REGISTRATION
American Progress requires advance registration for all in-person events and recommends advance registration for virtual events. Admittance to in-person events is subject to occupancy limits and available seating. Most in-person events are livestreamed on the CAP or CAP Action website and available to watch online afterward. Please check the registration confirmation you receive by email for any event-specific instructions.
For in-person events, all American Progress guests and visitors are required to show a photo ID before entering the event space. Failure to provide a valid ID may result in denial of entry.
ACCESSIBILITY
American Progress aims to create events that are accessible for guests of all abilities. All public events are captioned in-person and virtually. If you need additional assistance or accommodations, please contact [email protected].
All post-event recordings are captioned and available on our Events pages, which can be found online on the CAP and CAP Action websites, and on our CAP YouTube channel.
STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND DECORUM
American Progress is committed to providing a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect, dignity, and civility and that is free from all forms of discrimination and conduct that can be considered demeaning, harassing, coercive, or disruptive, including sexual harassment. Inappropriate actions, words, jokes, or comments based on an individual’s ethnicity, race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, family responsibilities, genetic information, matriculation, political affiliation, unemployed status, national origin, immigration status, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law will not be tolerated.
At American Progress, we welcome opportunities to discuss and debate ideas; however, guests must refrain from disruptive behavior, interference of a program, noncompliance with requests from staff or security, trespassing, soliciting, peddling, loitering, and any other behavior deemed inappropriate that may interfere with others participating, listening, or speaking at an event. The distribution of any promotional items such as flyers, handbills, or printed materials is only allowed at the discretion and with the explicit permission of American Progress and, if applicable, any other event host(s). Signs, banners, posters, flags, and any similar items that could distract from the event or be used as weapons are strictly prohibited. Additional provisions to this policy may apply pursuant to any agreement with an off-site venue and/or external partners.
BAGS, PERSONAL ITEMS, AND SCREENING
For the safety of all attendees, speakers, and staff, all persons, bags, and other containers may be subject to search. American Progress provides coat closets for personal items that require storage during an event; please note that space for storing personal belongings is not guaranteed and American Progress is not responsible for items that are lost, misplaced, or left behind.
RECORDING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
American Progress provides a mult box for event audio for media crews. No audio/video devices may be placed on the stage without advance authorization from Events personnel.
USE OF IMAGE, LIKENESS, AND REMARKS
American Progress regularly records programs and special events. By confirming your participation in the event as a speaker, panelist, presenter, invited guest, or member of the public attending the event in person or virtually, you acknowledge that American Progress may record, livestream, and/or share the content publicly during and following the event. You agree that you are granting American Progress and its agents, employees, and assigns the use of photographs, film, or video footage of you and a transcript of your remarks, in whole or in part, for any purposes, including but not limited to simultaneous and archival webcasting.
TRADEMARKS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Use of American Progress trademarks, imagery, name, likeness, and other programmatic content or intellectual property for any purpose requires accurate attribution. Please review our Terms of Use, which can be found online on both the CAP and CAP Action websites.
GENERAL SECURITY PROVISIONS
American Progress reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to deny admission to anyone for any reason and to physically remove from the premises any person(s) in violation of these terms and our standards of conduct. Any person who is removed from the event may be subject to detention by security for violation of these terms or potential arrest by law enforcement for violation of any applicable laws and regulations.
LIABILITY
By registering for or attending an event, attendees agree that American Progress assumes no liability for injury, damage, illness, death, property loss, or any other loss that may be related in any way to its implementation of this policy. In the event of injury, illness, or accident during a live event or program, attendees consent to have medical treatment that may be deemed advisable and to affirmatively release American Progress and any and all persons participating in such medical treatment from all responsibility for any such action.
NO VACCINATION REQUIREMENT DISCLOSURE
We continue to monitor the ebbs and flows of COVID-19. The safety and well-being of our panelists and audiences is of the utmost importance to us. American Progress recommends but does not require speakers, panelists, invited guests, or general visitors to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Masks are not currently required and up to the attendee’s discretion to wear.
SERVICE ANIMALS ONLY
With the exception of service animals, no animals are allowed at American Progress public events.
OTHER TERMS
American Progress reserves the right to make changes to our events, policies, and these terms and conditions at any time. American Progress reserves all rights not expressly granted to the attendee. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition. Additional provisions to this policy may be added without advance notification or be updated based on our agreement with any outside venue and/or external partners.