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Thestory...Sixyearsago,agroupoffolksgatheredinalivingroom--bothoutofdreadandbecausetheysawanopportunity.TheSupremeCourtwasabouttohanddownitsinfamousCitizensUnitedrulingthatopenedthedoortonearlyunlimitedandunmonitoredspendinginelections.Andthecountrywasoutragedaboutitandreadytogettoworkfixingthisstateofaffairs.MovetoAmendlaunchedasnothingmorethanaone-pageonlinepetitionsaying,"Doyouagreethatcorporationsarenotpeople?Doyoubelievemoneyisnotfreespeechandsopoliticalspendingshouldberegulated?"Sixyears,400,000+people,andhundredsofsuccessfulballotinitiatives,resolutions,endorsements,andgrassrootsgroupslater...weknowwewereright.Thiscountryisreadytowipethisnoxiousideaof"corporateconstitutionalrights"offthebooks.TheproblemandsolutionManypeopleknowthatthisCitizensUnitedrulingwasgroundedintheideathatcorporationsarepeopleandthereforehaveinalienablerightsundertheconstitution--justlikehumanbeings.WhatMovetoAmendfolksknowisthatCitizensUnitedwasabigdropinabigbucket...thelatestinalonglineofrulingsbytheSupremeCourtsince1886chippingawayattherightsofrealpeopleandtheircommunities.Inordertoendthatpattern,weneedaConstitutionalAmendmentbackedbyamassivemulti-generational,multi-racialbase.We'vereachedatippingpoint.Forthefirsttimesinceourfoundingin2010,thisscrappygrassrootscoalitionisreadytoholdanationalgathering.We'regoingtolaunchournewstrategytogettoasuccessfulConstitutionalAmendmentthatENDSCORPORATEPERSONHOODandgetsmoneyoutofpoliticsbymakingitclearthatMONEYISNOTFREESPEECH.Andwe’regoingtodoitasagrowingmulti-racial,inter-generationalmassmovementforaccountabledemocracy.

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2016 Inaugural Leadership Summit A strategy to demand democracy for people and communities.

May 6-9, 2016

Move to Amend's first national Leadership Summit is convening May 6-9 in Washington, D.C.! We have committed to make this a powerful three-day event in our country's center of power. Move to Amend grassroots volunteers—and those who want to become active—are all welcome.

Leadership Summit Home Page: movetoamend.org/summit

Social Media: follow @MovetoAmend and use these hash tags: #AmendmentSummit #Lobby2Amend #WethePeople

Plenary Livestreaming for your friends and allies back home! link coming

THANK YOU Leadership Summit Sponsors:

Anonymous - $2,000 - Plenary: Building Movements Across Issues & Movements

Aurora Foundation - $5,000 - Banquet & Celebration with Frances Moore Lappe

DuPage Move to Amend, Illinois - $763 - Scholarships

Kathleen Murtey of The Pachamama Alliance - $926 - Capitol Hill Lobby Day

Melissa Muth - $500 - Roundtable: Funders for Democracy

POCLAD (Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy) - $2,500 - "Richard Grossman and Ward Morehouse Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Pachamama Alliance - $1,000 - Livestreaming

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THANK YOU to these participants who registered at the "Co-Sponsor" level to help support subsidized registrations!

Arlene Sweeting Barbara Gerten Benno Friedman Br. David Smith Deborah Fay Doug Jambard-Sweet

Eitan Fenson Frank Hribar James Price Johanna Albrecht Loring Cannon Lucas Stoyanoff

Marian Gamble pamella gronemeyer Richard Hobbs Ron Miller Susan Pelican

THANK YOU to our wonderful Leadership Summit crowdfunders! Ahuvah Reese Alyse Wynne Lamb Barbara Council Barbara Kashian-Snow Barbara L McKasson Benjamin H Sibelman Bethany J Gray Bob E. Hussey Carla Rautenberg Carol D Jackson Carolyn E Bninski Catherine Fish Catherine L Kerry Christine Calder Constance Bartusis Daniel j klein David c Ergo David H VonSeggern David K Cobb David S Helfand Debbie Sanich Debra Brown Don Atkinson-Adams Elaine S Booth Elizabeth Dyrsmid Ellen W. Lankhorst Elliot Goldman Eric von Stromberg

Eric Wenocur Erline Towner Francis A Regan Gerson Lesser Glenn Bachman Gregory Rosasco Guillermina Segura Ian Boardman James D Sullivan James Freake James H. Cossitt James Marean Janice M. Rickert Jessica Munger John Mceiver Josephine Harrison Julia M Ryan Kaitlin R Sopoci Belknap Karen Roberts Kristin J Storey Laura Bonham Leila Roberts Lorin Troderman Lorraine A. Reich Lucy Deakins M J Engel Madelon J DeYoung Marc Jondall Mark A. Peterson

