CWA and the Democracy Initiative Travel to Netroots Nation

What are the three keys to reclaiming our democracy? CWA President Larry Cohen will have the answers during his Netroots Nation panel on June 21.

Our democracy is in distress: corporate influence is at an all-time high; citizen belief and engagement, at an all-time low. To achieve democratic change, we must push back against corporate and billionaire-funded efforts to suppress voter participation, stop the influence of corporate money in our political system and end the obstruction and abuse of the rules in the U.S. Senate.

Civil rights, labor, and environmental organizations with strong memberships and field operations launched the Democracy Initiative earlier this year to engage in these fights. And on the panel, they'll explore shared narratives that bring these issues and their memberships together and discuss how new and old organizing strategies can be best used to amplify progressives' collective impact and win.

Cohen's fellow panelists will include NAACP President Benjamin Jealous, Greenpeace Executive Director Phil Radford, Working Families Party Co-chair Karen Scharff and New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall. Salon's Joan Walsh will be moderating.

Check out the conference schedule at www.netrootsnation.org.