EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
OPEN TO ALL!
SUMMER ZOOM PROGRAM
"Strategies to Preserve, Protect and Defend Our Democracy. How We Fight Back Now and A Roadmap to Victory in 2026 and 2028
July 2, 2025
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
"The Show Must Go On.The Performing Arts in the Age of Trump”
with Tom Kirdahy
Tom Kirdahy is among the most influential and visionary producers in the entertainment world today, pushing the boundaries of live theater worldwide with his Tony and Olivier Award-winning productions.
His current slate includes the critically-acclaimed revival of GYPSY starring six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and directed by George C Wolfe; the smash hit musical JUST IN TIME, featuring Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff as Bobby Darin with direction by Alex Timbers; and — following a sold-out run in New York — the UK Premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s final musical HERE WE ARE at The National Theatre.
This year, Kirdahy makes his debut as a film producer in the movie adaptation of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, helmed by Oscar winner Bill Condon and starring Jennifer Lopez.
September 9, 2025
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
"How to Win Back Low and Middle-Income Voters”
with Joan C. Williams
Joan C. Williams is a Distinguished Professor of Law (Emerita) and Founding Director of the Equality Action Center at UC Law San Francisco. Renowned for her work on class, gender, and workplace equity, she introduced the concept of "bias interrupters"—data-driven strategies to mitigate workplace bias.
In her 2025 book, *Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back*, Williams examines the "diploma divide" in American politics and offers strategies for progressives to reconnect with working-class voters without compromising core values. Her scholarship has informed policies at the EEOC and impacted legal interpretations of sex discrimination.
Williams's contributions have earned her accolades such as the ABA’s Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award and an honorary doctorate from Utrecht University. Through her interdisciplinary approach, Williams continues to shape conversations on diversity, equity, and inclusion in professional settings.
October 7, 2025
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
"Power, Strategy, & the Long Game. How Democrats Win in a World
of Global Chaos & Domestic Uncertainty”
with Wendy Sherman
Wendy Sherman was formerly Deputy Secretary of State under Biden.
During the Clinton administration, she served as counselor of the United States Department of State from 1997 to 2001.
She was also a special advisor to President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and the North Korea policy coordinator.
In the latter role, she was instrumental in negotiations related to North Korea's nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs
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She was a professor of the practice of public leadership and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, a senior counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group, and a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
Sherman, served as the director of EMILY's List, the director of Maryland's office of child welfare, and the founding president of the Fannie Mae Foundation.
RECENT EVENTS
Held on May 13, 2025
"Trump, the Federal courts
and What We Can Do "
with Jill Wine-Banks
Jill Wine-Banks, a distinguished attorney, author, speaker, podcaster and MSNBC Legal Analyst, is a prominent figure in political and legal discourse. In 2020, she published her memoir, The Watergate Girl, about her time as the only woman on the team that prosecuted the highest-ranking White House officials during the Watergate scandal.
Held on June 3, 2025
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
"Essential Steps to Winning in 2026 and 2028.”
with David Pepper
David Pepper, a Yale-educated author and lawyer, served on Cincinnati’s city council and Hamilton County Commission. He ran for Ohio Auditor and Attorney General, chaired the Ohio Democratic Party, and teaches voting rights law. He’s also a senior fellow at the Kettering Foundation and author of Laboratories of Autocracy.
