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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS">I'd like to invite you to a discussion next Thursday where progressive policy experts will meet in Boston to talk about social issues, the economy and the environment. All of these experts, who are also authors of a political handbook,<i> Mandate for Change</i>, can speak about Presidential progress in the first 100 days. We would like you to cover this event or include it in your upcoming calendar sections. Please contact me at <a href="mailto:patricia@kelleycampaigns.com">patricia@kelleycampaigns.com</a> with any questions for to schedule an interview. Thanks.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS">Best,</div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS">Patricia Charles</div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS">INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES</div>
<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS">MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: April 23, 2009</div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS">Contact: Patricia Charles, 301-887-1060, <a href="mailto:patricia@kelleycampaigns.com">patricia@kelleycampaigns.com</a></div>
<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS">Sarah Goldberg, 301-887-1060, <a href="mailto:sarah@kelleycampaigns.com">sarah@kelleycampaigns.com</a></div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS"><b>Authors and policy leaders address progressive leadership and change in the new Administration</b></div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS"><i>Policy leaders and experts convene in Boston to discuss key social, economic and environmental issues</i></div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS">The Institute for Policy Studies compiled a handbook for President Obama entitled, <i>Mandate for Change: Policies and Leadership for 2009 and Beyond</i>. More than 70 policy leaders and experts outlined policies that can change and strengthen our nation. The Institute for Policy Studies is at the forefront of the progressive movement and the book's authors are convening again in Boston to discuss opportunities for progress. The event is free and open to the public. See below for details.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS">Thursday, April 23, 2009</div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS">The discussion will take place from 7pm to 9pm at the First Church in Jamaica Plain, located at 6 Eliot Street in Jamaica Plain, MA. </div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS">The event will be jointly hosted by the Institute for Policy Studies and the First Church in Jamaica Plain.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS">The attending authors include:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS"><b>--Chester Hartman</b> is Director of Research of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council in Washington, DC as well as a Senior Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington. He will be addressing poverty, homelessness and minority issues.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS"><b>--Chuck Collins</b> is Senior Scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is an expert on economic issues including taxes and extreme inequality.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS"><b>--Janet Redman</b> is the Co-Director of the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network at the Institute for Policy Studies. She will be speaking about climate policy. </div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS">To interview any of the policy experts on the issues above or to request review copies of their contributions to the book, please contact Patricia Charles or Sarah Goldberg at (301) 887-1060 or by email at <a href="mailto:patricia@kelleycampaigns.com">patricia@kelleycampaigns.com</a> or <a href="mailto:sarah@kelleycampaigns.com">sarah@kelleycampaigns.com</a>. </div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS">For more information about the event, visit<a href="http://ethreemail.com/e3ds/mail_link.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jamaicaplainforum.org%2F2009%2F03%2F27%2Fmandate-for-change%2F&i=0&d=4EB25242-526C-49D7-B9B0-2E4AC2028D6D&e=act-ma@act-ma.org"> www.jamaicaplainforum.org/2009/03/27/mandate-for-change/</a>. To learn more about the book, including a full listing of chapters and authors, visit <a href="http://ethreemail.com/e3ds/mail_link.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mandate4change.org&i=1&d=4EB25242-526C-49D7-B9B0-2E4AC2028D6D&e=act-ma@act-ma.org">www.mandate4change.org</a>.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS"><b>About Institute for Policy Studies</b></div>
<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Trebuchet MS">Institute for Policy Studies (IPS-DC.org) strengthens social movements with independent research, visionary thinking, and links to the grassroots, scholars and elected officials. Since 1963 it has empowered people to build healthy and democratic societies in communities, the United States, and the world.</div>
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