It is inevitable that as global warming intensifies hurricanes, exacerbates drought, and adds to resource shortages, we will need to prepare for extreme conditions and responses, and this includes human migration. Some estimates suggest that as many as 200 million people could become climate migrants by 2050. The panelists will therefore discuss the implications of climate migration with regard to adaptation strategies, frameworks for addressing internal and international movements, and new, comprehensive strategies to deal with unique challenges.

Please join us for a discussion of this delicate intersection of climate change, development, and human migration.

In his State of the Union speech, President Obama said, "I do not accept second place for the United States of America." But the truth is that when it comes to the clean energy economy, the United States isn’t even coming in second. Amidst growing concerns about clean-energy jobs going overseas, this conference will discuss what it will take for the U.S. to regain its competitiveness in the global clean energy economy.

The Apollo Alliance and Center for American Progress will bring together policymakers, academics, business and labor leaders, and other experts to discuss what policies will support the United States in becoming not only a consumer of clean-energy technologies but also a leading producer of them.

The inadequacy of teacher evaluation systems has received a great deal of recent attention. Many districts have systems that don't give teachers useful feedback, don't differentiate among teachers, and give very few teachers unsatisfactory ratings. States and districts also fail to use the information from teacher evaluation systems to make important decisions about teachers’ careers, such as whether to award tenure, how to compensate teachers, and what career advancement opportunities are appropriate.

A number of states and districts are rethinking their evaluation practices, prompted in part by the Obama administration's focus on teacher effectiveness within a number of federal education programs. Join our expert panelists for a dynamic conversation about what a new generation of systems could look like and how state and local policy might support their development.

After a five-year investigation, the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility concluded in a report released in February that Bush administration Office of Legal Counsel officials John Yoo and Jay Bybee "exercised poor judgment" for their role in drafting the 2002 memos that authorized the use of techniques otherwise understood to constitute torture in detainee interrogations. However, a Department of Justice official overruled OPR's recommendation and determined that the officials should not be referred to their respective bar associations for investigation of professional misconduct, spurring criticism of the investigation and broader questions about the lawyers' intentions.

Please join the Center for American Progress and the Alliance for Justice for a discussion about the OPR report and next steps toward torture accountability. A screening of Alliance for Justice's short documentary film, "Tortured Law" will proceed a panel discussion moderated by Ken Gude, Associate Director of the Center for American Progress International Rights and Responsibilities program.

The United States has no coherent, planned career navigation system, although work and learning choices impact how much Americans pay for education, how much we earn over our lifetime, and even access to health and retirement benefits. In this way, career guidance is as essential as education and training to ensuring economic opportunity.

In its paper "A National Approach To Career Navigation for Working Learners," the Center for American Progress seeks to open a national dialogue about how to leverage emerging models of career guidance from the public, nonprofit, union, education, and private sectors to develop a national vision and approach to career development.

Join us as Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, discusses financial regulatory reform.

Progressivism On Tap is a lecture and discussion series from the Progressive Studies Program at the Center for American Progress, focused on the history and intellectual traditions of progressivism and liberalism.

Today nearly half of American women are unmarried. More than ever, women are the sole supporters of themselves and their families. Yet they are more economically insecure than other groups, experiencing higher rates of poverty, unemployment, and a lack of health insurance.

Unmarried women in particular face gender-based discrimination, low-wage jobs that do not offer adequate income or benefits, an uneven burden of caregiving, and outdated policies that too often do not apply to modern families. Public policy must catch up to today's America and ensure that the promise of America is available to all.

Join us for a discussion of a new report by the Center for American Progress and Women's Voices. Women Vote outlining relevant legislation in the current Congress that will advance the economic security of all Americans, focusing on unmarried women.

Copies of this report will be available at the event.

On his first day in office, President Barack Obama committed "to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government." To help meet that goal, the administration has issued an Open Government Directive, a new memorandum on the Freedom of Information Act, and attorney general guidelines, as well as an effort to open up data to developers, advocates, and the public via Data.gov.

Join us for this three-panel event, where our panelists will discuss the administration's open government initiatives and their effect on the public.

Join us as Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, or NOW, discusses the future of the women's movement in the second event in the spring Progressivism On Tap series.

Progressivism On Tap is a lecture and discussion series from the Progressive Studies Program at the Center for American Progress, focused on the history and intellectual traditions of progressivism and liberalism.

Patricia Sullivan's 2009 book, Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement, is the first major history of America's oldest civil rights organization and destined to be a classic in the field. Sullivan unearths the little-known early decades of the NAACP's activism, telling startling stories of personal bravery, legal brilliance, and political maneuvering.

The Center for American Progress and the Progressive Book Club are pleased to discuss the NAACP's historic achievements and its vision for future civil rights activism with author Patricia Sullivan and current NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous.

Click here to get the book at a discounted rate when you join the Progressive Book Club.

Copies of Lift Every Voice will be available for purchase at the event.

Join us as Tod Lindberg, editor of Policy Review and author of The Political Teachings of Jesus, leads a discussion on rethinking conservativism during the third event in the spring Progressivism On Tap series.

Progressivism On Tap is a lecture and discussion series from the Progressive Studies Program at the Center for American Progress, focused on the history and intellectual traditions of progressivism and liberalism.

In the years before the capital markets fueled a subprime deluge and bad money chased out good, a range of policies and programs effectively created sustainable, affordable homeownership. Participants in these programs were much more likely to sustain homeownership than comparable borrowers in subprime loans, even as economic conditions worsened. Proven on the ground, these programs point to a way forward that provides access to affordable homeownership for those who are ready for it. Their record also helps put to rest the myth that lending to underserved communities--as opposed to poor lending practices--drove the crisis.

At this CAP forum, experts will examine evidence derived from close analysis by academics across the country, with research demonstrating that we know how to do affordable lending that works. Panelists will discuss how this research should inform the discussions of the system of housing finance for the future.

American Progress is pleased to present our annual Progressive Party, an evening of celebration in support of our work and our mission and a rededication to our goals and our work on behalf of all Americans.
The Progressive Party is a chance to pay tribute to a year of hard work, acknowledge and assess obstacles to change, and recommit ourselves to a bold and progressive policy agenda.
American Progress hopes to surpass last year's fundraising goal in this critically important year of big challenges and big opportunities, and we need your help.