DemocracyFest 2007 Schedule

Submitted by DemFestAdmin on 22 May, 2007 - 1:06pm.

***Schedule Subject to Change***

Friday, June 8

8:00 PM - 1:00 AM: Pre-Event Party
in the Quackers Lounge


Saturday, June 9

9:30 - 11 AM: Breakfast and Speakers

9:45 AM

  • Proclamation from Governor Lynch: Kermit Williams

10:15 AM

  • Jim Dean, DFA

10:30 AM

  • Sen. John Edwards

11 AM - 2:15 PM: Panels, Speakers, Trainings

11 AM - 12:30 PM

  • Impeachment Panel
  • Creating Community Websites
  • Volunteer Recruitment and Development: Matt Blizek (DFA)
  • DFA Breakout Session

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

  • Rep. Paul Hodes

12:45 PM

  • Service Politics
  • Open Mike
  • Anatomy of a Grassroots Campaign
  • Precinct and Neighborhood Organizing: Arshad Hasan (DFA)

2:15 - 2:45 PM: Snack Break

2:15

  • Frederick Clarkson

2:45 PM - 6 PM: Trainings, Film

2:45 - 4:15

  • Jeffrey Feldman, author - Framing in Famous Speeches
  • Utilizing Social networks for Campaigns: Tom Hughes (DFA)
  • Play: Six Nights in the Black Belt

2:45 PM - 4:30 PM

  • Film: My War, My Story
    followed by panel with the film-makers and Iraq vets

4:15 PM

  • Doris "Granny D" Haddock

4:30 PM - 6 PM

  • Katrina Panel
  • Mark Crispin Miller, author
  • Bev Harris, Black Box Voting
  • Online Fundraising Tools and Tactics: Erin Hill & Karl-Thomas Musselman
  • Peak Oil Panel

6 PM - 7:30 PM: Dinner, Speakers, and Entertainment

6:00 PM

  • Rick and Bill of the band Coldspring

6:30 PM

  • Rebecca Padula

7:00 PM

  • William McNarry, USAction,
    on behalf of Sen. Barack Obama

7:30 PM

  • Sen Mike Gravel

8:00 PM

  • Marshall Stern and Nancy Howland Walker

8:30 PM - Midnight: Entertainment

  • Cecilia St. King
  • Subway Serenade

Midnight - 1:00 AM: Party in the Quackers Lounge

Sunday, June 10

9:30 AM - 11 AM, Blogger's Breakfast

10:15 AM

  • Jim Dean, DFA
  • Entertainment by Subway Serenade

11 AM - 2:15 PM: Panels, Speakers, Trainings

11:00 - 12:30 PM AM

  • Internet 101
  • Film: Big Easy to Big Empty
  • Election Law

12:45 PM - 2:15 PM

  • Service Politics, VT Sen. Matt Dunne, 12:45 - 2:15
  • Steve Gerencser, on Behalf of Sen. Chris Dodd, 12:45 - 1:15
  • Karen Hicks, on Behalf of Sen. Hillary Clinton, 1:15 - 1:45
  • Open Mike, 1:45 - 2:15

1:00 PM

  • Asst. Sec. of State Anthony Stevens:
    NH Method for Hand Count Paper Ballot Elections
    (costs and administration)

2:00 PM

  • Panel Discussion:
    NH town/city clerks and moderators, challenges and
    opportunities in election administration

2:15 - 2:45 PM, Snack Break

2:45 - 6 PM Panels, Trainings, Films

2:45 - 4:15 PM

  • Democracy and the Religious Right
  • Different for Different Folks
  • Marionette Show

3 - 4 PM

  • Workshop: Pollworker Training with NH Dept. of State

4 - 6 PM

  • Film: "We're Counting the Votes"
  • Film: "Hacking Democracy"
  • ePluribus Media

4:15 PM

  • Charlie Grapski, political history

4:30 PM - 6 PM

  • Blue Cities & Red Areas: Similarities and Differences for Grassroots Politics: Tracy Denton & Judith Ren-Lay

5:30 PM

  • Jean Sara Rohe

6 PM - 7:30 PM, Dinner, Speakers, and Entertainment

6:00 PM

  • Zo Tobi

6:30 PM

  • NH Secretary of State Gardner

7:15 PM

  • Carlos and Melida Arredondo

7:30 PM

  • Gov. Howard Dean, DNC Chair
    (free and open to the public)

Notes

Schedule Updates

Schedule Has Changed and is Subject to Further Change.

Be sure to check the update board near the registration table for the most up to date schedule.

Cancellations:

Unfortunately, Greg Palast and John Nichols are no longer able to attend.

To be Scheduled

  • all scheduled, so far!

Awaiting Confirmation

  • Film: Killowatt Ours