Health Care for America Now is working with DC for Obama, the local grassroots organization who volunteered during the campaign, to throw an advocacy summit this Saturday, January 17th.

The purpose of the summit is fairly simple, and extremely important. The summit will be a gathering place for folks who volunteered for Obama and who are now committed to helping pass his agenda. Summit participants will meet and build connections with over Obama activists from all over the country and learn how to effectively advocate for legislation from some of the best in the business.

By allowing folks to meet each other and start talking specifically about advocacy, these connections will strengthen Obama's national grassroots network. We're hoping the connections made at this summit will translate into working relationships across the country for moving Obama's agenda through Congress and winning public opinion all over America.

On the health care front, Richard Kirsch, Health Care for America Now's National Campaign Director and Judy Feder, health care expert, Georgetown professor, and senior adviser at Kaiser Family Foundation will be speaking. There's an all-star lineup for other issue areas, too:

• Ilyse Hogue, Campaign Director, MoveOn
• Celinda Lake, President, Lake Research Partners
• Khalid Pitts, Director of Strategic Campaigns, SEIU
• Michael J. Wilson, International Vice President, UFCW
• Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research
• Mike Signer, Senior Policy Advisor and Director of the Homeland Security Presidential Transition Initiative, Center for American Progress
• Dianne Dillon-Ridgley, Chair, Environmental Advisory Board of Green Mountain Energy™
• Mary Giovagnoli, Director of Advocacy, National Immigration Forum

So, if you're going to be in town for the inauguration, come, participate, and help us make the connections we'll need to pass Obama's agenda! Click here for more info or to get your ticket. Space is filling up fast!