Municipal Socialism Conference: Tentative Schedule

March 30, 2019 8:30 AM – 1:45 PM, Greenfield Community College

Morning snacks and light lunch provided $15 (nobody turned away for inability to pay)

8:30 am registration and morning snacks

9:00 – 9:15 Opening remarks

9:30 – 11:00 workshops

Housing – workshop leaders – TBD

Hydro Power – Workshop leaders: Willaim Scully and Susan Sgorbati

Solar Power – Workshop leaders: Don Stone & Greg Garrison

Broadband Workshop leaders: David Greenberg, Rep. Paul Mark, Peter d’Errico, Jim Drawe

11:10 – 12:30 workshops

Public Banking – workshop leaders: Public Banking Working Group, Barbara Clancy; Common Good – Ivan Ussach, Rep. Paul Mark

Workers Coops – Dave Hammer, Fred Rose

Public Education vs Corporate Education, Workshop leader Doug Selwyn

12:30 – 12:45 return to main meeting and snacks

12:45 – 1:30 Keynote speaker Gianpaolo Baiocchi*.

1:30 – 2:45 Wrap up – What’s Next

*Gianpaolo Baiocchi is a New York City-based scholar and activist. He directs the Urban Democracy Lab at NYU and works closely with organizations such as Right To The City. He is the author of many books including “Militants and Citizens,” and “We the Sovereign.”