In addition to the in-person activities, the summit will feature a live webcast, and will include participants from around the country adding their voice to the exciting ideas being crafted by the summit attendees.

         ***THE WEBCAST CAN BE ACCESSED VIA: WWW.MOBILIZE.ORG***


  WHO:        Mobilize.org and The Peter G. Peterson Foundation (PGPF).
              Featured speakers at this event include David Walker,
              President and CEO of PGPF, Tamara Draut, Vice President of
              Policy and Programs of DEMOS, and David Hiller, President of
              the McCormick Foundation.  In addition, the final proposal
              presentation will be judged by celebrity judges Maya
              McGuinness, Director of Fiscal Policy Programs for the New
              America Foundation, Neel Hajra, CEO of Nonprofit Enterprise at
              Work, and Michael Peterson, Vice-Chairman of the PGPF.

  WHAT:       Democracy 2.0: Exploring the Millennial Generation's ROI Youth
              Summit
  WHERE:      Courtyard Chicago Downtown/River North, 30 East Hubbard St,
              Chicago, IL.
  WHEN:       November 18-20

The three-day Youth Summit will focus on (1) exploring the barriers preventing today's younger generation from achieving financial health and (2) developing the actions plans necessary to begin setting an agenda for millennial-led economic reform in the United States.

Twenty proposals have been chosen to be presented at the event from a pool of applicants from all fifty states. These proposals will be presented on the third day of the conference, which will culminate in the awarding of up to $25,000 in grant money to outstanding proposals, provided by PGPF.

The purpose of the Youth Summit is to discuss challenges facing young people given the economic downturn, and to give them the opportunity to present innovative solutions to the unique issues facing their generation.

Currently, 30% of Millennials -- those born between 1976 and 1996 -- are uninsured, which is more than any other generation. Additionally, young people experience the highest rate of unemployment and more debt than any other age group, including an average of $27,000 in student loan debt and $2000 in credit card debt by age 24.

  Schedule of Events

  Day 1: November 18th, 2009

  8:00 AM     Registration and Breakfast Opens
  9:00 AM     Opening Remarks: Maya Enista, CEO Mobilize.org
  9:15 AM     Welcome Keynote: David Walker, CEO, Peter G. Peterson
              Foundation
  9:55 AM     Speaker: Tamara Draut, Vice President for Policy and Programs,
              DEMOS
  10:30 AM    Table Discussions on 4 Key Issues + Priorities
  11:15 AM    Table Reports
  12:00 PM    Lunch with the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC)
              David Hiller, President of the McCormick Foundation
              Introduced by Michael Weiser, Chair of NCoC
              David Smith, National Conference on Citizenship
              Shawn Healy, McCormick Freedom Project
  1:10 PM     Afternoon Programming Begins
  5:00 PM     Break
  6:00 PM     Dinner + Keynote (Diane Ty, AARP)
  7:30 PM     Priority Agenda Voting Sessions
  Day 2: November 19th, 2009

  10:30 AM    Next Steps Brainstorm + Discussion
  11:00 AM    Introduction of Grant Summit Process and Experts
  12:00 PM    Lunch
  12:30 PM    Panel: Millennials in Philanthropy
              Rusty Stahl, Executive Director, Emerging Practitioners In
              Philanthropy
              John Sirek, Program Officer, The McCormick Foundation
  2:00 PM     Democracy 2.0 Award Competition Expert Advisor Workshops
  6:00 PM     Workshops End
  6:30 PM     Reception hosted by Young Professionals of Chicago
  Day 3: November 20th, 2009

  8:30 AM     Breakfast Conversation - Bill Hoagland, Vice President of
              Public Policy, Cigna
              Introduced by David Smith, Chairman of the Mobilize.org Board
              of Directors
  9:00 AM     Introduction of Celebrity Judges
  9:15 AM     Democracy 2.0 Award Summit Final Round Begins
  12:00 PM    Closing Lunch and Winners Announced
  1:30 PM     Event Close

  About Mobilize.org

Mobilize.org is an all-partisan network dedicated to educating, empowering, and energizing young people to increase our civic engagement and political participation. For more information, visit www.Mobilize.org.

About the Peter G. Peterson Foundation:

PGPF is dedicated to increasing public awareness of the nature and urgency of key economic challenges threatening America's future and to accelerating action on them. To address these challenges successfully, we work to bring Americans together to find sensible, long-term solutions that transcend age, party lines and ideological divides in order to achieve real results. For more information, see www.PGPF.org.

Source: Mobilize.org