<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">To those in the DC area, I wanted to invite you to this great discussion about the TPP this coming Wednesday morning at the AFL-CIO headquarters. My understanding is that the TPP part will begin around 8:45am and go until 9:30 / 10:00am. Hope to see you there!<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; border-spacing: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Arthur Stamoulis</div><div class="">Citizens Trade Campaign</div><div class="">(202) 494-8826</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><a href="http://caf.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uHdJOY7bC30vrtxWX9ZmBZi57VhIL8Zl" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);" class=""><img border="0" id="header" alt="Wednesday Group" style="margin-bottom: 10px;" apple-inline="yes" height="150" width="642" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:6C41868C-B5B3-4642-8F8E-6C317582C1B1@hsd1.pa.comcast.net." class=""></a><span style="font-size: medium;" class=""></span><div style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 15px; line-height: 1.75; margin-top: -10px;" class="">An off-the-record strategy briefing for present and future progressive leaders.</div><table width="100%" style="padding: 10px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""><div class="email_body_content"><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 248, 228); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.75;" class=""><b class="">Wednesday, October 14</b> at <b class="">8 a.m.</b><br class="">AFL-CIO headquarters, 815 16th Street NW (<a href="http://caf.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8kKW0I62hm5IhMemQC96PZi57VhIL8Zl" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);" class="">Map</a>)<br class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75;" class=""><strong class="">Add to calendar » <a href="http://caf.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xTmAJDtCeOiy1MkSjWQpR5i57VhIL8Zl" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);" class="">Outlook</a> | <a href="http://caf.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9UI3PbJf8dYdObECkDSOsZi57VhIL8Zl" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);" class="">Google</a> | <a href="http://caf.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5FBrc8iuDvKqjDtWDnoJwJi57VhIL8Zl" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);" class="">Yahoo</a> | <a href="http://caf.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=paqtLSUQcBoi7Aia1kRpq5i57VhIL8Zl" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);" class="">Outlook.com</a> | <a href="http://caf.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XyY0GrLChEZ%2F6aPJsHkFbYG1isgvIWi2" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);" class="">Apple Calendar</a></strong></span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.5;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;" class=""><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 21px; text-transform: none; color: rgb(24, 24, 160); font-weight: bold;" class="">Hillary Clinton’s New TPP Stand, Bernie Sanders – And Our Prospects for Victory</span></span></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75;" class="">Hillary Clinton’s announcement that she does not support the Trans-Pacific Partnership represents a victory for the movement for a new American trade policy. We invite the entire anti-TPP movement to join CAF’s Wednesday Group to discuss a the prospects for defeating TPP, the continued barriers to success, and the work that needs to be done – from the grassroots to the presidential campaigns – to stop TPP. The whole coalition is invited to attend and participate in this off-the-record discussion. Light breakfast will be served.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75;" class="">● <b class="">Thea Lee</b>, AFL-CIO, Deputy Chief of Staff<br class="">● <b class="">Larry Cohen</b>, adviser, Bernie 2016<br class="">● <b class="">Arthur Stamoulis</b>, Citizens Trade Campaign<br class="">● <b class="">Ilana Solomon</b>, Director, Sierra Club Responsible Trade Program<br class="">● <b class="">Barbara Coufal</b>, AFSCME Assistant Director of Legislation</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75;" class="">Open forum.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; color: rgb(24, 24, 160); font-weight: bold;" class="">Public Embraces the Stiglitz "Rewriting the Rules" Agenda<br class=""><span style="line-height: 1.5; font-weight: normal;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);" class="">Melissa Egelsky</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(128, 0, 0); text-transform: uppercase;" class="">VICE PRESIDENT, GREENBERG QUINLAN ROSNER</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75;" class="">It will be the morning after the first Democratic presidential debate, and Melissa Egelsky will discuss polling that shows how the ideas and issues raised by the Joseph Stiglitz-led "Rewriting the Rules" project are motivating progressives and resonating with the electorate at large – and whether Democratic candidates addressed those effectively in their debate performance.</p><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 248, 228); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.75;" class=""><b class="">Join us 8 a.m. Wednesday at the AFL-CIO,</b> 815 16th Street NW.</div></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;" class=""><em class="">You may share this email with interested colleagues and encourage them to attend. Be advised that all Wednesday Group meetings are closed to the public, are off the record, and that attendees participate as private citizens.</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>