2,000 City Leaders & Delegates Gather in Washington for National League of Cities Congressional City Conference

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NLC's annual Congressional City Conference gathers more than 2,000 officials and delegates from cities and towns across the country to advocate for city priorities with Congress and the Administration. NLC's 2015 federal priorities include: supporting online tax fairness, investing in transportation and infrastructure and protecting municipal bonds. Many city officials attending the conference will also participate in a town hall conversation about race, equity and the role of city leaders.

Members of the media are asked to contact Tom Martin at [email protected] for conference registration.

WHEN: Saturday, March 7 – Wednesday, March 11, 2015

WHERE: Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road, NW; Washington, D.C. 20008

SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS:

Monday Morning General Session (9:00 – 10:30 a.m.)

• NLC President Ralph Becker, mayor, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Mignon Clyburn, FCC Commissioner

*Please note: NBC's Chuck Todd will also provide remarks; his remarks are closed to press.

Monday Afternoon General Session (3:30 – 5:00 p.m.)

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson

• Panel Discussion, moderated by Mayor Ralph Becker. Participants include:
  • U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx
  • U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz
  • EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. Moderated by NLC President Mayor Ralph Becker.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will also provide remarks.

Tuesday Morning Workshop: The Sharing Economy: Social Implications of a New Business Model (10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.)

Hear from elected officials and thought leaders on how the shared economy impacts workers, their earnings and their ability to support themselves and their families. Learn about the economic impacts of this new model, how it plays out in existing labor markets and how cities are grappling with these outcomes.

Moderator: Emily Badger, Reporter, The Washington Post

• Matthew Appelbaum, mayor, Boulder, Colo.
• Maureen Conway, vice president, The Aspen Institute
• Matthew Feeney, policy analyst, Cato Institute
• Adie Tomer, associate fellow, Brookings Institution

Tuesday Afternoon General Session (12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.)

Panel discussion moderated by Juan Williams (FOX News):

• Donna Brazile: Democratic political strategist
• Ed Gillespie: Republican political strategist

U.S. Labor Sec. Thomas Perez will also provide remarks.

Tuesday Afternoon: Race, Equity and Leadership (R.E.A.L.) Town Hall Event (2:15 – 4:15 p.m.)

Recent events have prompted many city leaders to examine the critical issues of race and equity and how it impacts our society. In this town hall event, city and community leaders will examine how racial biases affect communities, policies, systems and structures including law enforcement and the criminal justice system.

Moderator: Juan Williams (FOX News)

• Panel Discussion:
  • Mayor Karen Freeman Wilson, Gary, Ind.
  • Vice Mayor Suzanne Chan, Freemont, Calif.
  • Councilmember Matt Zone, Cleveland, Ohio (NLC 2^nd vice president)
  • Julie Nelson, director, Local and Regional Government Alliance for Race and Equity
  • Sherman Justice, Black Youth Vote Fellow, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation

Wednesday Capitol Hill Briefing (9:30 – 10:30 a.m.)

WHAT: NLC leadership will hold a Capitol Hill event on the critical importance of passing a long-term, multi-modal transportation bill that ensures local governments have control over decision-making in their communities.

WHO:

• NLC President Ralph Becker, National League of Cities
• NLC Transportation & Infrastructure Services Chair Robert Bauman, alderman, Milwaukee, Wisc.
• NLC Transportation & Infrastructure Services Vice Chair Patrick Wojahn, councilmember, College Park, Md.

WHERE: Capitol Visitors Center Auditorium and Atrium

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

SOCIAL MEDIA: The hashtag for the conference is: #NLCDC. Please follow National League of Cities on Twitter at @leagueofcities.

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: The entire conference is open to the press, including general sessions and workshops. For a preliminary schedule, please click here.

WEBSITES

• National League of Cities: http://www.nlc.org
• Congressional Conference: http://ccc.nlc.org

MEDIA CONTACT: To RSVP for the Congressional City Conference and for more information or to arrange interviews, please contact:

• Tom Martin, 202-626-3186, [email protected]

The National League of Cities (NLC) is dedicated to helping city leaders build better communities. NLC is a resource and advocate for 19,000 cities, towns and villages, representing more than 218 million Americans.

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