In this second installment of NPI@NN, NPI’s Caya Berndt spoke with the Executive Director at the Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy, Cori Frazer, about the intersections of abortion rights and disability.
Tag: Netroots Nation
Netroots Nation is an annual conference that provides trainings, resources and connection opportunities to help progressive activists create a more progressive and just world. It draws up to 4,000 attendees from around the country and beyond. The Northwest Progressive Institute sends a delegation of staff to participate in Netroots Nation each summer. This is an archive of our coverage from all of the years the convention has been held, from 2006 to the present.
NPI at Netroots Nation 2022: Talking media and movement history with Markos Moulitsas
In the inaugural installment of NPI@NN, NPI’s Caya Berndt spoke with Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos about the state of our democracy, historic right wing dominance of the fourth estate, and the upcoming midterm elections.
Netroots Nation 2022 — Day 3 — Featured Panel: Post-Roe Does Not Mean Post-Abortion
“Every movement can be tracked back to the importance of abortion access,” said Lizz Winstead of the Abortion Access Front. This was the central theme of Saturday morning’s Netroots Nation panel titled: Post-Roe Doesn’t Mean Post Abortion…If You Step Up.
Netroots Nation 2022 — Day Two — Redistricting: What Happened? What Did We Learn? What’s Next?
Michael Li of the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program opened Friday afternoon’s redistricting panel at Netroots Nation by stating that although there have been historic gains in this redistricting cycle, “There are many maps in the country that are still widely skewed in favor of the party that drew them.”
Netroots Nation 2022 — Day Two — Featured Panel: Disinformation and the Vote
This Friday morning at Netroots Nation, the conversation at the Disinformation in the Vote panel focused on how such efforts disproportionately target non-English-speaking communities.
Netroots Nation 2022 — Day One — Opening Keynote: All Eyes on Pennsyvania
Netroots Nation 2022 kicked off Thursday with a lively keynote speech from a long list of electeds, advocates and activists in Pennsylvania politics.
Netroots Nation 2022 — Day One — Featured Panel: Solving the Climate Crisis Starts with Combating Misinformation
Combating disinformation and misinformation starts with tracking where it is being spread and how far it’s reaching. That is the goal of Phil Newell and Allison Fisher, two of Thursday afternoon’s panelists, at Media Matters.
Netroots Nation 2022 — Day One — Featured Panel: Abortion access is both a disability issue and a queer issue
NPI spent some time on Thursday at a panel titled Dobbs and Roe: Queer, Gender-Expansive Visions for Abortion Care, featuring an all LGBTQAI+ panel, where they discussed the broader impacts of abortion access through the lens of queerness and disability.
Netroots Nation 2022 — Day One — Featured Panel: Defenders of Democracy
Netroots Nation’s “Defenders of Democracy” panel on Thursday morning focused on keeping personal abortion care stories on the forefront of campaigns and advocacy this November.
Transformative change comes from dialogue, not talking points, canvassing experts say
At Netroots Nation 2021, attendees were treated to a panel discussion on deep canvassing, which can get results that traditional canvassing methods can’t. Read our recap of the discussion.
Representative Ayanna Pressley joins reproductive rights activists to discuss the necessity of expanding the Supreme Court
Read NPI’s recap of the Netroots Nation 2021 featured panel sponsored by Demand Justice, which brought Renee Bracey Sherman, Katie O’Connor, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Kelsey Ryland, Sonja Spoo to discuss why expanding the Supreme Court is critical for protecting reproductive rights.
Netroots Nation 2021 welcomes Tlaib, Barnes, Neguse, Granholm, McCarthy at first plenary
Read NPI’s recap of the opening plenary session at Netroots Nation 2021, which featured Rashida Tlaib, Mandela Barnes, Joe Neguse, Jennifer Granholm, Gina McCarthy, and several other speakers.
Harnessing the power of the Native vote: how Indigenous leaders are preparing for 2022
Read NPI’s recap of a Netroots Nation panel that explored what is being done and can be done to recruit Native Americans to run for office and turn out to vote in the 2022 midterms.
Netroots Nation featured panel delves into the lasting effects of the January 6th, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol
Sarah Groh, Ted Lieu, Sarah Iddrissu, and Matthew Fuller joined Melissa Ryan for a conversation about the aftermath of the attack that Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress incited and directed against the nation’s temple of democracy.