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YEO NATIONAL CONVENING 2016

MATT HANEY San Francisco Unified School Board and
Dream Corps
Matt Haney is the president of the San Francisco Unified School District Board of
Education, where he is responsible for determining policy, budget, curriculum, educational
goals, and standards for all pre-K-12 public schools in San Francisco. Haney has worked
to end the “school to prison pipeline,” including authoring a landmark policy to transform
San Francisco’s school discipline system and address racial disproportionality. He recently
authored a policy to expand computer science and coding education to all students and
schools in San Francisco. Haney is the director of policy at Dream Corps, where he leads
policy advocacy for #cut50, an initiative to cut the prison population in half in ten years, and
#YesWeCode, an initiative to create a pipeline for low opportunity youth to become the best
coders, computer engineers, and designers. Haney is the former executive director of the UC
Student Association, lecturer and fellow at the Stanford University Design School, and a
graduate of UC Berkeley, Stanford Law, and Stanford School of Education.

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Courts Matter: What’s at Stake for Progressives in the Supreme Court
Battles of 2016 and Beyond
Great Room 1

The vacancy created by the death of Justice Scalia (and the obstruction
that followed) brought unprecedented attention to the unique
challenges of organizing to support fair-minded judicial nominees.
This panel will explore what progressives have at stake not only in the
current confirmation fight, but in upcoming battles – and the critical
issues impacted in the states. Discussion will focus on how we can
build a movement that lasts beyond individual confirmation fights and
plays an ongoing role in shaping the Court.

DREW COURTNEY People For the American Way
Foundation
Drew Courtney is Director of Communications at People For the American Way and People
For the American Way Foundation where he is responsible for all of the organizations’ public
communications and media outreach. In particular, his work has focused on organizing and
messaging around fair and just courts and combating right-wing extremism. Drew leads
PFAW’s Right Wing Watch work to track, expose, and counter the activities of the far right.
Drew also leads communications efforts surrounding judicial nominations – he was a key
player in PFAW’s work to confirm Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor and Kagan in addition
to key nominees to the lower federal courts. He has served as a spokesperson for print,
television, and radio interviews, including appearances on Good Morning America, Politics
Nation with Al Sharpton, CNN, and the BBC.

DETAILED AGENDA

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