July 14, 2016

Media Advisory: Purple Tent at Republican National Convention 2016

OUR POLITICS MAY DIVIDE US, BUT OUR VALUES UNITE US. JOIN THE CIVILITY CONVERSATION in CLEVELAND!

Purple America's mission is to advance the national conversation to a civil, productive and respectful dialogue around our shared values.  We are pitching The Purple Tent to show that "our politics may divide us, but our values unite us."

WHO:       Purple America Hosting the PURPLE TENT
WHERE:  Jane Addams Business Careers Center 2373 E 30th St, Cleveland, OH 44115
WHEN:     Beginning 12pm on Monday (7/18), Tuesday (7/19) and Wednesday (7/20)

MONDAY, JULY 18

12:00-12:30pm:	Lunch
12:30-1:00:	Kickoff Keynote – Sarah Ruble (National Motivational Speaker)
1:00-2:15: 2:30-3:45:	Cleveland & Northeast Ohio: A Model for the Nation? Cleveland & Northeast Ohio: What do we stand for? Bruce Akers (former Mayor of Pepper Pike, OH), Kevin S. Adelstein (Cleveland Jewish News publisher and CEO, Cleveland Jewish Publication Company president)
3:30-4:00:	Keynote - Ted Celeste (former Member of the Ohio House of Representatives)
4:00-5:00:	Meet and Greet

TUESDAY, JULY 19

12:00-12:30pm:	Lunch
12:30-1:00:	Keynote – Stuart Muszynski (CEO and founder of Purple America)
1:00-2:30:	Is Civility Dead? Matt Dowd (ABC News political analyst; chief strategist for Bush-Cheney '04 presidential campaign) Michael Medved, (American radio host, political commentator, author), Michael Steele (Former RNC Chair, MSNBC Political Analyst), David Pepper(Chair of Ohio Democratic Party)  Moderated by Bill Shireman (CEO, Future 500)
2:30-2:45:	Break
2:45-4:00:	Finding Common Ground Stephen Dinan (CEO of Shift Network, Washington Times columnist, author), Grover Norquist (President, Americans for Tax Reform), Rick Ungar (Senior Political Contributor at Forbes, Host of Steele & Ungar on Sirius XM POTUS), Katie Walsh, (Chief of Staff, RNC), Richard Eidlin, (Co-founder, American Sustainable Business Council). Moderated by John Steiner (Co-founder of the Bridge Alliance)
4:00 – 5:00:	Meet and Greet

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20

12:00-12:30pm:	Lunch
12:30-1:00:	Keynote
1:00-2:30:	Engaging Millennials Katie Harbath (Global Politics and Government Outreach Director, Facebook), Samantha Osbourne, Director of Digital Operations, RNC) Sara Tabatabaie (Digital Manager, Rock the Vote), David Webb (Sirius XM host, "The David Webb Show"), Laquan Austion (CEO, Action for America). Moderated by Stuart Muszynski (CEO and founder of Purple America)
2:45-4:00:	Polling and Media Kellyanne Conway (Pollster, Trump campaign), Kevin Cirilii (Bloomberg Reporter, traveling with the Trump campaign), Dan Lippman (POLITICO and POLITICO Playbook Reporter), Cliff Young (President, Ipsos Polling), Frank LaRose (Ohio State Senator). Moderated by Lou Krous (President of Better Outcomes)
4:00 – 5:00:	Meet and Greet

For more information, visit http://purpletent.us/ 

MEDIA CONTACTS
Justin Wilson
202 527 1323
jwilson@tridentdmg.com

Shelley Hymes
202 364 3438
shelley@angelenterprisesdc.com