Netroots Nation 2019: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Netroots Nation 2019 will be in Philadelphia

America’s largest annu­al gath­er­ing of pro­gres­sives will be head­ing to Philadel­phia, Penn­syl­va­nia next year for its four­teenth meet­ing, City Coun­cilmem­ber Helen Gym announced a few min­utes ago dur­ing the Net­roots Nation 2018 clos­ing keynote.

To cel­e­brate the selec­tion of the City of Broth­er­ly and Sis­ter­ly Love as next year’s host city, atten­dees were shown a video fea­tur­ing can­di­dates and elect­ed lead­ers from Penn­syl­va­nia and Philadel­phia, includ­ing Gym (the city’s first Asian Amer­i­can Coun­cilmem­ber), Gov­er­nor Tom Wolf, Attor­ney Gen­er­al Josh Shapiro, and May­or James Ken­ney — and Net­roots Board Chair­man Emer­i­tus Adam Bonin.

Netroots Nation 2019: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Net­roots Nation 2019 will be in Philadelphia

NN19 will take place at the Penn­syl­va­nia Con­ven­tion Cen­ter, which is locat­ed in the city’s down­town core. The Con­ven­tion Cen­ter pre­vi­ous­ly host­ed the day­time activ­i­ties of the 2016 Demo­c­ra­t­ic Nation­al Con­ven­tion in July of 2016 (evening gen­er­al pro­grams were held at the Wells Far­go Cen­ter to the south).

“Locat­ed in the heart of down­town Philadel­phia, the Penn­syl­va­nia Con­ven­tion Cen­ter is one of the few […] that is unique­ly woven into the city’s land­scape, offer­ing vis­i­tors the oppor­tu­ni­ty to immerse them­selves in and enjoy the full cul­tur­al, culi­nary, and retails expe­ri­ences of the city,” the cen­ter’s web­site says.

“The Penn­syl­va­nia Con­ven­tion Cen­ter opened its doors in 1993 and under­went a sub­stan­tial expan­sion that was com­plet­ed in 2011,” the site goes on to say in its facil­i­ty descrip­tion. “Today, the Cen­ter con­sists of more than two mil­lion square feet of space, includ­ing sev­en exhib­it halls total­ing 679,000 square feet of exhib­it space-528,000 square feet of which that is con­tigu­ous exhib­it space.”

The con­ven­tion will move to mid-July next year after being held in August for two straight years (it is always in June, July, or August).

Thurs­day, July 11th will be the open­ing day of the 2019 con­ven­tion and Sat­ur­day, July 13th will be the clos­ing day. The host hotel has not been final­ized yet.

If you’re inter­est­ed in attend­ing, you can reg­is­ter at the ear­ly-bird rate here.

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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