Looking for a paying gig in politics? Want to know how to volunteer in the progressive world? Learn about employment and volunteer opportunities available for the final months of this campaign cycle.

The Media That Matters Film Festival is the premier showcase for short films on the most important topics of the day. Local and global, online and in communities around the world, it engages diverse audiences and inspires them to take action. From gay rights to global warming, the jury-selected collection represents the work of a diverse group of independent filmmakers, many of whom are under 21. The films are equally diverse in style and content, with documentaries, music videos, animations, experimental work and everything in between. Join a screening and discussion of some of the films from this festival.

Join in one of these ad-hoc sessions that originated from Rootscamp (or organize your own). Check out the details on how a self organizing session works here (.pdf 155KB).

Join in one of these ad-hoc sessions that originated from Rootscamp (or organize your own). Check out the details on how a self organizing session works here (.pdf 155KB).

Precinct Organizing on a neighbor-to-neighbor basis is how we will build the Democratic party between elections and in the long term. This DFA Campaign Academy session focuses on the importance of organizing at the precinct level as well as the strategies and tactics to effectively organize your neighbors.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in our identity, issue and regional caucuses.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in our identity, issue and regional caucuses.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in our identity, issue and regional caucuses.

Presented by Keith Goodman, Chris Hughes & Parag Mehta
Direct contact with your neighbors is one of the most powerful ways grow support for a candidate. In this workshop you will learn how to use “Neighbor to Neighbor,” an online tool that gives volunteers the resources to canvass effectively in their own neighborhoods. You will also learn effective techniques to get your message across to voters in your community.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in the Second Life Caucus.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in our identity, issue and regional caucuses.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in our identity, issue and regional caucuses.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in our identity, issue and regional caucuses.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in our identity, issue and regional caucuses.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in our identity, issue and regional caucuses.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in our identity, issue and regional caucuses.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in our identity, issue and regional caucuses.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in our identity, issue and regional caucuses.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in our identity, issue and regional caucuses.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in our identity, issue and regional caucuses.

Sponsored by Progressive Book Club
Come and chat with your favorite progressive authors and meet and mingle with new Netroots voices at our Readers and Writers Mixer, an informal evening of conversation and light snacks.

Gov. Howard Dean will kick off Netroots Nation 2008 with an evening keynote.

A sad comedy about Joe Lieberman's n'er do-well son, so angered by the 2000 election that he seeks to impress a French woman, Charlie Rose and radical religious zealots by attempting to blow up a building in New York City. Written and shot in the months before 9-11-01, this film remained unfinished until 2008. Stars Sam Seder, David Cross, Janeane Garofalo, Marc Maron, Sarah Silverman and Ross Brockley.

Connect with like-minded folks and talk with others from your community in our identity, issue and regional caucuses.

In January 2009, a new campaign will begin to improve our federal government itself. Under Gore, the National Partnership for Reinventing Government implemented nearly 1,200 recommendations to make government work better, many of which leveraged technology. Eight years of Web technology evolution later, “Web” and “open-source” culture are mainstream. How can a new administration leverage Web 2.0 technologies, and the participatory transparent culture that goes along with them, to make our federal government work better in 2009?