Progress 2018: Building a More Just & Fair New Jersey

At the Progress 2017 conference last year, NJPP unveiled its Blueprint for Economic Justice & Shared Prosperity, a bold policy agenda for the state’s 56th governor and 218th legislature. Less than 10 weeks into the new administration, NJPP will bring together experts, advocates, lawmakers and concerned citizens at Progress 2018 to continue to move this Blueprint from the design to construction phase.
Please join us. Agenda highlights below. Full agenda: https://www.njpp.org/progress-2018
Keynote: *Mind the Gap: How Federal Policies Are Expanding Inequality & How We Can Change Course* by Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and former chief economist and economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden
Morning Plenary Panel: *The First 100 Days: An ‘Under the Dome’ Perspective on 2018* featuring Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald and NJPP President Gordon MacInnes in a conversation moderated by NJPP Director of Government & Public Affairs Brandon McKoy.
Breakout sessions:
– Beyond Tax Scams & Budget Shams: Building Foundations for Public Investment & Shared Prosperity
– From Defense to Offense: A Progressive Health Care Agenda for New Jersey
– Work, Wages & Justice: Boosting Low-Paid & Working-Class Families
– Fair, Welcoming & Strong: Standing with Immigrants As Threats Continue
Afternoon Plenary Panel: *From Resistance to Revival: State Progressive Policy in the Age of Trump* featuring Saily Avelenda, Executive Director, NJ 11th for Change; Winn Khuong, Executive Director, Action Together New Jersey; Angel Padilla, Policy Director, Indivisible in a conversation moderated by Jon Whiten, Deputy Director of State Communications, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Closing Address: Remarks by Governor Phil Murphy