Netroots Nation
Template:TOCnestleft This page contains information on the annual leftist conference, Netroots Nation.
About
Netroots Nation is a progressive organization that networks progressive ideas and people. It has an annual convention and regional salons throughout the year. Netroots Nation convention used to be known as the YearlyKos Convention (they rebranded to Netroots Nation in 2007).[1]
Netroots Nation is a project of Bloggerpower.org, a non-profit non-partisan organization, with the generous support of the Netroots Arts and Education Initiative (NAEI)[2]
Conferences
KeyWiki has information on Netroots Nation Conferences run in the following years:
Personnel
Staff
As at June 25, 2011, the following served on the board for the organization:[3]
- Raven Brooks, executive director
- Carolyn Dulchinos, Development Associate
- Melissa Foley, New Media Program Director
- Navi Ganancial, Outreach Associate
- Karen Thomas Kolber, development director
- Mary Rickles, director of communications and media
- Nolan Treadway, Political and Logistics director
Board of Directors
As at June 25, 2011, the following worked for the organization:[4]
- John Aravosis, Washington, DC-based writer and political strategist, and the editor of AMERICAblog.com
- Adam Bonin, member of the law firm of Cozen O’Connor in Philadelphia
- Raven Brooks, executive director for Netroots Nation
- Cheryl Contee
- Gina Cooper, founder and chair emeritus of Netroots Nation
- Arshad Hasan, joined Democracy for America in early 2005 to develop and direct the DFA Training Academy
- Mary Rickles, director of communications and media for Netroots Nation
- Nolan Treadway, logistics director for Netroots Nation
- Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, founder of the Daily Kos
References
- ↑ Yearly Kos Convention Draws Presidential Contenders, Washington Post, August 4, 2007
- ↑ About Netroots Nation
- ↑ Netroots Nation: Team (accessed on June 25, 2011)
- ↑ Netroots Nation: Board of Directors (accessed on June 25, 2011)