We connect young people with the speakers, films, and resources they need to set up engaging panels, film screenings, spoken word performances, rallies, and more.
Our events stimulate discussion about current issues and generate publicity and interest in the work of young progressive groups and publications.
Click here if you are interested in hosting a Campus Progress event from fall 2009-spring 2010
March 7 – 25, 2010, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Room 1101, George C. Mosse Humanities Building, 455 North Park Street, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
Campus Progress, in partnership with the Center for Middle East Studies of the University of Wisconsin, will screen a series of six films for the Iraq Film Festival. This year will mark the seventh year of U.S. involvement in Iraq, and the films raise awareness of this continued military presence.
The films include: “Iraq for Sale,” “No End in Sight”, “Bahgdad ER”, “The War Tapes”, “Ghosts of Abu Ghraib”, and “The Situation” Descriptions of these films can be found here.
The event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Center for Middle East Studies
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Room 207, Hall of Languages, Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244
Campus Progress, in partnership with PRIDE Union and College Democrats of Syracuse University, will host a screening of “The Education of Shelby Knox.” In a town filled with religious fervor, sexual ferment, abstinence-only agitators and teenage pregnancy, Shelby Knox struggles with her conflicting values and comes to terms with her own sexuality.
The event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, PRIDE Union and College Democrats.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Saturday, March 13th, 2010, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The Africana Center, Tufts University
8 Professors Row, Medford, MA 02155
At the 6th Annual Emerging Black Leaders Symposium, which aims to examine the foundations of socioeconomic and racial disparities that exist in the African-American community, scholars and students will address the experience of the African Diaspora.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, The Omidyar Fund, and The Civic Engagment Fund.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Michigan Union Ballroom
University of Michigan, 530 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Join sex educators Marshall Miller and Jocelyn Bensonus to laugh and learn about the “big O,” the most popular topic they teach about!
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Michigan Student Assembly.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
White Oak A, UIC Student Centers Administration, 750 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60607 Kamran Pasha, writer and producer for NBC’s highly anticipated new television series Kings, will be speaking about his experience as an American Muslim in Hollywood. Kings is a modern day retelling of the Biblical tale of King David. A discussion will follow the panel, and all are welcome to meet him for photographs and autographs.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, and the Pakistani Student Organization.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
March 17, 2010, 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Room 154, Powdermaker Hall, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd,
Flushing, NY, 11367
Andrea Parra, international human rights lawyer and part of MADRE, will speak about the human rights violations in Colombia, especially as connected with reproductive and women’s rights.
Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Campus Progress, Democracy Matters, and the American Jewish World Service.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Thursday, March 18, 2010, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Washington College of Law, Room 603, American University, Washington, DC 20016
9500 Liberty reveals the startling vulnerability of Prince William County, Virgina, targeted by national anti-immigration networks using the internet to frighten and intimidate lawmakers and citizens. After the film there will be a panel with filmmaker Annabel Park and lawyer/advocate Jumana Musa from Rights Working Group to explore local law enforcement of federal immigration law, including ICE’s “Secure Communities” initiative.
The event is free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be served
Sponsored by Campus Progress, Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, LaLSA, Progressive People of Coloc Caucus, American University Human Rights Council and the Student Bar Association.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Monday, March 15, 2010 through Friday, March 19, 2010
The University of Texas – Austin, 1 University Station
Austin, Texas 78712
Join students from around the country from March 15-19 in Austin, Texas to learn about and fight against the death penalty. Participants will come away with firsthand knowledge of the anti-death penalty movement, and a new understanding of how they can affect public policy.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, Students Against the Death Penalty, and other organizations.
The event is free, and housing can be arranged for a $25 fee. Learn more and register at http://springbreakalternative.org/deathpenalty/
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Ward 1, Ward Circle Building
American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016 Julia Serano, author of “Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity,” will discuss transsexual and trans feminine perspectives on sexism and feminism.
Sponsored by Campus Progressive, American University Students for Choice, GLBTA Resource Center, Women’s Initiative, Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Queers and Allies.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
The Economic Policy Institute, Suite 300, 1333 H St NW, Washington, DC, 20005
Join Campus Progress, the Economic Policy Institute and Demos for a panel discussion on the economic challenges that prevent students from taking unpaid internships and how federal policy can make a difference. Panelists include Alexander Hertel-Fernandez and Kathryn Edwards, Research Assistants, the Economic Policy Institute; Nancy Cauthen, Director, Economic Opportunity Program, Demos and Shirley Sagawa, Visiting Fellow, Center for American Progress. This event coincides with the Economic Policy Institute and Demos release of “Paving the Way through Paid Internships: A Proposal to Expand Educational Opportunities for Low-Income College Students,” a paper that proposes federal financial aid to help fund public service internships for low-income students.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Space is limited. You must RSVP to attend.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, the Economic Policy Institute and Demos.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Friday, March 26 through Sunday, March 28, 2010
The Riverhouse, 3075 N. Business 97, Bend, Oregon 97701
Rebooting Democracy is the Bus Project’s conference for people-powered politics. On March 26-28, 350 next-generation leaders will come together to grow their policy smarts, hone their political skills, choose shovel-ready policy priorities for 2010-11, and compete in Oregon Idol, where anyone with a good idea can audition for the chance to make their democracy dreams a reality. It all means Oregon politics is savvier, more visionary and ready for action in the new decade.
