About The Forum

A Forum on Community, Faith & Democracy
Thursday, December 4th from 3:00 - 5:30 PM

The forum will bring more than 2,000 community leaders, faith leaders and community organizers together in Washington, DC for an open dialogue with members of Congress and members of the incoming president's administration about why Community Values, faith and democracy matter, and how these values and beliefs are going to change the tenor and climate of American politics.

The forum features three moderated roundtable discussions, designed to provide a setting for real dialogue with real people from across the country about the real issues our communities face, and the real values that are essential to putting our country back on the right track.

The forum will demonstrate the power of community organizing to build a new seat at the table where decisions are made by politicians in Washington - declaring that we will have an equal say in shaping an inclusive and just agenda for our future.

Community organizing played a more important role than ever in this election --- not only in the biography of our next President but in the streets, as organizing skills were applied inside the Obama campaign and out to mobilize voters for change. Now it's time for we, the people, to define the change we want:

Meet Ana Garcia-Ashley of the Gamaliel Foundation and Deepak Bhargava, executive director of the Center for Community Change. These two organizations are working together to bring the voices of our communities to the policy-making table:

Community organizers and leaders across the country are putting the pressure on our elected officials to realize the promises made on the campaign trail. Here's how they're doing it: