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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Open Source Tech #FTW

The panel will consist of developers and organizers involved in open source progressive tech projects. We'll focus on the decision to use open source tech, how it’s developed and why...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
DO Read the Comments: How to Build Genuine Facebook Communities

As digital organizers, we hear time and again that building a sense of community and a relationship with our supporters online is critical to transitioning our online community to offline...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Digital Sanctuary: Engineering Tools and Models for Racial Justice

As racial justice techies and campaigners, we have been talking about the problematic values that underpin the internet ecosystem, developing new advocacy models for racial justice, and defining our own...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
The FCC’s War on the Poor

https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156392892674827 The FCC chairman and the Republican majority have been axing our communications rights for the past year. And those who will suffer the most from their policies are people...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
The Race Paper and other Secret Documents: How the FBI and DHS are Surveilling and Criminalizing Black Protest

In 2017, under court order, the Department of Homeland Security and FBI turned over hundreds of pages of emails, reports, policies and other documents to the Center for Constitutional Rights...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Fighting Back Against Russian Active Measures

https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156400091239827 There is no longer any question that Russia played a role in the 2016 election of Donald Trump. Learn about how we can fight back in 2018 and beyond,...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Turning a Sprint into a Marathon: The Muslim Ban Organizing Efforts as a Model on Sustaining a Movement

On January 27, 2017, diverse communities of activists from across the country descended upon airports. Elected officials, families, people of all backgrounds showed up in droves to protest President Trump's...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Beyond Fake News: Opposition Research in a Digital World

Progressive opposition researchers make sure that our organizations are armed with the knowledge and messages they need to fight back on the ground and online, but 2018 is a complicated...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
A Progressive Vision for a 21st Century Social Contract

As progressives engage in urgent fights today, it’s important to also think about where we’re going in the longer term—what does a progressive vision of the future look like? What...

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Posted by | June 5, 2018
Making Progressive Values a Winning Issue: SCOTUS, Public Education and Guns (Sponsored Panel)

https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/10156400121714827 This is the SCOTUS vacancy fight of our lives. Federal courts are holding the line against some of Trump’s worst attacks on our rights. But this bulwark is at...

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