Upcoming Events & Webinars

How will the “sequester” automatic budget cuts affect us?
What is Congress doing to avert a potential government shut-down at the end of March?
What about the President’s Budget Request for the coming year?
Will the Pentagon budget be allowed to grow even larger or will there finally be some fiscal discipline?

For answers to these questions and more, mark your calendar for...

Riding the Fiscal Roller Coaster

Thursday, March 14, 2013

3:00PM EST

We have tons of questions and we bet you do too.  That’s why we have called on National Priorities Project (NPP) to help us ride out the federal fiscal roller coaster. NPP, a favorite partner of WAND, is the premier organization dedicated to making complex federal budget information transparent and accessible for those who seek to influence how their tax dollars are spent. We are delighted that NPP’s Executive Director, Jo Comerford, will present a webinar to explain what we need to know about March fiscal madness in order to help us escape the carnival and more effectively shape better budget priorities. Please register here and join us on Thursday, March 14 at 3pm.

Jo Comerford, NPP Executive Director

Jo Comerford joined National Priorities Project staff in 2008 bringing with her two decades of work as a community organizer, and a strong background in strategic planning and nonprofit administration. Most recently, Jo served as Director of Programs at The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. Prior to The Food Bank, Jo directed the American Friends Service Committee's western Massachusetts office. Jo travels extensively for NPP, offering budget talks and facilitating participatory workshops, including as a speaker at a 2012 Tedx and 2013 Ignite. She is a frequent media contributor with pieces appearing in outlets such as The Nation, TomDispatch, The Huffington Post, Salon.com, Mother Jones and Dollars and Sense. Jo holds an MSW from Hunter College School of Social Work and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Smith College School of Social Work.