Netroots Nation 2015

Posted by | May 7, 2015
The Evolution of Immigrant Rights: From Political Empowerment to Progressive Change

President Obama's executive order on deportations was a major victory for progressive leaning forces in the immigrant rights community. This panel will analyze how grassroots organizing and elevating the voices...

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Taming the Trojan Horse of Religious Discrimination

For years, the progressive movement has avoided conversations about religion, leaving just a handful of progressive faith leaders to tackle the issue of how religion plays out in the public...

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Feminist Future: How Folks of Color, Queer Activists and Young People are Transforming the Movement

You've probably heard about first, second and third-wave feminism. You know that movements change and evolve over time. This panel is about expanding what's possible in the feminist movement by...

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Women Leading the Labor Movement

This panel will explore the unique opportunities and challenges women face while leading the labor movement. Some of the most innovative worker organizing strategies of the 21st century labor movement...

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Campus Sexual Assault: Fighting Violence is a Feminist Issue

One in 4 college aged women will experience sexual assault on campus. The majority of these assaults are not reported, and when they are the process rarely results in anything...

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Using Psychology to Understand Why and When People Donate (and Why and When they Don’t)

Last year, University of Oregon psychology professor Paul Slovic released a study showing that when you introduce facts about how big a problem is, people are demotivated to help. For...

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Is This Thing On? How to Know If Your Online Ads are Working

For years, digital has been billed as inherently more accountable than traditional paid media. But how do you know whether clicks and impressions are actually translating into dollars and votes?...

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Creative Disruption: Culture Jamming, Subversive Actions and Media Tactics for a 2.0 World

How can we use creative disruption to interrupt injustice, advance our campaigns and shift culture? We'll explore the evolution of tactics in the age of social media, where our ability...

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Mitigating Media Mansplaining

Opinion pages and Sunday political talk shows are notorious sausage fests. And trolling, personal attacks and threats abound for those outside that demographic who take to the Internet to share...

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Mass Employment, Not Mass Incarceration

In October 2013, the United States incarceration rate was the highest in the world. While the US has only 5 percent of the world's population, it houses over 25 percent...

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