Netroots Nation 2017 in Atlanta
Netroots Nation 2017 in Atlanta

Next year’s Net­roots Nation Con­ven­tion will be held in Atlanta, Geor­gia thir­teen months from now, orga­niz­ers have announced.

“For the first time ever, we’re head­ed to the South for Net­roots Nation,” they wrote in a post reveal­ing their site selec­tion. “Our twelfth annu­al con­fer­ence will be held in Atlanta [from] August 10–13, 2017.”

“Some pro­gres­sives like to write off the South, but jus­tice and equal­i­ty will nev­er be ful­ly achieved in the Unit­ed States with­out pro­gres­sive move­ments win­ning there,” the announce­ment added. “There are some amaz­ing groups and activists on the ground fight­ing every day, and we’ll be there to ampli­fy the work hap­pen­ing not just in Atlanta and Geor­gia, but through­out the South.”

If you are inter­est­ed in reg­is­ter­ing ear­ly, you may do so here through Eventbrite.

This will be just the third Net­roots Nation held in August, and, as men­tioned, the first in the South and the twelfth over­all. Here’s a his­to­ry of the conference:

 

  • June 8th-11th, 2006 (as Year­lyKos): Las Vegas, Nevada
  • August 2nd-5th, 2007 (as Year­lyKos): Chica­go, Illinois
  • July 17th-20th, 2008: Austin, Texas
  • August 13th-19th, 2009: Pitts­burgh, Pennsylvania
  • July 22nd-25th, 2010: Las Vegas, Nevada
  • June 16th-19th, 2011: Min­neapo­lis, Minnesota
  • June 7th-10th, 2012: Prov­i­dence, Rhode Island
  • June 20th-23rd, 2013: San Jose, California
  • July 17th-21st, 2014: Detroit, Michigan
  • July 14th-17th, 2015: St. Louis, Missouri

Las Vegas holds the notable dis­tinc­tion as the only city to have host­ed the con­ven­tion more than once. The west­ern­most city to have host­ed NN to date is San Jose, the east­ern­most is Prov­i­dence, and the city clos­est to the geo­graph­ic cen­ter of the Low­er 48 to have host­ed is this year’s choice — St. Louis.

 

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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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