You must be nominated to attend. Nominate your friends and allies here.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Bus Project .
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010, 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Pizza Restaurant, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Building 52 Orlando, FL, 32826.
This special event is a Poetry & Art Extravaganza Cipher for celebration of women in honor of Women’s Appreciation Month. Performers will celebrate women through art and poetry.
Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Campus Progress and Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Iota Beta Chapter.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Building 52, Orlando, FL, 32826
Organizing an event on campus or in the community can be a great way to educate, motivate, and create change. But things can go wrong – have you ever organized an event you thought would be awesome but only 5 people show up? This training lays out all the steps to go through in planning and preparing for an event including picking an appropriate event, steps to planning, and outreach. This training will be presented by Paula-Raye O’Sullivan, Events Associate, Campus Progress.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Iota Beta Chapter.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 6:10 p.m. – 7:10 p.m.
Shahan Hall Room 203, 620 Michigan Avenue NE, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20017
National Catholic School of Social Service, Masters in Social Work course, “Social Welfare Policy and Services II” discusses “Advocacy and the Internet.” The course focuses on social policy, advocacy, and community organizing strategies. Students are looking forward to learning about the latest in e-advocacy and the connection between online and in-person organizing.
Sponsored by Campus Progress.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Ward Circle 1, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20016
Loren Cameron is the author of multiple photography books about transgender identity. Through a slideshow and discussion, he will tell his own personal story and the stories of the people he photographs.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, & Ally Resource Center at American University.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Friday April 9, 2010, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Corwin Pavilion, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106
Campus Progress and The UCSB Environmental affairs board invite you to the Grassroots Solutions panel at the Our Planet, Our Problem Conference. This panel will emphasize alternative, grassroots solutions to climate change. Speakers include, Alec Loorz, Founder, Kids vs Global Warming; Dave Davis, Executive Director, Santa Barbara Community Environmental Council; Kandi Mossett, Tribal Climate Challenge Organizer, Indigenous Environmental Network and Jason Mark, Editor, Earth Island Journal.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and UCSB Environmental Affairs Board.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Friday, April 9 through Sunday, April 11, 2010
Weisman Art Museum, 333 East River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55455
The conference aims to demonstrate how hip hop pedagogy can be used to educate, empower and transform communities. The organizers and presenters will host discussions and workshops that will apply the elements of hip hop in ways that will engage and empower a diverse group young people to use their bodies and talents to theorize social justice.
The Conference is free and open to the public, but you must register in order to attend. Click here to register. Click here for a tentative schedule of conference events.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, Voices Merging, the Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota and various other University and community organizations.
More information can be found at Vicestoverses.blogspot.com
For more information go to Vicestoverses.blogspot.com or email speakers@campusprogress.org
Saturday, April 17, 2010, 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Newcomb Hall, 180 McCormick Road, Charlottesville, VA 22904 PURSUITis a free, non-partisan conference that will bring UVa students together to increase social awareness and activism by hosting prominent speakers and informative workshops. Speakers include Calvin Sun, a documentary filmmaker and Board Member of the East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU); Zach Kolodin, co-founder and Executive Director of Young People First; and Zim Ugochukwu, assistant director of helloCHANGE, and co-founder of Ignite Greensboro.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, ECAASU, and Young People First.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Sunday May 23, 2010 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Fred Beekman Park, 106 Larkins Hall, Columbus, OH 43210
Campus Progress and Active Minds OSU invite you to a 5K run to provide students and the community with an opportunity to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness as well as promote awareness of suicide and depression. The event is to educate students about the mental health resources available on campus and in the surrounding community. Entertainment includes a DJ, resource tables, a stomp team performance and awards ceremony.
Refreshments will be served.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and Active Minds OSU.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Lyons Dining Hall, Boston College Main Campus, 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
This panel debate will examine whether the drinking age in the United States should be changed. Speakers include Dr. John McCardell founder and president of Choose Responsibility; Jim Fell of the Pacific Institute of Research and Evaluation; Robyn Priest, Assistant Dean of the BC Alcohol Education Program; and the panel will be moderated by Ken Kersch. A discussion will follow the panel.
The event is free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be served.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, the Clough Center for Constitutional Democracy, and the College Democrats.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Progressivism on Tap is a lecture and discussion series from the Progressive Studies Program at the Center for American Progress, focused on the history and intellectual traditions of progressivism and liberalism. This event features Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. He will discuss financial regulatory reform.
Click here to RSVP.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Progressive Studies Program.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.
Saturday, March 6, 2010, 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Women’s Center, 55 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 01255
This workshop covers the basics of event planning, like getting speakers, making sure your event is well attended, generating press coverage, and logistics. Tufts SAFER is a student group that seeks to challenge rape culture on campus. As a Progressive Partner, Campus Progress works with Tufts SAFER on skills-building and mentorship that support their goals.
Refreshments will be served.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and SAFER.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
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