Events

Our briefings provide policymakers, advocates, and organizers with the educational tools they need to understand emerging issues, explore policies that help our communities thrive, and learn how our government works.

These events feature movement leaders, advocates, policy experts, and more.

Past Events

Resisting the Rollback: Defending Public Education with Resolve and Resilience

April 30, 2025

  • This briefing will bring voices from across the education landscape into a discussion about the real-world impacts of current threats to K-12 and higher education, and how educators, students, and communities are navigating these challenges and responding with resilience.

Firings, Freezes, and Fallout: How the Trump Administration is Harming Local Communities

April 23, 2025

  • From cuts to chaos to crackdowns, the Trump Administration has already had a devastating impact on local communities. The Trump Administration has frozen funding for essential programs families rely on, fired thousands of federal workers delivering critical services, suspended transformative clean energy infrastructure projects, and threatened lasting cuts to Medicaid and social services. In this livestreamed briefing, we broke down why gutting the federal government is putting our families and communities at risk. This briefing was hosted by the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center, Democracy Forward, American Federation of Government Employees, Local Progress, and Indivisible.

Reconciliation Rundown: Understanding the Basics of Budget Reconciliation

March 6, 2025

  • Republicans are gearing up to move their agenda through Congress via “reconciliation”—the same process they used during the first Trump administration to slash the corporate tax rate and give breaks to the top 1 percent. Understanding reconciliation is essential for tracking the GOP’s policy plans, anticipating impacts on the rest of us, and holding lawmakers accountable to the people they serve. 

    We’ll break down what you need to know about reconciliation and what it means for our communities. We’ll explain why this process matters, discuss history’s lessons learned, and answer YOUR questions! We’ll hear from: 

    • Trisha Maharaj, Associate Policy Director, Indivisible 

    • Bobby Kogan, Senior Director of Federal Budget Policy, Center for American Progress

    • Ben D'Avanzo, Senior Strategist, Health and Economic Policy, National Immigration Law Center

    • Catherine Rowland, Legislative Affairs Director, Congressional Progressive Caucus Center (Moderator).

The Bottom Line: What the Tax Debate Means for You

January 30, 2025

  • Congress’ upcoming tax fight will impact economic inequality, corporate power, workers, the climate crisis, and—critically—your finances. We’re gathering experts from across the movement to break down what’s at stake for working families and share tools to stay informed as Congress crafts the future of our tax laws.

Protecting Workers in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

February 15, 2024

  • Will AI’s rise transform our workplaces? What does technological change mean for the fight to protect workers’ rights and amplify their voices? Join the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center (CPC Center), the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), and special guests for “Protecting Workers in the Age of AI,” a virtual conversation on the implications of Artificial Intelligence for the future of work.

    See the recording with Spanish interpretation here.