Conference Program
Thursday, September 27, 2007
7:30–8:30 am
Registration and continental breakfast
8:30–9:15 am
Plenary session: Buffalo a case study of the need for and potential of high road economic development
Presenters: Lou Jean Fleron, Cornell University ILR and Greg LeRoy, Good Jobs First
9:30–11:15 am
Workshops (Choose one of two – click for more information)
- 1.A. New Frontiers for the Living Wage: School Districts, Universities, Big Box Stores, and Others
Moderator: Allison Duwe, Coalition for Economic Justice
Paul Sonn, NYU Brennan Center for Justice
James Thindwa, Chicago Jobs with Justice
Jen Kern, ACORN Living Wage Resource Center
Debbie Minnick, NYSUT/NEA - 1.B. Who Benefits?: State and Local Subsidy Reform
Moderator: James Magavern,Magavern, Magavern & Grimm
Susan Jones, George Washington Law School
Peter Enrich, Northeastern School of Law
Greg LeRoy, Good Jobs First
Sadaf Khatri, NYC Jobs with Justice
Trudi Renwick, Fiscal Policy Institute
11:30am–1:00 pm
Lunch and Address: The Role of Worker Protection Laws in Revitalizing Our Cities
Speaker: Patricia Smith, Commissioner, NYS Dept. of Labor
1:15–3:00 pm
Workshops (Choose one of two – click for more information)
- 2.A. Shadow Governments: The Undemocratic World of Authorities and Developmemt Corporations
Moderator: Lou Jean Fleron, Cornell University ILR School
Gail Radford, University at Buffalo
Aaron Bartley, PUSH
Greg LeRoy, Good Jobs First James Magavern, Magavern, Magavern & Grimm
Sam Hoyt, New York State Assembly - 2.B. Now Comes the Hard Part: Implementing and Enforcing Living Wage Ordinances and Worker Protection Laws
Moderator: Sara Faherty, University at Buffalo Law School
Stephanie Luce, University of Massachusetts
John Magnesi, Wage Enforcement Agent, Connecticut Labor Dept.
Bruce Nissen,Florida International University
Antoine Thompson, New York State Senate
Allison Duwe, Coalition for Economic Justice
3:30–5:30 pm
Spotlight on Buffalo: City Hall Hearing
5:45–7:00 pm
Community Economic Development Bus Tour of Buffalo
Leader: Mark Goldman, Historian, Author, Entrepreneur
Friday, September 28, 2007
8:00–8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30–8:50 am
Call to Action: Rev. Darius Pridgen, True Bethel Baptist Church
8:50–9:30 am
Plenary session: Unions and the Crisis of Urban Inequality
Speaker: Stewart Acuff, AFL-CIO
9:45–11:30 am
Plenary session: Making it Last: Building Progressive Movements into Local Institutions
Moderator: Ron Applegate, Cornell ILR
Panelists: Joel Rogers, University of Wisconsin
J. Phillip Thompson III, MIT
Adrianne Shropshire, NYC Jobs with Justice
Deirdre Schifeling, Working Families Party
Maria Whyte, Erie County Legislator
11:45am–1:00 pm
Lunch and Address: Local, Deep Economies
Speaker: Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy
1:15–3:00 pm
Workshops (Choose one of two – click for more information)
- 3.A. Green Cities: Local Responses to Global Environmental Problems
Moderator: Sam Magavern, University at Buffalo Law School
Bill McKibben, Author, Deep Economy
Julia Chang, S.F.Environment, City & County of San Francisco
Jeff Jones, New York State Apollo Alliance
Lynda Schneekloth, University at Buffalo
Walter Simpson, UB Green
- 3.B. Green Cities: Local Experiences, Global Connections
Moderator: Martha McCluskey, University at Buffalo Law School
Lowell Turner,Cornell University ILR School
Richard Roman, University of Toronto
Edur Velasco, Universidad Autonoma, Mexico City
Yael Levitte, Cornell University ILR School
Greg Albo, York University
