| Have you purchased your tickets yet for the 67th Annual ADA Awards Banquet? We hope to see you on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at the Washington Court Hotel on Capitol Hill. Meet the 2014 ADA honorees:  Senator Bernie Sanders - Frances Perkins Award for Public Service Award
ADA is proud to honor a man who has devoted his Congressional career to issues that affect working families, the middle class, the elderly, children and the poor. We are very pleased to announce Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont as our 2014 keynote speaker and honoree.
 Senator Tammy Baldwin - Bayard Rustin Citizen of Change Award
A champion of middle class economic security, Senator Tammy Baldwin helped craft the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and has been a strong advocate for tax fairness, Wall Street regulation, student loan reform and other key issues. Senator Baldwin is Wisconsin’s first woman to serve in Congress and is the first openly gay member elected to the Senate.
 Max Richtman, J.D. - Winn Newman Award
A former staff director of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and 16-year veteran of Capitol Hill, Max Richtman is President and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM), one of the nation’s most influential senior advocacy and education membership organizations. ADA is thrilled to honor Mr. Richtman for his commitment to protecting the rights of seniors.
Can’t attend? Consider purchasing an ad to show your support, or consider making a special $25 contribution to go towards sponsoring a student to attend ADA’s banquet and membership convention.
Learn more ad specifications and deadlines here. The deadline to submit an ad is Monday, May 26th. ADA Membership Convention Since 1947, ADA has held a membership conventions to connect with members from across the country and work with them to determine ADA policy. We hope that you’ll come to a free ADA activist training and lobby day on Capitol Hill on Thursday, June 5th. RSVP here. Other convention events include: Friday, June 6, 2014: Convention Registration and Expert Panels
Hear from elected officials and issue experts during our series of enlightening panels, including Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) as our lunch keynote speaker. Panel topics include Mending the Safety Net, Global Engagement Without War, Protecting and Securing Progress on Women’s Rights and Building Economic and Political Power through Organizing. (Purchase your tickets to ADA’s Membership Convention here.) Saturday, June 7, 2015: State Lobby Training and Commission Groups
Delegates will learn how to effectively lobby your Representatives at home and participate in one of four policy action Commissions. Commission members will work to craft ADA’s priorities on key liberal issues.
Sunday, June 8, 2014: Ideas to Action
Each policy action commission will report on its issue priorities, and together convention delegates will learn how to turn ideas into action. Purchase your tickets to ADA’s membership convention here!  ADA Campaign Central Primary season continues this week, this time with Pennsylvania voters choosing party candidates tomorrow. All eyes are on the race for the Democratic nod in a Congressional contest in the northern Philadelphia suburb of Bucks County. The Pennsylvania 8th is considered among the dozen most vulnerable GOP-held House seats, with two Democrats—one endorsed by Southeast Pennsylvania ADA—locked in a tight race for the chance to take on the Republican incumbent. Read about who won and why, along with other key Keystone State results, this week in the Wednesday Campaign Wrap-Up. TAFTA Protest Trade negotiators from the United States and Europe will be gathering for a Stakeholder Forum to push forward the next big trade deal, the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA). Join ADA and our coalition partners to defend fair trade and American jobs as we protest against the TAFTA at the George Mason Law School on Wednesday, May 21th at 10:00 A.M. RSVP here. Noteworthy: - Vermont has become the seventh state to pass an increase in the minimum wage this year. Under the legislation, the minimum will rise from its current level of $8.73 per hour to $10.50 over the next four years. Vermont will then be the state with the highest statutory minimum wage in the nation—unless, of course, recent trends continue and more states add to the momentum for increasing the wage rate. Check out Bob Lucore's latest blog, Vermont Sets Pace for State Minimum Wage Rates.
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