Con­tin­u­ing a tra­di­tion begun last year in San Jose, Net­roots Nation exec­u­tive direc­tor Raven Brooks has cho­sen to reveal the loca­tion of next year’s con­ven­tion on open­ing night so that ear­ly-bird tick­et sales can begin while this year’s con­ven­tion is still under­way. Net­roots Nation 2015 will be held in Phoenix, Ari­zona, from July 16th — 19th, and immi­gra­tion reform will be a major top­ic of discussion.

“We haven’t yet won on this leg­isla­tive­ly and we haven’t yet won with the Oba­ma admin­is­tra­tion,” not­ed Brooks. “We’re mind­ful that we’re about to launch into the 2016 pres­i­den­tial cycle and it’s time to step up as a move­ment on this issue.”

“We want every­one aspir­ing for office in 2016 — from the Pres­i­dent to the Sen­ate to Con­gress to local elect­ed offices – to know that if you don’t sup­port tak­ing real action on immi­gra­tion reform, then you won’t win our community’s support.”

Next year’s con­ven­tion will be the fourth held west of the Rocky Moun­tains. Pre­vi­ous gath­er­ings took place in Las Vegas (2006), Chica­go (2007), Austin (2008), Pitts­burgh (2009), Las Vegas (2010), Min­neapo­lis (2011), Prov­i­dence (2012), and San Jose (2013), pri­or to Detroit this year.

Inter­est­ing­ly, the con­ven­tion has nev­er been held in a city observ­ing Moun­tain Time. Ari­zona falls with­in that zone, but the time there cor­re­sponds to the Pacif­ic time zone in the sum­mer, spring, and autumn because the state does­n’t both­er with day­light sav­ings time like most of the country.

The aver­age high in Phoenix in July is one hun­dred and three degrees Fahren­heit, so it will be plen­ty hot out­side, but the con­ven­tion will, for the most part, be in an air-con­di­tioned build­ing. Net­roots Nation orga­niz­ers have not yet announced the host hotels or offi­cial venue, but pre­sum­ably it’s the Phoenix Con­ven­tion Center.

About the author

Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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