The Path Forward

2024 Elections Debrief + Our Collective Actions

Join us for an in-person event hosted by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, our And Still I Vote campaign, and our Center for Civil Rights and Technology. We will convene allies and partners for conversations on voter mobilization, community engagement, and digital disinformation, analyzing the 2024 elections and looking ahead to 2025 and beyond.

Logo: The Path Forward 2024 Event

Wednesday, December 4 2024

Westin Hotel Downtown DC

Potomac Salon 1

999 9th Street NW

Washington, D.C.

AGENDA

10:30 am: Registration

11:00 am: Welcome + Opening

  • Maya Wiley, President + CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights

11:15 am: Election Analysis + Strategic Landscape

  • Celinda Lake, President, Lake Research Partners

11:45 am: Grab + Go Lunch

12:15 pm: Working Lunch + Plenary 

A View from the Top: Preserving + Growing Power in Coalition

  • Jocelyn Frye, President, the National Partnership for Women & Families
  • Damon T. Hewitt, President + Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
  • Juan Proaño, CEO, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
  • Marlene Sallo, Executive Director, National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
  • John Yang, President + Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
  • Dorian Warren, Co-President, Community Change (Moderator)

1:30 pm: Break

1:45 pm: Moderated Panel

Misinformation + Disinformation Targeting Our Communities

  • Yosef Getachew, Senior Policy Counsel, Reset.Tech
  • Laura MacCleery, Senior Director of Public Policy, UnidosUS
  • Lia Nitake, Senior Director of Technology, Telecommunications and Media Policy, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
  • Alejandra Montoya-Boyer, Senior Director, The Leadership Conference’s Center for Civil Rights and Technology (Moderator)

2:45 pm: Break 

3:00 pm: Moderated Panel

Facing 2025 Civil Rights Threats Head-On

  • Dana Remus, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP and former White House Counsel
  • Andrea Senteno, Regional Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)
  • Amalea Smirniotopoulos, Senior Policy Counsel + Co-Manager, Legal Defense Fund’s Equal Protection Initiative
  • Mini Timmaraju, President + CEO, Reproductive Freedom for All
  • Kelley Robinson, President, Human Rights Campaign (Moderator)

4:00 pm: Fireside Chat

Synthesis + The Path Forward

  • Patrick Gaspard, President + Chief Executive Officer, the Center for American Progress
  • Maya Wiley, President + CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights

5:00 pm: Reception


SOCIAL MEDIA, RECORDING + PRESS FREE ZONE
To ensure privacy of all, we ask attendees to please abstain from posting — text, photos, videos, etc. — about this event to social media or recording any session — either via video or audio. This event is not open to members of the press.

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photos will be taken at this event for archival purposes. These photos may be used in future Leadership Conference and Center for Civil Rights and Technology materials.

Contact David Stoll at [email protected] or Frank Nolan at [email protected] for questions.


PROJECT 2025: Learn More about What’s At Stake for Civil Rights
As some try to pit us against each other, We the Majority know that we all benefit from one another’s liberation, and that vilifying people based on their identities hurts even those of us who have not been targeted.

Learn More About What’s At Stake For:
Census and Data Equity
Civil Rights and Technology
Criminal Justice Reform
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA)
Education
Fighting Hate
Fair Housing and Lending
Health Care and Anti-Poverty
Immigrants’ Rights
Our Courts, Our Rights, and Our Future
Voting Rights
Working People


IMAGE: Blue and red arced bridge TEXT: The Leadership Conference IMAGE: Line TEXT: The Leadership Conference Education Fund

This event is sponsored by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Center for Civil Rights and Technology.

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