This panel addresses the new (and not so new) corruption challenges America is facing as well as new responses to fighting corruption in the US beyond the traditional toolbox. Bringing together leading anti-corruption leaders working at state and federal levels, from conservative, nonpartisan, and progressive points of view, we will debate:
1) What does Trumpian politics or the rise of Bernie Sanders “Our Revolution” movement tell us about how Americans are experiencing corruption in their daily lives?
2) How are American anti-corruption activists re-assessing the current corruption challenges in the US?
3) How well is the traditional evidence-based advocacy toolkit working and what else is needed?
4) What are the most promising new approaches to tackling corruption in America?
The panel brings new and powerful voices to the IACC. Speaking will be
Renaldo Pearson, a leader of the
Democracy Spring movement, whose
7 Deadly Sins of American Democracy speech at the
Unrig the System Summit became a touchstone of
thousands of anticorruption and pro-democracy activists around the country.
Danielle Brian, leader of one of the most influential nonpartisan federal corruption NGOs in the country,
POGO, will be speaking, focusing on their latest efforts to engage Americans across party lines on contemporary corruption issues.
Nora Gilbert, director for strategic projects and partnerships of
Represent.Us, which is awakening a powerful anticorruption movement targeting state-level corruption across the US will be speaking. And
Pablo E. Carrillo, will be speaking. Pablo served as Chief of Staff to US Senator John McCain and was responsible for the development and implementation of the Senator's legislative and congressional oversight strategy. Pablo led investigative counsel on some of the most high-profile Senate investigations into federal corruption such as the Jack Abramoff Tribal lobbying scandal and the Boeing tanker scandal. He also serves as a Board Director of
R Street.Sarah Chayes, author of
Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security, will share some of her latest thinking on how American corruption fits into the global phenomenon of transnational kleptocractic networks.
