important in raising the achievement of low-income and minority students. Panel members include John Brittain, Visiting Professor of Law, University of the District of Columbia School of Law, Richard D. Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation, Jay Mathews, Education Columnist, The Washington Post, and Amy Wilkins, Vice President for Government Affairs & Communications, The Education Trust. Panel is moderated by Cynthia Brown, Vice President for Education Policy, Center for American Progress. A debate about Education in America http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/111209.mp3 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:55:55 -0500 no 01:36:20 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In part three of this CAP co-sponsored event at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce--"Leaders and Laggards"--a panel discussion on the findings and methodology of the report are discussed. The panel includes: Arthur J. Rothkopf, Senior Vice President and Counselor to the President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Cynthia G. Brown, Vice President for Education Policy, Center for American Progress, Frederick M. Hess, Director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute, and Ulrich Boser, Research Director, Leaders and Laggards Report Card. A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Innovation http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/110909C.mp3 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:38:38 -0500 no 01:17:28 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA Center for American Progress In part two of this CAP co-sponsored event at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce the "Leaders and Laggards" report is discussed. Education reform is then discussed by John Podesta, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress and Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce. A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Innovation http://images2.americanprogress.org/CAP/podcasts/events_audio/110909b.mp3 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:34:09 -0500 no 00:37:52 center for american progress, cap, events, washington, DC, USA