We're pretty excited SEIU Executive Secretary-Treasurer and Change to Win chair Anna Burger is set to keynote at the Netroots Nation convention (formerly known as the YearlyKos Convention) this weekend in Pittsburgh, PA. The annual gathering put on by Netroots Nation--a nonprofit organization for the advancement of online political activism--will bring together online organizers, political bloggers and progressive activists, from both inside and outside the union movement.
Burger is part of a panel discussion with NJ Gov. Jon Corzine and economist Dean Baker, entitled Building a 21st-Century Economy:
Saturday, August 15th - 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Keynote, Hall BShortly after President Obama took office, he remarked, "We need new rules of the road for the 21st century economy, together with the means and willingness to enforce them." But in today's world, economic solutions must include more than just bailouts and regulations.
As our leaders push to solve our country's financial crisis, how can we maintain confidence in the economy while protecting the interests of the middle class? What are some of the pivotal policy decisions that are being made now, and what will a "21st century economy" look like? And how can we as progressives help for progressive change in areas such as health care and workers' rights?
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, Change to Win Chair Anna Burger and economist Dean Baker will join us in Pittsburgh for a discussion about the economy and how it affects working Americans. The panel will be moderated by Kevin Drum of Mother Jones.
Netroots '09 will feature tons of panels, training sessions, workshops and keynotes to help teach participants how to be more effective in using technology to influence the public debate. Other Netroots panel discussions SEIU'ers will be leading include How to Work with Unions in Your District, Building the Blue-Green Movement Online, Turning Red Districts Blue: Organizing For Change, Si Se Puede 2.0, and Labor Caucus.
Reason #1,292 you should go to Netroots '09: It was recently announced that President Bill Clinton will kick off the convention with a keynote on Thursday night. If you haven't already signed up to attend the highly-anticipated gathering of the online progressive community register now here.
Attendees and panelists will live tweet from the conference August 13-16 -- you can follow what they're saying on Twitter via the official Netroots Nation hashtag #nn09. Head on Radio Network will be broadcasting the event with live audio and video stream.
