Organizing Sponsors
 | Keystone Progress http://www.keystoneprogress.org opened its virtual doors in August of 2008 and has quickly grown to become a major player in Pennsylvania’s progressive movement. KP has over 200,000 subscribers who actively participate in online actions. Keystone Progress functions as the communications hub for the progressive community in PA, helping to coordinate collaborative organizing efforts and developing communication strategy for collective actions and for individual progressive organizations. KP is recognized for its innovative collaborative approaches to organizing. We are not seen as a competitor, but as a resource for the ongoing work of the progressive movement. |
 | The Service Employees International Union (http://www.seiupa.org) is an organization of more than 2.2 million members united by the belief in the dignity and worth of workers and the services they provide. We are dedicated to improving the lives of workers and their families and creating a more just and humane society. In Pennsylvania, the SEIU PA State Council represents nearly 100,000 workers in the areas of health care, public services, property services and school employees. We work to coordinate and unify the collective political, administrative and communications structure of all SEIU locals and districts throughout the state. |
 | The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO represents 900,000 workers from 51 International Unions, and 1,422 Locals in all of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties. We seek the fulfillment of the hopes and aspirations of working people through democratic processes within the framework of our constitutional government in a manner consistent with our institutions and traditions. At the collective bargaining table, in the community, in the exercise of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, we shall responsibly serve the interests of all people. www.paaflcio.org |
Premiere Sponsors
 | Alliance for American Manufacturing http://www.americanmanufacturing.org (AAM) is a unique non-partisan, non-profit partnership forged to strengthen manufacturing in the U.S. AAM brings together a select group of America’s leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers. Our mission is to promote creative policy solutions on priorities such as international trade, energy security, infrastructure investment, Buy America laws and job creation. We believe that an innovative and growing manufacturing base is vital to America’s economic and national security, as well as to providing good jobs for future generations. Find us at www.americanmanufacturing.org for facts about manufacturing in your state and to get involved. |
 | The Pennsylvania State Education Association http://www.psea.org represent the labor, policy, and professional interests of 191,000 members: public school teachers and education support professionals, staff in state higher education institutions, nurses in health care facilities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers. PSEA bargains compensation and benefits, protects members’ rights, and advocates for their professions. PSEA members advocate for public education, children, and their professions. PSEA members are partners in ensuring the success of their students, as well as creating positive working environments for members. That’s the power of a great education. |
 | The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776’s 24,000 members work in Pennsylvania, northeast Maryland and southern New York in supermarkets, drug stores, food processing plants, government, manufacturing facilities, nursing homes, professional offices and Pennsylvania’s Wine and Spirits Shops. The Local (www.ufcw1776.org/ ) negotiates contracts covering wages and benefits and the rights, dignity and safety of its members. It advocates public policy – including health care reform and the Employee Free Choice Act – that affects working families. And it organizes workers who lack representation and a voice in their workplaces. |
 | United Steelworkers http://www.usw.org We’re steelworkers. We slurry and smelt aluminum. We mine for iron ore and create cement. We make glass and metals of many kinds. We produce paper and paper products. And we craft energy-saving wind turbines that help save our Earth. We’re nurses and nurses’ aides. We make Harley Davidson motorcycles and Carrier air conditioners. We’re rubber workers who make your tires; metal workers who make the materials that go into buildings, homes, automobiles, planes and roads. We’re 1.2 million active and retired members strong. You’ll find us fighting for a better life for all workers in union halls, at the work place, in the courts and in legislatures. We’re global, we’re local and we’re online. |
Sponsors
 | EcoDriving http://www.ecodrivingusa.com Believe it or not, you may already have much of what you need to save money at the gas pump. And you could reduce your carbon dioxide emissions at the same time. It’s as easy as subtly changing your driving habits and adjusting your maintenance techniques. Today’s autos are about more than getting you safely from point A to point B. They’re computers on wheels – and what’s known as "EcoDriving" provides easy tips for getting the most mileage out of your vehicle. And because burning gasoline produces carbon dioxide, saving fuel helps reduce carbon dioxide emissions – which helps address climate change. No matter what you drive, you can reduce carbon dioxide and save money – right now. |
 | Netroots Nation http://www.netrootsnation.org amplifies progressive voices by providing an online and in-person campus for exchanging ideas and learning how to be more effective in using technology to influence the public debate. Within that campus, we strengthen community, inspire action and serve as an incubator for progressive ideas that challenge the status quo and ultimately affect change in the public sphere. |
