Confirmed speakers include:

Jerome Ringo, President of the Apollo Alliance (a green jobs advocacy network and Recovery Act resource center), a dynamic environmental leader and former union activist in Louisianas petrochemical industry.

Georgia State Senator Nan Orrock, founder of the Georgia Legislative Women's Caucus and the Working Families Caucus, who fought to secure Recovery Act Unemployment Insurance benefits for Georgians.

George State Representative Stacey Abrams, tax policy expert, Ways and Means committee member, and champion for tax-break accountability.

Will Schroeer, state policy director for Smart Growth America, helping activists shape $45 billion in Recovery Act dollars to favor "fix it first" in existing neighborhoods, better public transit service, and other smart growth solutions.

Rick McHugh, staff attorney for the National Employment Law Project, experts on $40 billion in the Recovery intended to encourage states to modernize their UI systems and make America's safety net system work better for women, part-time and low-wage workers.

David Blatt, Director of Policy of the Oklahoma Policy Institute (tax and budget experts) and author of OPI's Budget Brief on the Recovery Act.

Jeff Rickert, director of the Green Jobs Institute within the AFL-CIOs Working for America Institute.

John Quinterno, Research Associate of the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center, and author of its work on Unemployment Insurance.

Ron Ruggiero, Field Director for the Apollo Alliance, experts on the Recovery Act's $50 billion boost for energy efficiency, weatherization, retrofitting public buildings, green-collar skills training and other "green economy" opportunities.

Craig Jennings, Federal Fiscal Policy Analyst of OMB Watch, co-founders of the Coalition for an Accountable Recovery.

Phil Mattera, Research Director of Good Jobs First and primary author of The State of State Disclosure and High Road or Low Road? Job Quality in the New Green Economy.

Bettina Damiani, Director of Good Jobs New York and primary creator of Reconstruction Watch, which monitors post-9/11 Lower Manhattan rebuilding aid.  

Greg LeRoy, Executive Director of Good Jobs First and primary author of Uncle Sams Rusty Toolkit, How Proven State and Local Reforms Can Make Federal Economic Development Programs Better for Taxpayers, Workers and the Environment.

Additional speakers will be announced shortly on other Recovery Act issues.

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Registration form is here.