Marsha Buck Martha D Hunkins Merril Lynn Michael Adcock Michael Avelar Michael Fleming Michelle m Williams Milton L Masur MD Myrolee r Stanfield Naomi D. Bloom Pamela Jay Patrick Wooldridge Porter M Hedge R Schultz Rebecca H Ward Richard G Fish Robert Ambruso Ronald B Zucker Ronald Gremban Shelley l Johnson Susan C Frazier Susan McBain Susanne Bader Tammy Kuiper Tedd W Ward, Jr. Terry Alexander Thomas H Perez Yehudit Lieberman

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2016 Inaugural Leadership Summit A strategy to demand democracy for people and communities.

National 4-H Conference Center

7100 Connecticut Ave. Chevy Chase, MD 20815

PROGRAM SNAPSHOT

Friday, May 6 12 - 7 pm 12:30 – 1:30 pm 1:30 - 5 pm

Registration Open Lunch for Workshop participants Train-the-Trainer workshop: Become an Online Engagement Master (workshop fee includes lunch & dinner)

Saturday, May 7 7 am - 11 am 8 am - 9 am 9 am - 5 pm 6 pm - 8:30 pm 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Registration Open Breakfast Conference, Day 1 Banquet with Frances Moore Lappé, keynote Forum Theater – Theater of the Oppressed

Sunday, May 8 8 am - 9 am 9 am – 5:45 pm 6:30 pm - 8 pm 8 pm - 9:30 pm

Breakfast Conference, Day 2 Dinner Talent in the Family – Volunteer Showcase

Monday, May 9 7 am - 8 am 8:15 am 9 am - 1 pm 1 - 3 pm

Lobby Day Breakfast Briefing Bus to Capitol Hill (Rayburn House Bldg) Congressional Lobby Day – meetings with representatives Lunch & Debrief (United Methodist Church - 100 Maryland Ave, NE, Washington, D.C.)

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2016 Inaugural Leadership Summit A strategy to demand democracy for people and communities.

DETAILED PROGRAM

Friday, May 6

12 - 7 pm Registration Location: JC Penney Lobby

12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch (for “Become an Online Engagement Master” participants”) Location: Clover Café, 4H Center [register first]

WORKSHOP

1:30 pm - 5 pm

Become an Online Engagement Master (Deep dive—training for trainers) Master - and teach others to use - the Move to Amend outreach systems. Get oriented to the new outreach system--called HIVE*, learn how to find supporters in your area, create email blasts, get the most out of your affiliate web pages, apply social media best practices, and more.

This session is designed for everyone, regardless of computer proficiency. Even if you aren’t primarily responsible for identifying volunteers or sending out emails, you can join and find out what is possible with our new system.

Workshop fee includes lunch and dinner.

* HIVE--Helping Interested Volunteers Engage -- will replace NationBuilder in 2016. It is based on the open-source CiviCRM.org system.

Session Leaders: Move to Amend national office team members Johannes Epke, Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Keyan Bliss

Location: TBD

Saturday, May 7

7 - 11 am Registration Location: JC Penney Lobby

8 - 9 am Breakfast Location: Clover Café, 4H Center [register first]

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PLENARY

9 - 10:30 am

A strategy to demand democracy for people and communities

You will get a sense of what's coming during the Summit, get grounded in our new Ten Year Plan, and deepen your grasp of the political analysis underlying the strategy.

Strategic plan unfolds with help of Move to Amend national co-founders Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap and George Friday, along with seasoned grassroots affiliate leaders Joy Arnold of Lexington, Kentucky, and Millicent Harmon of Mendocino, California.

Location: Ohio Room

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

10:45 am - 12:15 pm

Recruiting & Engaging Volunteers. [repeated Sunday]

Reaching across age, race, class, and other boundaries to build a committed and inspired volunteer base. Sustaining a flow of leaders and preventing burn out.

Session Leaders: Arlene Sweeting, Manasota FL Move to Amend | Jason Bayless, Pachamama Alliance | Ruthi Engelke, Move to Amend National Leadership Team.

Location: TBD

Resolutions & Ballot Initiatives. [repeated Sunday]

From the legislative and advocacy basics to stories of successful initiatives in Move to Amend states.

Session Leaders: Greg Coleridge, Move to Amend Central Ohio | Stacey Cossey, Spokane WA Moves to Amend

Location: TBD

Effective online engagement. [Saturday only]

Get oriented to the new outreach system--called HIVE, learn how to find supporters in your area, create email blasts, and more.

Session Leaders: Move to Amend national office team members Johannes Epke, Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap.

Location: TBD

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Funders for Democracy Roundtable.

Grantmakers concerned with fostering a healthy democracy are invited to reflect on the new strategic plan, draw connections between their work and the struggle against corporate constitutional rights.

Moderated by Aaron Dorfman, Executive Director of the National Center for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) and Move to Amend major donor. Co-facilitated by Move to Amend National Team Members David Cobb and George Friday.

Location: TBD

12:15 – 1:15 pm Lunch Location: Clover Café, 4H Center

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

1:30 - 3 pm

Lobbying Effectively as a Move to Amend Organizer. Training for Monday’s Congressional Lobby Day that will be just as useful with your legislators at home. This interactive session will help make sure you’re prepared for Monday’s lobby session with your Representatives and Senators and will offer what you need to follow up when you’re back in their home district as well. We will also offer resources to help you train others on your team back home as you lobby state and federal representatives to take the Pledge to Amend and sponsor We the People Amendment legislation.

Session Leaders: David Cobb, Move to Amend National Leadership Team ! James Price, Move to Amend Tuscaloosa, Alabama Location: Ohio Room

Using “Theater of the Oppressed” in your activism. Using a vivid grassroots theater style created in Brazil in the 1960s to promote social and political change through audience engagement. Theater as rehearsal for revolution.

Session Leaders: Katherine Burke, Move to Amend Arts & Culture Caucus | Ruthi Engelke, Move to Amend National Leadership Team

Location: TBD

3 - 3:15 pm Break

PLENARY

3:15 – 4:45 pm

The Corporate Personhood Timeline Exercise. This is a well-loved participatory workshop that weaves together corporate constitutional rights, the legal foundations of white supremacy, and people’s movements for Constitutional power to

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provide a tool we can use to more effectively teach this history in our communities. Join in, then do it at home!

See the Move to Amend web site for the workshop tool-kit. [movetoamend.org/toolkit/rights-and-privileges-timeline-exercise]

Session Leaders: Ashley Sanders, Salt Lake Move to Amend, Utah | Daniel Lee, Move to Amend National Ledership Team | Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Move to Amend National Leadership Team (& co-founder)

Location: TBD

4:45 – 5 pm Closing, Healing.

5 – 6 pm Break

BANQUET

6 – 8:30 pm

Banquet & Celebration

Special guest -- activist and visionary Frances Moore Lappé of the Small Planet Institute will reflect on how Move to Amend fits into her hopes for a Living Democracy. We will celebrate how far we’ve come, and appreciate the support of our allies in Congress and nationwide.

Session Leaders: Joni Albrecht, South Palm Beach / North Broward, Florida Move to Amend | Virginia Rasmussen, Move to Amend National Leadership Team | Frances Moore Lappe, Small Planet Institute

Location: Ohio Room

LIVELY ARTS

8:30 – 10:30 pm

Forum Theater. A lively, participatory demonstration of Theatre of the Oppressed with Katherine Burke of the Move to Amend Arts & Culture Caucus and Past President of Pedgagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed. Bring your stories—how has corporate rule affected you?

Session Leaders: Ruthi Engelke, Move to Amend National Leadership Team | Katherine Burke, Move to Amend Arts & Culture Caucus

Location: Ohio Room

Sunday, May 8

8 - 9 am Breakfast Location: Clover Café, 4H Center

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PLENARY

9 am - 12:30 pm

People’s Movement Assembly: Visioning a Democratic Constitution. Have you ever been part of a People’s Movement Assembly (PMA) process? Real democracy will require a movement that goes well beyond the "We the People" amendment and there's no time like ASAP to start visioning the steps to get there. Join a profound and lively discussion about our current political moment and what’s needed for the future we envision. Learn how to conduct a participatory PMA process. This discussion will be used to draw out themes of consensus in Move to Amend for the plan beyond passing the “We the People” Amendment.

Session Leaders: Jerome Scott, Move to Amend National Leadership Team | Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Move to Amend National Leadership Team (& co-founder)

Location: Ohio Room

NETWORKING LUNCH

12:30 – 2 pm

Self organizing by topic or Move to Amend issue/sector caucus:

Discussion topics will be finalized during registration

Interfaith Caucus. Host: Michael Greenman. Arts & Culture Caucus. Host: Ruthi Engelke Labor Caucus. Host: Frank Hribar Pachamama Alliance. Host: Jason Bayless Forming State Networks. Host: Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap Environmental & Climate Justice. Discuss forming a new caucus. Host: Daniel Lee Communicating Across Aisles. How to engage conservative voters with Move to Amend’s goals and and progressive values. Host: David Cobb

Location: Indiana Room (next to Clover Café)

PLENARY

2 – 4 pm

Building Relationships Across Issues and Movements. Do you find that corporate rule impacts nearly every issue you care about? Hear from and dialogue with movement leaders in climate justice, immigration, mass incarceration, workers’ rights, and more. Gain insight into ways your affiliate could become more effective at building bridges with other movements and connecting the dots in outreach and education in your community.

