For Immediate Release:
Contact: Karin Kullman Freedman/John Bray (202) 546-0007 / (800) 546-0027
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) today announced that the 2004 National Conversation will be held in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, May 7th and Saturday, May 8th. Hundreds of well-known and up-and-coming leaders from around the country will attend this annual gathering of New Democrat elected officials.
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano will serve as the 2004 National Conversation honorary chair, and U.S. House Democratic Caucus Chairman Bob Menendez (N.J.) will serve as the recruitment chair. They will join DLC Founder and CEO Al From, DLC President Bruce Reed, and other DLC leaders at the event.
Each year the DLC's National Conversation brings together rising political stars from every corner of America to hear from leading national voices and to discuss the ideas that will shape the country's future. This event is a one-of-a-kind forum for governors and other statewide elected officials, legislators, mayors, county executives, council members, and business and civic leaders to come together on a national platform to compare notes and brainstorm innovative strategies for governing in their states and communities.
More detailed information regarding this annual event will be announced and available at www.ndol.org in the coming weeks.
Media interested in attending the 2004 DLC National Conversation should contact Karin Freedman or John Bray at (202)546-0007.
DLC National Conversation 2004
Hundreds of New Democrat leaders from across the country
Friday, May 7 and Saturday, May 8, 2004
Arizona Biltmore Hotel
2400 East Missouri
Phoenix, Arizona
The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) leads the New Democrat movement, a national network of elected officials and community leaders whose innovative ideas are modernizing progressive politics for the 21st Century. For additional information on the DLC or for more background on the elected officials around the country who are governing as New Democrats, web users may access the Democratic Leadership Council online at www.ndol.org.
