Jubilee USA Network Regional Conference
Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK
Saturday, October 24, 2009, 9am - 5 pm
Program
9:00 – 9:30 Registration & Breakfast
9:30 – 9:40 Welcome and Overview Neil Watkins, Executive Director, Jubilee USA
9:40 – 10:40 Plenary I: The Need: Crisis of the Poverty and Debt at Home and around the World
Moderator: Bishop Floyd Schoenhals, Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod-ELCA
Panelists: Briggs Bomba, Director of Campaigns, Africa Action
Sering Falu Njie, Deputy Director-Policy, UN Millennium Campaign - End Poverty 2015
Sarah Anderson, Fellow, Global Economy Project, Institute for Policy Studies
10:45-12:00 Plenary II: Learn Locally, Act Globally: Dropping the Debt to Fight Poverty Worldwide
Moderator: Carly Pildis, Interfaith Outreach and Advocacy Fellow, Jubilee USA
Rev. Stan Duncan, United Church of Christ, Jubilee Justice Task Force - Massachussetts
Bishop Floyd Schoenhals, Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod-ELCA;
Melinda St. Louis, Deputy Director, Jubilee USA Netowrk
12 – 1 Lunch
1- 2:15 Workshop Session 1
1. On the Ground Impacts of Debt Cancellation: Country Case Studies in Zambia and Tanzania
Briggs Bomba, Africa Action
Bishop Floyd Schoenhals, Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod-ELCA
Neil Watkins, Jubilee USA
2. The Debt Boomerang: From Foreclosures at Home to the Debt Crisis Abroad
Richard Klinge, Archdiocese of Oklahoma City/Catholic Charities
Sarah Anderson, Institute for Policy Studies
3. Global Poverty and National Security
Alex Baumgarten, Episcopal Church
2:30-3:45 Workshop Session 2
1. Advocacy and Organizing in Your Faith Community.
Rev. Stan Duncan, United Church of Christ, Jubilee Justice Task Force, MA
Carly Pildis, Interfaith Outreach and Advocacy Fellow, Jubilee USAKaren Spradlin, Kansas/Oklahoma Conference, United Church of Christ
2. Advocacy and Organizing in Your Student/Community Organization .
Brooke Harper, National Field Organizer, Jubilee USA
4:00 – 4:45 Closing Plenary: Taking It Home: Stand Up, Speak Out, & Take Action
Moderator- Brooke Harper, National Field Organizer
Panelists- Neil Watkins, Jubilee USA, Executive Director
Jean O'Leary- Jubilee San Diego
Karen Spradlin - Kansas/Oklahoma, United Church of Christ
Alex Baumgarten- Episcopal Church
