Press Kit

Background Material

   Press Release [PDF]

   Speaker/Panelist Biographies [PDF]

   Conference Program [PDF]

   Evaluation Survey [PDF]


Reports & Research

   20 Ways to Fight for the Future [PDF]
   Young Activists' Handbook
   By Heather McGhee and Caleb Gibson, Demos

   Economic State of Young America [PDF]
   By Tamara Draut, Demos

   The Progressive Generation [PDF]
   How Young Adults Think About the Economy
   By David Madland and Amanda Logan, Center for American Progress


Candidate Questionnaires

   Hillary Rodham Clinton [PDF]


Panel Presentations

   Evening Reception [PPT]
   Tamara Draut and Heather McGhee, Demos
   Mandie Yanasak, United Food and Commercial Workers

   Paycheck Politics [PPT]
   Tamara Draut, Demos--Moderator
   Sara Flocks, Young Workers United
   Nwamaka C. Agbo, Ella Baker Center
   Monique Scott, 1199SEIU Young Workers Program
   Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute
   Annette Bernhardt, National Employment Law Project

   Getting a Life--Housing, Health Care and Child Care [PPT]
   Tamara Draut, Demos--Moderator
   Jonathan Cohn, Author and Demos Senior Fellow
   Heather Boushey, Joint Economic Committee, US Congress
   Devin Cole, ONEin3 Boston
   Eileen Quigley, Qvisory
   Ezra Klein, The American Prospect

   Generation Debt [PPT]
   Caleb Gibson, Demos--Moderator
   Ian Storrar, Common Cause
   Jose Garcia, Demos
   Chris Lindstrom, The Student PIRGs
   Mike Hayden, Military Officers Association of America

   Race, Ethnicity and Economic Destiny [PPT]
   Heather McGhee, Demos--Moderator
   Shannon Augare, Montana State Rep.
   Maria Teresa Peterson, Voto Latino
   Amaad Rivera, United for a Fair Economy
   Stefanie Brown, NAACP
   Christine Chen, APIAVote
   Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Hip Hop Caucus


Contact

Hard copies of research reports and interviews with Demos experts can be requested by contacting Tim Rusch, Communications Director, or Gennady Kolker, Communications Assistant at communications@demos.org, or (212) 633-1405.


The A Better Deal Conference is a project of Demos. For more information about Demos, the Economic Opportunity Program or research on the economic challenges of young people, please visit: www.demos.org.
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