This sounds like a great conference put on by the Center for Study of Responsive Law with Ralph Nader. Wish I could go:

“The theme of this citizen mobilization will be elaborating ways to break through power to secure long-overdue democratic solutions made possible by a new muscular civic nexus between local communities and Washington, D.C. On these four days, speakers will present innovative ideas and strategies designed to take existing civic groups to higher levels of effectiveness.”

Ralph Nader Presents: Breaking Through Power: A Historic Civic Mobilization