Quick Summary

• Friday, March 3rd, 2023 - Dinner/Happy Hour (The Axelrad Beer Garden - 1517 Alabama St, Houston, TX 77004)
• Saturday, March 4th, 2023 - All DAY Summit/Evening Happy Hour (United Way of Greater Houston - Community Resource Center - 50 Waugh Drive, Houston TX 77007)
• Sunday, March 5th, 2023 - TX Lege Focus (Texas Capitol Auditorium & LCC Room - 1100 Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701)
  • Bus transportation will be available to those who RSVP!

To learn about parking and other information, please see our Know Before You Go document. 

Friday Happy Hour

• Location: The Axelrad Beer Garden (1517 Alabama St, Houston, TX 77004)
• Time: 5-8pm 

Saturday Agenda

Location: United Way of Greater Houston, Community Resource Center - 50 Waugh Drive, Houston TX 77007

• 8am – Networking Session 1
• 9am – Call to Order*
• 9:10am – 2030 Roadmap to Power Panel*
  • Moderator: Roxy Williamson
  • Panelists:
    • Nancy Thompson, Mothers Against Greg Abbott
    • Nabila Mansoor, Rise AAPI
    • Neil Aquino, Texas Grassroots Alliance
    • Wanda Mosley or Dentia Jones, Black Voters Matter
• 10:15am – Training Session: ORG DEVELOPMENT
  • Org Formation and/or Fiscal Sponsorship 
    • Robert Williams
  • Board, Bylaws, and Org Operations 
    • Emad Salem, Texas Progressive Caucus
  • Building Budgets*
    • Kristin Wright, Killeen Creators, & Alexander Montalvo, GAP Network
• 11:15am – Training Session: FUNDRAISING
  • Grants*
    • Drew Galloway, BRIDGE Movement Fund
  • Individual Donations - Call Time/Giving Programs
    • Clayton Tucker and Kristi Lara, Grassroots Nation
• 12:00pm – Lunch
• 12:45pm – Coalition Building*
  • Shekra Dennis, Next Wave Strategies LLC
• 1:00pm – Training Session: COALITION/COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • North Texas
  • South Texas
  • East Texas
  • West Texas
  • Central Texas
  • Statewide
• 3:00pm – Full Meeting 
• 4:00pm The Alliance & the Future of Progressive Power*
  • Panel: The Alliance & the Future of Progressive Power (30min)
    • Alexander Montalvo, GAP Network
    • Clayton Tucker, Texas Progressive Caucus
    • LaTonya Whittington, Our Revolution Harris County
    • Trish Contreras, Indivisible Austin
    • Roxy Williams, GIVERS
  • Wrap-Up Speaker (15min)
    • Denita Jones, Black Voters Matter

Saturday Happy Hour

Location: FM Kitchen & Bar - 1112 Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77007

• Time: 6-8pm

Sunday Agenda

Location: Texas Capitol Auditorium & LCC Room - 1100 Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701

Transportation: Bus transportation will be available to those who RSVP.

Bus Location: 3220 Katy Freeway Houston Texas 77007;; 8am leave time 

• 10am – Arrive and network
• 11am – Call to Order*
  • Location: Auditorium 
  • Speaker: Ivy Le 

• 11:15am – 2030 Roadmap to Power Panel*
  • Panelists:
    • LaTonya Whittington, Our Revolution
    • Roxy Williamson, GIVERS
    • Kathy Willams, Far Northwest Progressive of Travis County
    • Clayton Tucker, Texas Progressive Caucus
    • Alexander Montalvo, GAP Network
    • Denita Jones, Black Voters Matter

• 12pm – Lunch
  • Location: LCC 

• 1pm – Lege Welcome*
  • Location: Auditorium
  • Speakers:
    • Rep Vikki Goodwin
    • Luis Figueroa, Every Texan

• 2pm – Advocating 101*
  • Location: Auditorium 
  • Speakers:
    • Ash Hall, Texas ACLU
  • Topic:
    • How a bill becomes law, how to kill a bad bill, how to advocate, etc.

• 3pm – Advocating 202
  • Location: Capitol
  • Activity:
    • Break into issue groups and start advocating!

• 4pm – Close

Bus Back to Houston leaves around 5pm.

Other Info

To learn about parking and other information, please see our Know Before You Go document. 

* indicates livestream via Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent via email by Friday, March 3rd. Captions will be on.