MIDWEST FORUM ON FAIR MARKETS What the New Antimonopoly Vision Means for Main Street

WITH KEYNOTES BY:

Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General

Alvaro Bedoya, FTC Commissioner

REGISTER IN-PERSON OR STREAMING [[link removed]] September 22nd 10am - 2pm CT

Minneapolis, MN

And streaming on these platforms:

[[link removed]] Newly Confirmed Panelists: Shawn Phetteplace [[link removed]] - Midwest Regional Manager for Main Street Alliance, a coalition of small businesses advocating for a level playing field RF Buche [[link removed]] - President at GF Buche Co, an independent grocery store in South Dakota Angela Schwesnedl [[link removed]] - Owner of the independent bookstore Moon Palace Stu Lourey [[link removed]] - Government relations for the MN Farmers Union Constance Carlson [[link removed]] - Assistant Statewide Director, UMN Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships Diana Tastad-Damer [[link removed]]- Political director for UFCW local 1189 dedicated to grocery and meatpacking workers And more to come! [[link removed]]

After several decades in which government policy actively encouraged corporate concentration, Americans are suffering the consequences. From stagnant wages to sky-high prices, struggling family farms to shuttered local businesses, communities across the country are squeezed as a few giant corporations consolidate control over our economy and political process. Monopoly power has become a leading issue at the kitchen table and along Main Street.

Join us on Thursday, September 22nd, for a half-day forum* that will explore new federal and state action to reinvigorate our antitrust policies and support small businesses, family farms, working people, and communities.

The forum will feature keynotes by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, along with panel discussions by people on the frontlines fighting for antimonopoly reform in Minnesota and nationally. The forum will help lay out a path for creating an economy in which power and prosperity are widely distributed and progress is easier to achieve.

Co-hosted by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and Open Markets Institute, this is the antimonopoly, pro-democracy event you don't want to miss!

*Lunch will be provided.

Welcome Remarks:Barry Lynn, Open Markets InstituteStacy Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-RelianceKeynotes:Minnesota Attorney General Keith EllisonFTC Commissioner Alvaro BedoyaPanel Discussions:

Retail and Buyer Power - Remedies that state and federal policymakers have to level the playing field in the retail sector where megacorporations abuse their power to control prices and product availability.

Food Systems - How corporate consolidation harms farmers, food chain workers, and the families that depend on them, and how regulators can foster resilient and equitable food systems.

Healthcare and Hospitals - How antitrust policy can reverse the concentration in healthcare and hospital systems that has led to poorer health outcomes and care for midwesterners.

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