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1. 2009 ANNUAL NATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP
Civic Health in Hard Times
SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
AGENDA
9:00am TRIBUTE TO SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY
Chris Matthews - Host of Hardball on MSNBC and the Chris Matthews Show on NBC
9:15am WELCOME
Michael Weiser - Chairman, NCoC Board of Directors and David B. Smith - NCoC Executive Director
9:20 am PANEL: SOCIAL INNOVATION IN CIVIC LIFE
Introduction: Jocelyn White - NCoC Board of Directors
Moderator: Jean Case - CEO, The Case Foundation
Participants: Barbara Bush - President, Global Health Corps, Justin Rockefeller - Vice President, Uhuru Capital Management,
Sonal Shah - Director, White House Office of Social Innovation, and Diana Wells - President, Ashoka
10:10am BREAK
10:20am PANEL: CIVIC HEALTH IN HARD TIMES
Introduction: John Bridgeland - Chairman, NCoC Board of Advisors and CEO, Civic Enterprises
Moderator: Karen Tumulty - National Political Correspondent, TIME Magazine
Participants: Bob Graham - Former U.S. Senator and Governor (FL), Mark Ritchie - Secretary of State (MN), and
Helen Iris Torres - Executive Director, Hispanas Organized for Political Equality
11:10am VIDEO: “THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA”
Introduction: Eric Federing - NCoC Board of Directors
Remarks: Robert G. Stanton - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy & Program Management in the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget at the U.S. Department of the Interior
RECOGNITION OF CCC ALUMNI
11:30am CONVERSATION WITH ASSOCIATE JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA
AND PRESENTATION OF FRANKLIN AWARD
Facilitated by: Thomas Susman - American Bar Association and NCoC Board of Directors
12:15pm PRESENTATION OF HOOAH AWARD
COMMISSIONED BY THE MAJOR GEORGE A. SMITH MEMORIAL FUND
Presentation: Admiral Dennis McGinn - NCoC Board of Directors
Recipient: Eric Greitens - U.S. Navy SEAL and CEO, The Mission Continues
12:25pm NATURALIZATION CEREMONY
Introduction: Michael Weiser - Chairman, NCoC Board of Directors
Remarks: Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - U.S. House of Representatives (FL)
Ceremony: The Honorable Royce C. Lamberth - Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
12:50pm DISMISSAL
David B. Smith - NCoC Executive Director and Kristen Cambell - NCoC Program Director