 | Occasions DJs http://www.occasionsdjs.com Occasions Disc Jockeys performs at two main events: weddings and parties. These two types of functions are at different ends of a spectrum. Wedding receptions have lots of formality, tradition, and a special atmosphere. A party can get wild and the main component is music. OCCASIONS can entertain at your event no matter where on that spectrum you want your event to be. Most weddings are planned out to be a fairy-tale night of enchantment with close family and friends. We will fit in to your plan, hosting the night in a tuxedo, keeping all comments tasteful, working behind the scenes to lead the formalities, and including all your guests in the fun. Parties like school dances, class reunions, pool parties, or anniversaries, can be very casual, fun-filled times. We will bring the tunes and keep the party rolling. |
 | OpEdNews (OEN) http://www.OpEdNews.com is a tough progressive media/blog-site, supporting dead-center American values including fairness, democracy, justice, protection of national resources and commons, and opposition to corporate personhood. OEN is also an activism and advocacy empowerment site designed for free use by individuals and non-profit groups. OEN is a technorati top 100 site, crawled by google news, read by members of congress, with over 40,000 registered members, 40 volunteer editors, reaching 350-800,000 unique visitors/month, 10-25,000 in PA. |
 | PA 2010 http://www.pa2010.com is a one-stop-shop for following the Keystone State’s critical 2010 election cycle, combining hard-hitting, reported news and analysis with opinion content from across the political spectrum and the state. With a commitment to both insider political news and coverage of important policy issues, as well as a strong emphasis on social-network news-gathering and reader involvement, pa2010.com will appeal to insiders, political junkies and more casual observers alike. |
 | Penn Action http://www.pennaction.org is an issues advocacy organization whose mission is to advance progressive values and a progressive vision for Pennsylvania. Our goal is to win social, racial, and economic justice for all. We work with individuals and coalitions on statewide campaigns to strengthen social, economic, and health security for all Pennsylvanians. Penn Action is a state partner of US Action. Penn Action is currently an active member of several national progressive campaigns working on issues that matter to all Americans. We are fighting to bring our soldiers home from Iraq quickly and responsibly. We are demanding a federal budget that reflects our values and meets the needs of children and working families. We are calling on Congress to be accountable to low- and middle-income families. |
 | Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates http://www.plannedparenthoodpa.org is one of 21 state public affairs offices of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Through Planned Parenthood’s seven affiliates with locations throughout Pennsylvania, and our state public affairs office in Harrisburg, we work to promote government policies that ensure equal, open and voluntary access to reproductive health care for women and their families. |
 | Politics PA was launched in October 2001, PoliticsPA.com stands as one of the most comprehensive resources for observers of the Pennsylvania political scene. It’s edited by Sy Snyder, a pseudonym for the people working on the site (who have chosen to remain anonymous). Sy has no relation to Simon Snyder, the former governor of Pennsylvania, and no members of the new ownership group listed below participate in the site’s daily editing and content-related decisions. www.politicspa.com |
 | Progress Now http://www.progressnow.org was founded in 2003 with two goals: 1) help grassroots activists use cutting-edge internet and new media to organize online at the state and local level; and 2) assist progressive partner organizations with message development and earned media strategies to promote a progressive agenda, counter right-wing misinformation, and hold public leaders accountable. Today, ProgressNow state partners have built a combined email network exceeding 2.2 million members. |
Exhibitors
 | The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). http://www.aclupa.org Founded in 1920, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is the nation’s foremost guardian of liberty. We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to defending and protecting our individual rights and personal freedoms. Through advocacy, education and litigation, our attorneys, advocates and volunteers work to preserve and promote civil liberties including the freedom of speech, the right to privacy, reproductive freedom, and equal treatment under the law. We stand in defense of the rights of women and minorities, workers, students, immigrants, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, and others who have seen bias and bigotry threaten the rights afforded to all of us in this country by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. |
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Democracy Rising PA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working for integrity, value, transparency, and citizen confidence in government. Founded in 2004 by Tim Potts andKathleen Daugherty, Democracy Rising PA and its coalition partners have successfully engaged Pennsylvanians in a focused campaign to transform their state government into an institution worthy of citizen trust. We limit our work to citizen education, research, and advocacy for laws and Constitutional provisions that will make Pennsylvania the “Best-in-America” model for representative democracy. Strictly nonpartisan, we work across the political and ideological spectrum and do not endorse any party, any candidate, or any issue that is unrelated to our mission. http://www.democracyrisingpa.com |
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VotePA is a non-partisan alliance of Voters for Open and Transparent Elections in Pennsylvania. Our founder Marybeth Kuznik recognized the need for more citizen involvement in elections while serving as one of the nine Regional Coordinators of the 2004 Ohio Recount, and upon returning home she began organizing VotePA. Today we are made up of groups and individuals from all over the state who are dedicated to voting rights and election integrity, with fair, open, and accurate elections for all. VotePA’s key missions include increasing awareness of the need for verifiable, secure, and more accessible voting systems, and working to protect every vote in Pennsylvania with a voter-marked, voter-verified paper ballot with audits of all elections. http://www.VotePA.us http://www.VotePA.us |