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

    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@pm-mig.test.

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