Represent Douglas UCC at "The Caring Society" Conference in DC

Consider attending the conference

Creating "The Caring Society": A Progressive Alternative to Tea Party Extremism and Corporate Domination of American Politics and Culture

June 11-14 in Washington D.C. Come back and share with us what you learned, saw, and did. Financial assistance may be available. Read more about the conference at

http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php/2010conferences

A Unique Strategy Conference Bringing together Religious and Spiritual Progressives with Secular Liberals and Progressives in the Age of Obama to explore strategies appropriate for the complexities of a period in which the failures of the Democrats to present a coherent progressive vision and program has created the space for the rise of a quasi-fascist and racist movement on the Right that threatens to move all of American political discourse in violent and destructive ways, and simultaneously to strengthen corporate dominance. We will address strategy both in response to the immediate crisis of 2010, and also in regard to building a long-term vision of the economic, spiritual, and ethical dimensions of a democratic society that could re-inspire people to fight for fundamental changes and societal transformation beyond the limits of "inside-the-beltway pragmatism" and "being realistic" in terms set by the corporate media.

D.C. June 11-14 (and demonstration at the White House June 13)

• Countering "Tea Party" extremism and corporate dominance with a coherent and attractive alternative that addresses the pain people are feeling in American society today
• Explore the new vision for liberal and progressive politics: The Caring Society
• Constitutional Amendments to Restrain Corporate Power and Require Corporate Environmental & Social Responsibility
• Move politics beyond the "Inside-the-Beltway realism and pragmatism" that has undermined hope for real change
• The Global Marshall Plan--and the primacy of ending Poverty and Economic Despair in the US and around the world
  
• Middle East Peace
  
• Other Strategies for the Obama years ahead

At the site above you will find:

1. Speakers (an incredible list!) 2. Description of our Goals 3. Tentative Agenda for the conference 4. Tentative version of the Enviornmental and Social Responsibility Amendment to the U.S. Constitution