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 Network
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 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 USA, Karen 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
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