As Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor recently wrote in the New York Times, “[we] are witnessing the broadest protest movement in American History.” This panel will examine the progress that has been made toward building coalitional movements and durable models of advocacy and activism, both today and in the past, and what remains to be done. Panelists will discuss these questions from the perspective of their own work in building successful campaigns for reproductive justice (Kelley Robinson) and the fulfillment of basic human rights and economic security (Reverand Liz Theoharis). Panelists will also discuss coalitions that involve civic organizations, environmental activists, and labor unions (Hahrie Han, Ruth Milkman) and those that engage more directly with the two-party political system (Daniel Schlozman).
Moderator:
Ruth Milkman
Professor, Department of Sociology and School of Labor and Urban Studies
The Graduate Center, CUNY
Panelists:
Hahrie Han
Professor, Department of Political Science
Director, The P3 Lab
Johns Hopkins University
Kelley Robinson
Vice President of Advocacy and Activism and Executive Director of the Action Fund
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Daniel Schlozman
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Johns Hopkins University
Reverend Liz Theoharis
Co-Chair, Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival
Director, Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice
Union Theological Seminary
Resources from the conference and conference participants are available on the Coalitional Democracy Conference page, including links to the videos for each panel and short highlights of each participant’s remarks, and links to the participants’ websites.
Presented with The Graduate Center/CUNY and as part of The Promise and Perils of Democracy series supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.