Schedule

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 (DAY ONE)
8:00 AM	Registration Opens
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM	Breakfast
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM	Welcome Remarks from Anna Scholl
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM	What the *$#( is Happening: What We’re Facing and How We Win in the Long Term
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM	Break
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM	Breakout Sessions A: Economic Narrative: The Economy People Actually Live How Influence Actually Works Changing the Weather: Long-Term Building in New States Fighting MAGA’s Anti-Voter Agenda
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM	Lunch
2:00 PM – 2:15PM	Break
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM	Breakout Sessions A (Repeat): Economic Narrative: The Economy People Actually Live How Influence Actually Works Changing the Weather: Long-Term Building in New States Fighting MAGA’s Anti-Voter Agenda
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM	Break
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM	Lines of Power: Communicating the Stakes of Mid-Decade Redistricting
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM	Commference Reception

THURSDAY, MAY 7 (DAY TWO)
8:00 AM	Registration Opens
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM	Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM	How Communications Powers the Largest Ever Survey of Black People
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM	Break
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM	Breakout Sessions B: Hiding the Broccoli in the Rice: Onramps to Online Political Content Data Without Delusion How AI is Shaping Today’s Information Environment Reverse Coattails: When Local Races Drive Turnout
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM	Lunch and CommsTalks: Priorities USA Audio: The Massive Media Opportunity We Keep Walking Past It’s 10 PM: Do You Know Where Your Audience Is? Construction Workers as Creators? Simple Tactics for Sustained, Worker-Centered Storytelling Joy Isn’t Narrative Distraction; It’s the Strategy that Builds Civic Power
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM	Break
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM	Breakout Sessions B (Repeat): Hiding the Broccoli in the Rice: Onramps to Online Political Content Data Without Delusion How AI is Shaping Today’s Information Environment Reverse Coattails: When Local Races Drive Turnout
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM	Break
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM	Online to Offline Action