Program

Schedule

1 to 1:20 PM | Opening Remarks by Executive Director Eli Taylor Goss
1:20 to 3 PM | Policy Snapshot Presentations, with time for Q&A, featuring the following Budget and Policy Center team members:

• Senior Policy Analyst Evan Walker, focusing on criminal legal system policy
• Senior Policy Analyst Tracy Yeung, focusing on direct cash
• Senior Policy Analyst Kaitie Dong, focusing on immigration
• Associate Director of Campaigns Emily Vyhnanek, focusing on the state budget and federal cuts

3 to 3:15 PM | Break
3:15 to 4:15 PM | Keynote Panel: “Revenue as the Solution for Prosperity and Safety”
Moderated by Eli Taylor Goss and Budget and Policy Center Senior Policy Analyst Mia Shigemura, and including time for a Q&A. Featured panelists include:

• Washington State Representative Shaun Scott
• Washington State Senator Noel Frame
• Fatema Boxwala, Advocate, Tech4Taxes
• Marco Guzman, Senior Analyst, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

4:15 to 4:30 PM | Closing Remarks by Eli Taylor Goss

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During the first part of the program, Budget and Policy Center policy experts will give a series of short policy snapshot presentations, highlighting the ways state lawmakers and budget writers must respond to the current political moment. You’ll hear from Senior Policy Analyst Kaitie Dong on immigration justice; Senior Policy Analyst Evan Walker on criminal legal system policy; Senior Policy Analyst Tracy Yeung on direct cash; and Associate Director of Campaigns Emily Vyhnanek on the fallout from the federal megabill.

The day will culminate with Executive Director Eli Taylor Goss and Senior Policy Analyst Mia Shigemura facilitating a keynote panel, “Revenue as the Solution for Prosperity and Safety,” with Rep. Shaun Scott, Sen. Noel Frame, Fatema Boxwala with Tech4Taxes, and Marco Guzman with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

Light refreshments will be available, including vegan and gluten-free options.
Access accommodations: Masks are recommended (we will have a limited supply of KN95 masks for anyone who forgets their own), wheelchair accessible, on bus and light rail lines, Spanish interpretation, and other accessibility support available.