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Day 1: Monday, December 4, 2023

Meeting Room: Sheerr Room, Fay House

8:30 – 9:00 AMBreakfast (Room 100)
9:00 AM – 9:05 AMRadcliffe Welcome from Academic Ventures & Engagement
9:05 AM – 9:30 AMGroup Introductions
9:30 AM – 10:45 AMSession 1: What do we know about the concentration of economic and political power in our society? What are the trends?
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM   Coffee Break
11:00 AM – 12:15 PMSession 2: How should we define “countervailing power”?
12:15 PM – 1:15 PMLunch (Room 100 & Gardiner Room)
1:15 PM – 2:30 PMSession 3: What can we learn about the history of the labor movement and labor law to inform this project?
2:30 PM – 2:45 PMAfternoon coffee and snack break (Room 100)
2:45 PM – 4:00 PMSession 4: What are other successful examples of mass movements building countervailing power? What are the failures?
4:00 PMDay 1 Ends
6:00 PMDinner at Josephine Restaurant, Cambria Somerville Hotel (515 Somerville Ave)

Day 2: Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Meeting Room: Sheerr Room, Fay House

8:30 AMBreakfast (Room 100)
9:00 AM – 9:15 AMDay 1 Recap
9:15 AM – 10:30 AMSession 1: What kind of legal interventions would better support mass movement organizations and their coordination?
10:30 AM – 10:45 AMCoffee Break
10:45 AM – 12:00 PMSession 2: Continued — What kind of legal interventions would better support mass movement organizations and their coordination?
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMLunch (Room 100 & Gardiner Room)
1:00 PM – 2: 15 PMSession 3: What are the right subject areas to start with?
2:15 PM – 3:00 PMClosing Remarks & Wrap Up
3:00 PMDay 2 Ends – All participants depart campus for return travel