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RootsCamp 2010 Session Topics

 

Here are some of the session topics and suggestions we've received so far:

 

My session topic ideas
"How to organize, energize and publicize a small group of local progressive activists -- even in a conservative suburb"
1) Citizens United: Dred Scott for the 21st Century.
2) The Necessity for People to Support their Elected Leaders so their leaders can deliver for the people.
3) Why We Must Celebrate the Transformation of America Through its Genuine Commitment to World Peace.
Affordable health care.

Affordable higher education.
Art of persuasion
Changing the paradigm.
Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Coordinating campaigns for beginners?
Currently only 37% of 8th graders in Ohio read at grade level, a large proportion of them from poverty. Things could be different and ultimately for progressive politics, full participation of these individuals is critical. Illiteracy shuts out individuals from the process.  Learn to identify the key ingredients to change this current education failure.
Describe the Ohio Parental Rights Amendment petition, gather signatures.
Advocate reform of outdated & unjust family laws which fail to equally protect the fundamental rights of parents and children.
Designing Sustainabler Communities
Designing Sustainable Ohio
Designing Sustainable Cincinnati
Door to Door Campaigning. In a close race it's the personal contact that will earn you that extra vote to win.
Employment, education, affordable housing, and affordable healthcare.
Energizing and organizing Precinct Executives
Environmental issues; The Dirty lie of Clean Coal, Coal Ash regulation (Senate is trying to figure out if it is a toxic substance or not) Mountain Top Removal, Defending the power of the Clean Air Act to regulate GHGs by the EPA, and what is up with Obama loving Nuke Power?
Ewaste -Responcable computer reuse and recycling.
Facing the 2010 election with eyes wide open.
Faith Based Organizing
Forward Ohio!
getting rid of filibuster
Grassroots Organizing Updates
Transition Initiatives
The Year of REALLY Acting Locally
green manufacturing plants and rebuilding our cities
Growing grassroots organizations
Have our "robo" electoral tactics run their course their course?
Health Care, Lower Taxes, forming sessions in Troy area
How to effectively unify our efforts.
How to get people involved in change?

Can we prepare for the decline in energy reserves?
I am interested in health care reform.
I am willing to give sessions on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
And Writing Letters to Editors.
I need to learn more about social networking and maintaining contact lists if anyone is available to help with this.
I would like to learn about the different 501 rules and regulations, how they differ and how to decide under which one your organization should umbrella under.
I would like to see credit reform happen to help those who have had some hard times get a break.
Immigration Reform - Why this is an important issue in Ohio and the nation.
Industry,Jobs,Health care,Green Tech Jobs
messaging and framing
n/a
NCLB Reauthorization and Federal Race to the Top Grants, including School Turnaround and Investing in Innovation Fund
Not sure
Orginizing New Industries within the Labor Movement
OSU purchase of Poindexter Village/ CMHA sales of public housing blocks
Political organizing and petition drives in a Union workplace.
RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICALLY WIND ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURES
Rural Organizing Campaign (ROC)of NW Ohio
The Ohio Higher Education Rail Network. www.ohern.org

The OHERN concept grew out of the belief that there is a mutually beneficial and interdependent relationship between education and transportation; where colleges and universities can help build a statewide network of passenger trains and, by building that network, strengthen Ohio's system of higher education.
Using Technology in Blogs
What can we do to get the Ohio Democratic Party to listen to women and take women's issues seriously?
WHAT EVER I CAN DO TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO ALL RETIREES, ASKING FOR THEIR SUPPORT.  RETIREES ARE LOYAL WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING ISSUES IN OUR GREAT CITY AND OHIO.
What time is this event?
Winning in a rural conservative area

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