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AUDIO & MEDIA DIGEST NOW AVAILABLE! On July 21, 2010, United for a Fair Economy, with the
support of our Responsible
Wealth project, hosted a press
teleconference, featuring several powerful voices on the issue, to advance the message to strengthen and
permanently reinstate the federal estate
tax.
UFE's Shannon Moriarty will be live-blogging from the National Coordinating Conference for the Campaign for Federal Aid to Communities on July 13th and 14th. Follow along as state organizers develop a national strategy for demanding federal aid for jobs and essential public goods and services.
Live-blog coverage starts on Tuesday, July 13th at 1:30pm. The first
session kicks off with a discussion of key issues facing the federal
campaign, including a recession retrospective, federal legislation, and
the 2010 fall elections. Read more >>
Lobby Day is a long-standing tradition at UFE. This two-day training
and event gives UFE and RW members a chance to head down to
Washington, DC and let Congress know what’s on their minds when it comes
to specific policies up for debate.
Lobby Day has been a great
way for UFE to engage its supporters of the estate tax in direct action
around an issue they care deeply about, and this year is no different.
The next six weeks are a critical window of opportunity to stop the
extension of estate and income tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans
at the expense of vital investment in jobs, education and the
environment.
Our 2010 Lobby Day is being co-hosted with Opinion
Leaders Advocacy Network (OLAN). OLAN is an allied organization made up
of progressive political donors, business leaders, philanthropists, and others
who do direct advocacy for the public good on a range of issues. With
the fate of the estate tax likely being decided this year, we’re giving
supporters an exciting opportunity to persuade key Senators to act now
to create a strong and sensible estate tax.
Participants in our
previous Estate Tax Lobby Days have found speaking to members of
Congress exciting and inspiring. And while it’s too late to attend this
year’s Lobby Day, we encourage you to sign on to our mailing list if you’re interested in attending events like this in the future.
Our December 15th Estate Tax Teleconference was a successful event, garnering immediate and continuing media coverage as Congress debates the future of the federal estate tax - see more inside. You may also download a recording of the teleconferencehere.
The Closing the Racial Wealth Gap workshop helps participants critically examine the way in which
race shapes the distribution of resources and privilege in the U.S. We
use several participatory activities and dialogue to analyze the role
of government in supporting (for people of European descent) or
blocking (for people of color) the accumulation of assets. The workshop also
reviews strategies, campaigns, and actions that will help close the
racial wealth divide and promote create greater economic equality in
general.
The Growing Economic Divide workshop will present an overview of the massive income and wealth shift of the last 30 years
using "human graphs," with opportunities to discuss the effects of
gross inequality on our lives and the lives of the people we know and
care about.
This presentation is the first in a series of three workshops on Economic Inequality presented by the
AUDIO & MEDIA DIGEST NOW AVAILABLE! On July 21, 2010, United for a Fair Economy, with the
support of our Responsible
Wealth project, hosted a press
teleconference, featuring several powerful voices on the issue, to advance the message to strengthen and
permanently reinstate the federal estate
tax.
Lobby Day is a long-standing tradition at UFE. This two-day training
and event gives UFE and RW members a chance to head down to
Washington, DC and let Congress know what’s on their minds when it comes
to specific policies up for debate.