People are coming from far and wide to Good Jobs First’s big national conference! Indeed, people from 27 states plus Guam are already registered!

A full conference agenda is now available — including 70 outstanding speakers, 6 plenaries, 5 intensive training tracks, and Wednesday evening’s reception.

Registration information is here (including hotel info) — and great airfares on Southwest Airlines are still available into nearby BWI Airport!

We only do this every three years — it’s the largest gathering anywhere of people making job subsidies accountable and winning smart growth for working families.

Recently confirmed speakers include:

* Leslie Moody, Executive Director, Partnership for Working Families
* Carrie Brunk, Executive Director, New York Jobs with Justice
* Joanna Lee, Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education
* Mary Forsberg, Research Director, New Jersey Policy Perspective
* Julian Gross, Community Benefits Law Center
* Jim Heaney, Investigative Journalist, Buffalo News
* Elana Dix, Puget Sound SAGE
* Corey Himrod, Wal-Mart Watch
* Howard Greenwich, Puget Sound SAGE
* Desiree Pilgrim-Hunger, Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
* Jennifer Steffel Johnson, Policy Research Associate, Partnership for Working Families
* David Keto, Chief Operating Officer, AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust
* Carl Redwood, One Hill Coalition (Pittsburgh)
* Derek Smith, Organizing Director, Partnership for Working Families
* Deborah Scott, Executive Director, Georgia Stand Up
* Rev. William Smart, Co-Director of Ports Campaign, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
* Jason Bailey, Mountain Association for Community Economic Development

Travel to the Maritime Institute

The Maritime Institute is very close to BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport (a major hub for Southwest Airlines with extensive service from several other carriers as well)

It is also close to the Amtrak station stop at BWI on Amtrak’s high-speed Northeast Corridor between New York and Washington, DC.
The same rail station is also served by MARC Light Rail trains between Washington and Baltimore.

Shuttle service: The Maritime Institute offers a free shuttle service to/from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, the BWI Amtrak Station, and the BWI Light Rail Station. Upon arrival at these locations, please contact the Institute’s front desk staff members at (410) 859-5700, extension “0,” to make transportation arrangements. For more information, please visit http://www.ccmit.org/t-directions.aspx.