Mikki Anaya, Coordinator of the Southwest Rural Policy Network

Presenters are Diana Tellefson Torres, Executive Director of the United Farm Workers (UFW) Foundation; Adriana Rocha , Board Chair of Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT) and is the Practice Director for CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; and Ryan Li Dahlstrom, Movement Building Director, GIFT

Kate Lang, Staff Attorney
Gerald McIntyre, Directing Attorney of the National Senior Citizens Law Center

The National Alliance for Rural Policy (NARP) presents the sixth in a series of Investments in Rural America webinars: Create Jobs for USA Initiative - on Thursday, April 18, 2013 from 1:00 until 2:00 PM Eastern. Moderated by David R. Dangler, from the National Alliance for Rural Policy network, the webinar will feature OFN's Lina Page and Beth Lipson who will speak about a groundbreaking initiative, Create Jobs for USA, and how founding partners Opportunity Finance Network and Starbucks launched this cause marketing program that encourages donations from consumers and leading corporations to support the work of CDFIs across America, what it has accomplished to date, and examples of its impact in rural communities. The session will include ample time for listener participation.

This Webinar is provided by the National Consumer Law Center.

Presenter is David Godfrey, Senior Attorney, American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging

David Machledt, Ph.D., policy analyst at NHeLP
Leonardo Cuello, J.D., Director of Health Reform at NHeLP

Janis Bowdler, Director of Economic Policy with National Council of La Raza
Chuck Collins, Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies
Saru Jayaraman, Co-founder of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
Deanne Loonin, Staff Attorney at National Consumer Law Center.

John Rao, staff attorney, National Consumer Law Center

Lori Stiegel, Senior Attorney, American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging

Kathy Greenlee, the Administrator of the Administration for Community Living and Assistant Secretary for Aging, will open our discussion. As a Federal advocate for older Americans and their concerns, the Administration on Aging is dedicated to protecting the rights of older people and preventing their abuse, neglect, and exploitation

Jay E. Sushelsky, Senior Attorney, AARP Foundation Litigation
Stuart T. Rossman, Director of Litigation, National Consumer Law Center