Netroots Nation Agenda for 2008
View our agenda for Netroots Nation 2008 below.
In this blogosphere-focused panel, moderator Chris Bowers will pose two questions—one about the Obama/Clinton conflict in the blogosphere community and the second looking at how blogs compare with other forms of social media. After a panel discussion, audience members will be given a chance to ask additional questions.
Black bloggers voice will be paid close attention given Obama's candidacy and while the increased attention and addition of new voices are welcome; our collective voice is just as pertinent for issues unrelated to Obama's campaign. As such, what steps should we be taking now to make sure that this message is not lost on each other and the larger blogosphere/media infrastructure?
For more than thirty years, exit polls accurately predicted election results. Over the last ten years, that reliability has disappeared. What's going on? Employing first-person accounts, extensive research and telling clips gleaned from the nightly news, Emmy Award winning and Academy Award nominated filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman shines a spotlight on the gritty reality of the last decade's most egregious incidents of US electoral insecurity. Visit www.stealingamericathemovie.org.
The evening keynote will feature Congresswoman Donna Edwards (D-MD). The location for Netroots Nation 2009 will also be announced.
This morning plenary on eco-equality will be given by one of the country's leading advocates for social justice and shared green prosperity. Mayor Gavin Newsom will provide an introduction.
This informal brunch gives attendees a chance to dialog with a panel of bloggers and Netroots Nation staff members and talk about actions they can take from Austin to their hometowns. Breakfast will be served.