Moderator: David Cobb, Move to Amend National Leadership Team

Panelists:

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Immigration: Ambar Pinpo, United We Dream

Climate & Environmental Justice: Jacqueline Patterson, NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, member of the Climate Justice Alliance / Our Power Campaign

Racial Justice: Elsa Lakew, Black Lives Matter DMV (D.C., MD, Northern VA)

Location: Ohio Room

4 - 4:15 pm Break

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

4:15 – 5:45 pm

Artful Action. [Sunday only]

A participatory lesson in lively, creative direct action with Backbone Campaign.

Session Leaders: Bill Moyer, Backbone Campaign

Location: TBD

Public Speaking as Organizing. [Sunday only]

Using the Move to Amend talking points for presentations, press interviews, and one-on-one conversations. Best practices for self-presentation on stage and on camera.

Session Leaders: David Cobb, Move to Amend National Leadership Team | Keyan Bliss, Move to Amend National Staff

Location: TBD

Recruiting & Engaging Volunteers. [repeated from Saturday]

Reaching across age, race, class, and other boundaries to build a committed and inspired volunteer base. Sustaining a flow of leaders and preventing burn out.

Session Leaders: Barbara Gerten, Move to Amend St. Paul Minnesota | Jason Bayless, Pachamama Alliance | Ruthi Engelke, Move to Amend National Leadership Team.

Location: TBD

Resolutions & Ballot Initiatives. [repeated from Saturday]

From the legislative and advocacy basics to stories of successful initiatives in Move to Amend states.

Session Leaders: Greg Coleridge, Move to Amend Central Ohio | Stacey Cossey, Spokane WA Moves to Amend

Location: TBD

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6:30 - 8 pm Dinner

Networking discussion groups can continue conversations started over lunch if they wish.

Location: Clover Café, 4H Center

LIVELY ARTS

8 – 9:30 pm

Talent in the Family. Showcase of affiliate volunteers’ skits, chants, songs, and more. What have you done in your community that got people inspired and riveted? What have you always wanted to try and would like to practice on us first?

Session Leader: Jessica Munger, Move to Amend National Staff

Location: Ohio Room

Monday, May 9

7 - 8 am Breakfast briefing for Congressional Lobby Day participants

Location: Indiana Room (next to Clover Café)

8:15 am Shuttles to Capitol Hill

Pick up* in front of Kellogg Building (near Clover Café)

* Bring your luggage to be stored onboard the shuttles if you are leaving for airport or other destinations from Capitol Hill

Drop off in front of Rayburn House Office Building, Capitol Hill

CONGRESSIONAL LOBBY DAY

9 am - 3 pm

Delegations meet with Congressional representatives or staff. Practice making the case for the We the People Amendment with national elected officials. Open or deepen relationships and conversations with federal legislators that you will sustain when you get back home.

1 - 3 pm Brown bag lunch and debrief

United Methodist Church, 100 Maryland Ave, NE, Washington, D.C.

3 – 4 pm Bus back to 4H Center

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MOVE TO AMEND DEDICATES THIS INAUGURAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

WITH LOVE

TO

ILENE SINGER (1943 – 2016)

Move to Amend’s energetic, dedicated, and canny grassroots leader

from Broward County, Florida

Ilene Singer, of Tamarac, Florida, formerly of Detroit, died April 20, 2016 at the age of 73. She was the beloved daughter of the late Martin and the late Esther Singer. Dear sister of Leonard (Carol) Singer and the late Dr. Myron (the late Diane) Singer. Cherished aunt of Dr. Robert (Amy) Singer, Brian (Donna) Singer, Dan (Debbie) Singer, Matthew (Marta) Singer and Sara Singer. Also survived by loving great-nieces and great-nephews. She was interred at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale, MI on April 22, 2016.

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NationalLeadershipTeamKeyanBlissLauraBonhamDavidCobbRuthiEngelkeEdgarFranksGeorgeFridayDanielLeeVirginiaRasmussenJeromeScottKaitlinSopoci-BelknapEgbertoWillies

StaffKeyanBliss,CommunicationsCoordinatorPaulBenson,Development&FinancialAdministratorDavidCobb,OutreachDirectorAmbrosiaDanu,Administrative&CommunicationsAssistantJessicaMunger,ProgramCoordinatorLeilaRoberts,GrassrootsVolunteerCoordinatorKaitlinSopoci-Belknap,National

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