PPI at the DNC: Our 2024 Policy Agenda

Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) will be in Chicago to host an afternoon of programming centered around our Campaign for Working America. This agenda is focused on a policy framework to address what we see as the Democratic Party’s overriding political imperative: Regaining the allegiance of working-class Americans. The event will include a fireside chat as well as two panels on the policies that matter to working Americans across the nation. The programming will feature Senator Michael Bennet, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, former US Representative Tim Ryan, as well as other elected officials and will include two panels.


Agenda:

1:30 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. - Opening Remarks from Will Marshall, President of PPI


1:35 p.m. to 2:05 p.m. - Fireside Chat with Rep. Tim Ryan & Sen. Michael Bennet

Moderator:

• Rep. Tim Ryan, Senior Fellow at PPI and former Representative of Ohio's 13th and 17th Congressional Districts

Panelist:

• Sen. Michael Bennet, Senator from Colorado
  

2:05 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. - A View from the House of Representatives

Moderator:

• Rep. Tim Ryan, Senior Fellow at PPI & fmr. OH-13/OH-17
  
  Panelist:

• Rep. Susan Wild, PA-07

2:25 p.m. to 3:05 p.m. - Expert Panel: New Career Pathways for Young Americans

Moderator:

• Will Marshall, PPI President
  
  Panelists:

• Ryan Craig, Managing Director, Achieve Partners and Senior Fellow at PPI
• Matthew Muench, Head of Jobs & Skills, JP Morgan Chase
• Karin Norington-Reaves, Candidate for Chicago School Board, former CEO of Chicago Cook County Workforce Partnership
• Jason Gaulden, Partner at Oak Rose Group and Education Fellow at Common Sense Institute
  

3:05 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. BREAK


3:20 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Fireside Chat

Moderator:

• Will Marshall, President of PPI
  
  Panelist:

• Gov. Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado

3:50 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Expert Panel: Modernizing Public Education

Moderator:

• Tressa Pankovits, Co-Director of Reinventing America's Schools Project at PPI

Panelists:

• Wisconsin State Representative Dora E. Drake, 11th Assembly District
• Jorge Elorza, fmr. Mayor of Providence, President of Democrats for Education Reform
• Juan Rangel, Executive Director at the Urban Center
• Debbie Veney, SVP of Communications, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
  

4:30 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. - Capitol Hill Perspective

Moderator:

• Curtis Valentine, Co-Director of Reinventing America's Schools Project at PPI
  
  Panelist:

• Rep. Adriano Espaillat, Representative for New York’s 13th Congressional District