The Common Good Forum is an annual program presenting headline issues and the most important, forward-looking ideas affecting public policy and our lives. We are building a remarkable roster for our annual event, with 30+ participants from government, media, business, foreign affairs and tech, as well as public policy activists.
Our theme this year is “Rethinking the Democracy Compact.”
The very foundations of our nation and the global order have shifted: institutions and gatekeepers are bypassed, societal norms are reorienting and governments are being rearranged - for better or worse. What drives these changes? How do they impact our democracy’s future? Most importantly, how can we harness them?
AGENDA*
Registration will begin at 8:00am with the program beginning promptly at 8:30am. Seating assignments will be given at registration. Please find the full day’s agenda below - subject to change.
Morning Session
8:00am-8:30am - Registration
8:30am - 8:33am - Welcome
Breakfast: A hot breakfast buffet will be served with fresh scrambled eggs, applewood smoked bacon, french toast, fingerling potatoes, danishes & bagels, sliced fruits & yogurts, hot coffee and tea, and fresh squeezed orange juice. Morning Host: ABC News’ Juju Chang with a
Welcome by Patricia Duff
8:33am-8:40am - Smithsonian Briefing: “The Future of the Women’s Museum”
Member of the Congressional Commission on the Women’s History Museum
Emily Rafferty, and Smithsonian's Karri Brady and Wendy Pangburn
8:40am-9:00am - “Climate Change Action”
Youth Activist recipients of the Changemaker Scholarship Jamie Margolin, 17-years-old, and Alexandria Villaseñor, 13-years-old, presented by Juju Chang and Sharon Patrick
9:00am-9:40am - “Women & Power”
Kay Koplovitz, USA Network founder, fmr. Cong. Mia Love, Alessandra Stanley, Co-Editor, Air Mail, a digital weekly publication created by Graydon Carter, and Washington Post's Sally Quinn. Moderated by Juju Chang
9:40am - 10:20am - “The Road to 2020: Leaders & Ideas”
fmr. Senator Claire McCaskill, GOP strategist Rick Tyler, fmr. Cong. Steve Israel, Third Way’s Matt Bennett, Firing Line Host Margaret Hoover. Moderated by NY1’s Errol Louis
10:20am-10:30am - “Can’t We All Just Get Along? How Washington Can Best Serve the Nation”
Senator Doug Jones [D-AL]
10:30am-11:10am - “Renewing Democracy”
Conservative author Max Boot, Human Rights Watch Nicole Austin-Hillery, freed prisoner Cohen Curtis, Brennan Center President Michael Waldman. Moderated by MSNBC’s Ari Melber
Afternoon Session
Afternoon Host: CNN’s John Avlon
11:10am-11:40am - “Growing a Fair Economy”
Alan Schwartz, Guggenheim Partners CEO, with MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle
12:00pm - Lunch: A plated 3-course lunch will be served with a pan-seared free
range chicken breast, sautéed asparagus and fava beans, mascarpone potatoes and locally cultivated shitake mushroom, caesar salad and gianduja chocolate tart.
12:00pm -12:45pm - “World View: Security Challenges & Opportunities”
Ambassador Bill Burns, fmr. Deputy Secretary of State, fmr. NATO Ambassador Nicholas Burns and fmr. Cong. Jane Harman, Woodrow Wilson Center CEO. Moderated by Edward Luce, Financial Times Columnist & author
12:45pm-1:25pm - “Rule of Law, Corruption and Abuse of Power”
CEO Bill Browder, Magnitsky Act advocate, in conversation with Preet Bharara, fmr. US Attorney, Southern District of New York. Moderated by Recode’s Kara Swisher
1:25pm - 2:05pm - “Journalism & Democracy”
Tom Brokaw, fmr. NBC Nightly News anchor, and bestselling author,
in a tribute to two iconic greats, Lesley Stahl, CBS News 60 Minutes, and Reuters’ Sir Harry Evans, fmr. editor of The Times and The Sunday Times
2:05pm - 2:08pm - John Avlon. Forum Adjournment. Thanks to all.
*Agenda subject to change.
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS
Morning Session
MEMBER ONLY - $185
NONMEMBER - $220
Includes Morning Session Forum access from 8:30am-11:00am
Bronze
MEMBERS ONLY
$400/person; $650/person - Includes 1 year Standard Membership Renewal*
NONMEMBER
$500/person; $750/person - Includes 1 year TCG Standard Membership
*For current members, membership renews for one year after current membership expires. For membership information please visit our join page here or contact 212-599-7040.
Silver
$800/person
Includes Silver table for 10, including a distinguished TCG Forum participant (plus his/her guest) to join your table (subject to availability), full-page color ad in printed program, listing on event materials, and VIP Green Room access for 2.
Gold
$2,000/person
Includes preferred Gold table of 10, including a distinguished TCG Forum participant (plus his/her guest) to join your table (subject to availability), full-page color ad in printed program, placement of name included in all event materials, and VIP Green Room access for 4.
Platinum
$4,000/person
Includes (2) featured Platinum tables of 10, one-year Platinum Membership, including a distinguished TCG Forum participant (plus his/her guest) to join your tables (subject to availability), prominent full-page color ad in printed program, prominent placement of name or logo included in all event materials, verbal recognition during event program; VIP Green Room access for 4.
The Common Good Changemaker Scholarships
We award annual scholarships to emerging young trailblazers making inspirational change to improve their communities and focus attention on urgent public policy issues. At our 2018 TCG Forum, we recognized student activist and Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg. The scholarship funds are to be used by the awardee for college expenses.
SCHOLARSHIP - $3,500 per Scholarship
Includes sponsorship of one scholarship, Silver table seating for 2, including seating with Scholarship Awardee, full-page color ad in printed program, placement of name included in all event materials, and VIP Green Room access for 4.
TABLES
Bronze Table
TABLE: $5,000 Table of ten/Bronze Sponsor
Includes table Bronze seating for 10, full-page color ad in printed program, and listing on event materials.
Silver Table
TABLE: $10,000 Table of ten/Silver Sponsor
Includes Silver table for 10, including a distinguished TCG Forum participant (plus his/her guest) to join your table (subject to availability), full-page color ad in printed program, listing on event materials, and VIP Green Room access for 2.
Gold Table
TABLE: $25,000 Table of ten/Gold Sponsor
Includes preferred Gold table of 10, including a distinguished TCG Forum participant (plus his/her guest) to join your table (subject to availability), full-page color ad in printed program, placement of name included in all event materials, and VIP Green Room access for 4.
Platinum Table
TABLES: $50,0000 Table of ten/Platinum Sponsor
Includes (2) featured Platinum tables of 10, one-year Platinum Membership, including a distinguished TCG Forum participant (plus his/her guest) to join your tables (subject to availability), prominent full-page color ad in printed program, prominent placement of name or logo included in all event materials, verbal recognition during event program; VIP Green Room access for 4.
Champion Event Sponsor ($100,000)
Includes (4) premium table seating for 10 guests, including preferential selection of a distinguished TCG Forum Participant (plus his/her guest) to join each of your tables, inside cover full-page color ad in printed program, premium placement of name or logo included in all event materials, verbal recognition during event program, Green Room named for Event Sponsor; VIP Green Room access for 8.
TCG Changemaker Scholarship Title Sponsor - Table
TABLE: $40,000
Includes sponsorship of up to five scholarships, one Gold table seating for 5, including seating with Scholarship Awardees, a distinguished TCG Forum participant (plus his/her guest) to join your table (subject to availability), full-page color ad in printed program, placement of name included in all event materials, and VIP Green Room access for 2.
