Patriotic Millionaires Host “American Agenda (The Money Part)” Conference

Monday, April 17

For Immediate Release

Monday, April 17, 2023

Patriotic Millionaires Host “American Agenda (The Money Part)” Conference

Jamal Simmons (Vice President Kamala Harris) will moderate a two-hour, livestreamed conversation about the need to revitalize the American economy at the Patriotic Millionaires 2023 Annual Spring Meeting.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, as part of their 2023 Annual Spring Meeting, members of the Patriotic Millionaires will host lawmakers, activists, and experts in a conversation – “American Agenda (The Money Part)” – about the need to restructure the economy in the interests of working people.

WHAT: American Agenda (The Money Part)

WHEN: Monday, April 17th, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

LIVESTREAM LINK: https://www.facebook.com/PatrioticMillionaires

Below is an outline of the program and the speaker lineup:

Welcome: Magical Misdirection
Morris Pearl, Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires
Stephen Prince, Vice Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires

Video: Patriotic Millionaires Go To Whiteville (Part One)

Panel: The Great Economy Project
Moderator: Jamal Simmons, Former Communications Director for Vice President Kamala Harris
Cat Hadley, Campaign Manager, Great Economy Project, Patriotic Millionaires
Sarah Anderson, Institute for Policy Studies
Dr. Kaitlyn Henderson, Oxfam America

Panel: Activism as Art. Art as Activism.
Moderator: Jamal Simmons, Former Communications Director for Vice President Kamala Harris
Patriotic Millionaire Filmmaker Abigail Disney (The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales)
Patriotic Millionaire Filmmaker Amy Ziering (The Invisible War)
Filmmaker DL Anderson (Patriotic Millionaires Go To Whiteville)

Mini-Keynote: The Next 250 Years of American Greatness
Dr. Darrick Hamilton, Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy, The New School

Panel: The American Agenda: Wages
Moderator: Jamal Simmons, Former Communications Director for Vice President Kamala Harris
Patriotic Millionaire John Driscoll, President of Walgreens Health
Heidi Shirholz, Economic Policy Institute
Saru Jayaraman, One Fair Wage
Nabil Ahmed, Oxfam

Panel: The American Agenda: Taxes
Moderator: Jamal Simmons, Former Communications Director for Vice President Kamala Harris
Vanessa Williamson, Brookings Institution
Bob Lord, Senior Tax Policy Advisor, Patriotic Millionaires
Amy Hanauer, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

The Truth About the Giving Pledge and The Cost of Billionaires

Chuck Collins, Institute for Policy Studies

Billionaire Disruption

Gabriela Sandoval, Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute

Escaping Big Money: Seizing the Constitutional Amendment Opportunity

Jeff Clements, American Promise

Closing Remarks

Morris Pearl, Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires

Click HERE for more detailed information about the program and speaker lineup.

For additional information or interview requests, please contact Emily McCloskey at emily@patrioticmillionaires.org.

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