Netroots Nation 2018

Posted by | June 5, 2018
Collective Fundraising Power: How Teaming Up Builds Powerful Movements

When candidates and organizations on the left fundraise together, they're able to build stronger coalitions and secure electoral wins. Since the 2016 election, groups have been teaming up in innovative...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Designs on Democracy: The Roles and Responsibilities of Graphic Designers in the Trump Era

As graphic designers and media makers, how can we best develop strategic visual communication to win campaigns and stay accountable to the leadership of community organizers? Join us for a...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
The Future of Progressive Pop Culture Organizing

The power of pop culture and fandoms are still largely untapped and unorganized by progressives, despite reaching and influencing millions. By engaging with, responding to, and shaping cultural narratives, organizers...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Latinx Voting Power! El Poder de las Latinas en las Elecciones

Latina/x voters have the power to change the vote and are highly influential at the national level. There are about 12 million Latina/x people who are voting-age U.S. citizens. Many...

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Harnessing the Political Power of Black Immigrants

Despite accounting for nearly 10 percent of the nation’s Black population, Black immigrants and refugees have yet to coalesce as a voting bloc and exercise their electoral power in the...

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Not Today, Satan: Using the Internet to Fight Erasure and Displacement in Asian American Communities

As the U.S. hurtles through "modernization" and gentrification, it is important that the histories and people at risk of being displaced are preserved for future generations and for their own...

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Progressive While Black in 2018

Building on last year’s panel and growing trends in movement spaces nationwide, this panel will analyze the challenge facing the progressive movement to organize and engage Black voters and provide...

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Igniting the Lit in Litmus Test: How Leading With Reproductive Justice Helps Us Win

For too long the Democratic Party has been compromising on reproductive freedom. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair said in 2017: "There will be no litmus test [on abortion] for...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Menstrual Equity: Practical Action to Public Policy

The cultural stigma around menstruation has impeded the implementation of good public policy, allowing the fundamental needs of the impoverished and incarcerated to be ignored. We need to address why...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Vota Boricua

https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156400125619827 The devastating effects of Hurricane Maria had a diaspora effect on residents of Puerto Rico. The impact of this forced migration will reverberate in the state and national political...

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