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| Press ReleasesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Roosevelt Institution to Hold Conference at the University of Georgia on Presidential Campaign Issues The Perfect Presidential Platform Washington, DC: This year’s presidential election poses a number of policy challenges for candidates. The big issues--the War in Iraq, immigration, energy, taxes, and health care--are at the forefront of presidential politics. While our generation turns out to vote in record numbers in the 2008 primaries, politicians and media alike have yet to learn what our generation has to say about our country’s most pressing issues. It’s time to join the discussion. On April 11-12, The Roosevelt Institution at the University of Georgia will be hosting a two-day conference providing students the opportunity to voice their opinions and craft creative solutions to five key policy challenges in the 2008 presidential campaign. The Perfect Presidential Platform conference will focus on five major areas: the War in Iraq, immigration, energy, taxes, and health care. Students will craft policy focusing on these areas as well as receive crucial feedback on their work from policy experts and premiere UGA faculty. Working in groups, students will compete with one another to draft the best policy proposal in each topic area. The winning groups will present their work at the concluding symposium. Following the conference, a book of proposals will be bound and distributed to policymakers on the behalf of the Roosevelt Institution. The “Perfect Presidential Platform” Conference will be looking for the best student proposals to put on the desks of America’s policymakers. Tackling these issues will require creative policy solutions and a fundamental reconsideration of the relationship between citizens and their government. This will be a working conference and all participants should come prepared to contribute to the dialogue. The Roosevelt Institution was founded after the 2004 elections, when disenchanted students across the country bonded together to re-engage themselves in the political process, and most importantly, to give politicians their ideas, not just their votes. The Roosevelt Institution has a network of over 8000 students, professors and policymakers at more than 70 campus-based chapters across the country. Since 2004, the Institution has grown into a comprehensive center for students interested in public policy, offering internship programs, several national journals, conferences, and training workshops throughout the year. Now partnered with the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, this nonprofit student think tank seeks to build new progressive leaders with outstanding ideas for the future. The conference will begin Friday, April 11th, at 8:00am and conclude on Saturday, April 12th, in the mid-afternoon. Participants will enjoy a banquet on Friday evening at the Classic Center. Upon arrival, all expenses will be covered. Travel stipends are available. To register, visit http://ugaroosevelt.com To register, please visit: http://uga.rooseveltinstitution For questions about this event please contact: Kristen Tullos, (229) 221-4994 or roos@uga.edu For press inquires please contact: Sarah Bal, (916)390-1860 or sarah.bal@rooseveltinstitution |
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