You’ve probably heard about Project 2025 – which produced a 900+-page compendium of extremist proposals put out by the right-wing Heritage Foundation (although the head of the project left the Heritage Foundation after Project 2025 proved intensely unpopular). So why should you know about these plans? Because they have been developed by many with connections to the former Trump Administration and are similar to certain proposals before Congress now. Whoever wins the election, these proposals to shrink human needs programs may emerge – and we have to be ready.

During this webinar, you’ll learn about Project 2025 proposals to limit Medicaid and other health programs and to eliminate education and early childhood programs as well as limiting access to free school meals. You’ll also learn about efforts to politicize the federal workforce and limit protections for voters and consumers and against discrimination. And very important – you’ll hear about public opinion research showing just how unpopular these proposals are, and how that can strengthen our advocacy for meeting human needs and for basic justice.

Watch a recording of it here.

List of speakers:

• Julie Tippens, Director of the Legislative, Political and Mobilization Department, American Federation of Government Employees
• Natasha Murphy, Director, Health Policy, Center for American Progress
• Lily Klam, Director, Education Policy, First Focus on Children
• Meeta Anand, Senior Director, Census and Data Equity, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
• Bryan Bennett, Navigator Research & Senior Director of Polling & Analytics at The Hub Project
• Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs, Moderator