The Un-Convention 2022

BPC, Unite America, and Smerconish.com are teaming up to bridge the partisan divide with the inaugural Un-Convention: a day-long series of seminars and discussions with viewpoints from across the political spectrum on October 7 at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. While in-person attendance is sold out, you can register to become a virtual delegate!

Attendees representing viewpoints from across the political spectrum will discuss confronting what divides us, reforming our electoral system, protecting free and fair elections, understanding disengaged and Gen-Z voters, and creating a bipartisan  public policy agenda that works for all Americans.

The day’s line-up includes:

• A keynote address by U.S. Navy Retired Admiral James Stavridis on why the deep divisions in American society are a national security threat.
• Michael Smerconish, host of SiriusXM’s “The Michael Smerconish Program” and CNN’s “Smerconish,” moderates a conversation with former cable TV heads Jeff Zucker and Phil Griffin about politics and the impactful role of the media.
• BPC and SiriusXM’s Steve Scully will moderate a conversation with Tara Setmayer, Senior Advisor, Lincoln Project, and former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell on better understanding the values, beliefs, and motivations of voters on all sides of the partisan divide.

Additional confirmed speakers include:

• Leigh Chapman, Pennsylvania Secretary of State
• Fmr. State Rep. Jose Felix Diaz (R-FL)
• State Rep. Torren Ecker (R-PA)
• Ben Ginsberg, fmr. co-chair of the bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Administration
• State Rep. Jordan Harris (D-PA)
• Hon. Amber McReynolds, Democracy and Voting Innovator; Governor, USPS
• Grace Panetta, The 19th
• Stephen Richer, Maricopa County Recorder
• Michael Steele, BPC Board Member; Former Md. Lt. Gov.
• David Thornburgh, Ballot PA
• John Wood, USA Today contributor, and fmr. Vice-Chairman of the Republican Party of Los Angeles County
• Salena Zito, Washington Examiner