If implemented, Project 2025 would strike at the heart of our civil liberties, undo decades of progress in defending marginalized communities, consolidate executive power and give rise to abuse and corruption. Join us for a virtual town hall featuring members of the communities most impacted by Project 2025, and experts on the effective functioning of democracy. We’ll give the rundown on some of the greatest threats posed by Project 2025. This wide-ranging discussion is virtual, free, and open to the public.

Event Details

Virtual Town Hall                                                                                                                                                           October 28                                                                                                                                                                       12pm Eastern

Facilitator: Amanda Solter, Program Director, Rights and Governance, CS Fund

Speakers:

Chip Gibbons is policy director of Defending Rights & Dissent. A journalist and researcher focusing on the U.S. national security state, Chip is currently working on The Imperial Bureau, forthcoming from Verso Books. Based heavily on archival research and documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, it tells the history of FBI political surveillance and explores the role of domestic surveillance in the making of the U.S. national security state.

Jose Vasquez is the Executive Director of Common Defense, the nation's largest grassroots veterans organization. We organize veterans and engage the larger military community to transform our society by advocating for common sense policies, and working to foster an inclusive democracy where liberty and justice truly exist for all. Jose served for fifteen years in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged in May 2007.

Joe Spielberger is the policy counsel at POGO's Effective and Accountable Government team, where he advocates in Congress and the executive branch to strengthen whistleblower rights, protect a merit based civil service, and promote government ethics and transparency.

Camille Bennett's global perspective stems from being a Creole woman who grew up as an undocumented immigrant on the island of St. Martin. At age 13, she moved to Alabama to be close to her paternal side of the family. Camille is the Founder and Executive Director of Project Say Something, a nonprofit organization with a mission to confront anti-Black systems and ideologies, promote reproductive justice, and fight against patriarchal violence using education, community empowerment and advocacy. Camille has also been a childcare provider in AL for 18 years. Project Say Something is the only provider-led child care policy advocacy organization in the state, we mobilize providers and fight for equitable resource allocation during legislative session. Camille Bennett is also the Founder of Project Say Something Direct Action a 501c4 organization.