Budget Rhode Map: Our Path Around Federal Roadblocks

The Economic Progress Institute’s 9th Annual Policy and Budget Conference

Thursday, May 4th ~ 8:00 am to 11:30 am
Providence Marriott
1 Orms Street, Providence RI

Conference Presentations

• Worker’s Rights for Rhode Island:  Doug Hall, Economic Progress Institute
• Why President Trump’s Economic Rhetoric Resonates — And What He Would Do If He Were Serious about Creating Jobs and Raising Wages: Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute
• Health Coverage in Rhode Island – ACA & Medicaid: Linda Katz, Economic Progress Institute
• Federal Action – American Health Care Act and Medicaid: Amy Rosenthal, Community Catalyst

Worker’s Rights and Wages

View the presentations from Doug Hall, Heidi Shierholz, and Abby Godino about federal threats to Rhode Island workers and what we can do to help.

Health Care

View the presentations from Linda Katz, Amy Rosenthal, and Karen Malcolm about federal threats on the health care front and what we can do to help.

Media Coverage

EPI Budget Rhode Map Conference Rhode Island Charts a Path Around Federal Road Blocks: Latino Public Radio
Plight of Workers, Health Care a Major Concern Locally: ecoRI News
Rhode Island bizs could lose under ACA repeal: Providence Business News
*Thank you to Steve Ahlquist and RI Future for taking video of our conference.

Conference Infographic

For a quick snapshot about our Budget Rhode Map 2017 Conference see our Conference Infographic.

Get Involved

To learn more about how to get involved in the campaigns discussed at the conference, visit our Get Involved page.