Subject: Transition Meeting -- please do not forward this email
From: "Alexia Kelley" <[email-masked]>
To: "Alexia Kelley" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:22:23 -0500

Dear Alliance Advisors and Partners,  

Yesterday our Catholics in Alliance Community met with  the Obama-Biden
Transition team.  Catholics in Alliance organized the meeting as part of
our movement coordination and support work.  The agenda and Catholics in
Alliance participating organizations (14) that attended are copied
below.  

It was a very productive conversation, and we felt that the transition
staff understood the breadth and strength of the Catholic common good
movement, as well as our community's policy priorities and expertise. We
also had substantive policy dialogue around various justice and peace
concerns within the policy categories we discussed.  The transition
staff included the Director of Public Liaison, Mike Strautmanis, and top
staff to the Domestic Policy Council director Melody Barnes; as well as
the transition's religious outreach staff, Joshua DuBois (Director),
Mark Linton (Catholic outreach) and Mara Vanderslice (public
liaison-faith community).   The issues priorities we presented were the
top 5  themes that were represented in the Platform for the Common Good
which 20 participating organizations and over 800 grassroots Catholic
leaders affirmed in July at the first-ever national Convention for the
Common Good.  

Thank you for your continued support that makes this work possible.  As
always, your comments and questions welcome!  

Best regards, Alexia

Catholics in Alliance Meeting with the Obama-Biden Transition team

Introductions

11:00               Welcome by Joshua Dubois, Director of Religious
Affairs, Introduce Mark Linton and Mara Vanderslice

11:05               Round of Introductions of Alliance Community 

11:15               Joshua Dubois introduces Michael Strautmanis,
Director of Office of Public Liaison/Intergovernmental Affairs

Presentation by the Alliance Community

11:25               Alexia Kelley introduces  Catholics in Alliance
context

5 brief presentations on following topics:

International development/diplomacy: Kristen Sampson, Center of Concern,
Jean Stokan, Pax Christi

Health care reform: Sr. Marie Lucey, Leadership Conference of Women
Religious

Comprehensive immigration reform:  Anne Boyle, Sisters of Mercy

Poverty reduction/economic justice: 

Economy, Social Safety Net, Sr. Simone Campbell, NETWORK, 

Abortion reduction, Workers' Rights, James Salt, Catholics United

Environment:  Kathy McNeely, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

Dialogu

11:50               Dialogue and Discussion

12:00               Response to Discussion Topics by Mike Strautmanis
12:10               Closing Remarks 
12:15               Adjourn

Participants: 

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

Kathy McNeely, Coordinator of 2008 Election Project

202-832-1780 (o) [email-masked]

Leadership Conference of Women Religious

Sr. Marie Lucey, Associate Director for Social Mission

301-588-4955 (o) [email-masked]

Jesuit Conference

Fr. Jim Stormes, Secretary for Social and Intl Ministries

202-629-5917 (o) [email-masked]

Pax Christi USA

Jean Stokan, Policy Director

202-841-6354 (m) [email-masked]

NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby 

Sr. Simone Campbell, Executive Director

(202) 347-9797 x227 (o) [email-masked]

Franciscan Action Network

Peter Sloan, Development and Communications

202-527-7564 (o)

Fr. Larry Janezic, OFM

(202) 527-7566 (o)

Sisters of Mercy

Anne Boyle, Communications Director

301-587-0423 (o) [email-masked]

Woodstock Theological Center

Tom Reese, Senior Research Fellow

202-687-3532 (o) [email-masked]

Africa Faith and Justice Network

Rev. Rocco Puopolo, SX, Executive Director

202-884-9780 (o)

Center of Concern

Kristen Sampson, Coordinator of the Global Woman's Project

202-635-2757 (o) [email-masked]

Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice

Joe Fahey, Steering Committee Chair

914-948-2993 (m) [email-masked]

Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good

Alexia Kelley, Executive Director

202-429-9680 (o) [email-masked]

Catholics United

James Salt, Organizing Director

305-978-1056 (m) [email-masked]

School of the America's Watch

Eric LeCompte, National Organizer

253-988-4927 (m) [email-masked]

 

Alexia Kelley

Executive Director

Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good

1730 Rhode Island Avenue NW 

Washington DC 20036

202-429-9680 office

202-441-3812 cell

[email-masked]

www.catholicsinalliance.org