WELCOME

November

15

2017

Welcome to La

Costa Resort

for

the

De

m

ocracy

A

ll i

a n ce Fall I nvestment Confere nce , Beyond Res i stance:

Rec l

ai m

i

ng

our

Progress i ve

Futu

r e.

One year

ago, we

met

in Washington. DC ,

on

l y days

after

t h e

most

cataclysmic

elect

i

on

o f

modern

h i

story

,

to

come together

and

talk

about

what

had

just

happened.

At

the

spring

donor

summit,

we

mapped

ambit

i ous plans to rebuild progressiv e

power

i n the states and

defend democrat

i c n orms

ag a

i nst the assau l ts

o f

the

new

Trump Administrat i

on.

This

week

we

meet

to

report

on progress. ce l

ebrate

last week's victories for progress i ves from coast to

coast. learn from

our

shortfalls, and

chart

a course

forward.

W i th

so

many

impo rtan t iss ues on

the

ta b

l e this year.

no

sing le conference can sufficiently provid e

the

in

-

depth attent

i

on

they

all deserve. As we have a l ways

done, th

i s conference

brings together

recognized progressive leaders

from

established beacons

o f

our

cause

with

those l eading the

new

resistance

movement

nationally and

vita

l

efforts

in batt

l

eground

states.

Over

the

next four

days, we

'll work

together on many key

cha

ll

enges , including :

Turning resistance energy into electoral

ac t

i on

Mobi

li zing l ow~propensity voters in the progressive base

and

reach i

ng

out

beyond

rt

Fighting

to

take

back

the states Learning from

the

health care

fight

, and suiting

up

for

the next big

legislative battles

o f

tax

reform, jobs, and i nfrastructure Discuss i

ng

why th e economy is central -

what we ve

done

wrong

and how

to

get

it

right

Understand

i

ng

how

this year's

extreme

weather

disasters

are

making climate change

an

even

more

urgent

po

li tical issue.

I n

short

talks

throughout

the conference. we'll

hear

calls

to

action on

the

fight for

the

dreamers, • religious

exemption

l aws that

gut

civil

r i

ghts

protections. and e l

ection

secur i ty. The agenda also offers deep-dive,

Partner -spons ored sessio ns on topics suc h

s

soc i a l

media

and elections . California's progressive

template

.

and

the i

mportance

o f

prosecutor races. As always , Partners wil l have

opportun

i ties for frank exchanges

about

items

of

i nterest

and

or

concern

to

the

DA

community.

It's

been

a challenging year, i n which a

ll

o f

us are

working

to

rebu il d political

strength while fi ghting

to

protect

our

democratic

inst i tutions and

globa

l security fr om unprecedented threats. The Democracy

A lli ance

doesn t

have all the answers -

but

i n our diverse and spirited

co m

m unity,

we

can challenge

one another

in

civ il and construct i ve discuss i ons

so the

crit i ca l

work

we

do

together has the i

mpact

we want

and

o f

wh i

ch

our

country

so desperate l y deserves. Thanks

for

being he

r

e

and

for

all

you

do

for

a progressive future.

L

Gara L aMarc h e Pres i

dent

· ~

John

Stocks Chair

D E MOCRACY

ALLIANCE FAL

L 2017

IN V

ES

TMENT