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Working America at Netroots Nation

Netroots Nation starts tomorrow! (I’m a little excited.)

In addition to all the incredible panels and town halls I told you about last week, there have been a couple major additions. Like, oh, President Bill Clinton giving the opening keynote. And a panel with Representatives Alan Grayson, Patrick Murphy, and Carol Shea-Porter, talking about “what it’s like once the elections are over and it’s time to turn campaign promises into policy solutions.”

And a reminder that I’ll be on a panel with Nathan Henderson-James of ACORN, James Rucker of Color of Change, and Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films.

Leveraging Strength: Effective Collaboration Between Online and Offline Organizations and Activists
Thursday, August 13th 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM

This session is dedicated to exploring some of the recent collaborations between traditionally online and traditionally offline organizations in pursuit of progressive public policy goals. This session will showcase some examples of collaboration from genesis to victory and offer a set of “lessons learned” for session participants, sparking conversations about the development of new partnerships and the deeper implications for progressive change.

The AFL-CIO blog has info on more panels on workers’ issues.