2007 Campus Progress National Student Conference - Multimedia

Hear students at the conference discuss the issues that inspire them

Elizabeth Camuti on youth voting

Chenwei Zhang on affordable higher education

Rachel Sims on Global Warming

Hear young progressive leaders discuss their work

Calvin Williams, of Young People For, on building a progressive community

Candace Gingrich, of the Human Rights Campaign, on expanding rights for queer Americans.

Micah Daigle, of Students for A Sensible Drug Policy, on the War On Drugs.

Tammy Shapiro, of the Union of Progressive Zionists, on peace and justice in Israel and Palestine.

See backdrops from the conference

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National Student Conference Multimedia

Speakers

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
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Asra Nomani interviews Seymour Hersh
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Congressman Keith Ellison
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Senator Russ Feingold
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Wade Henderson
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John Podesta
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David Halperin
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William Brawner, Jessy Tolkan, and Adrian Avila
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Awards Ceremony

Campus Progress staff and Congressman Keith Ellison present awards to Student Reps of the Year, Chapter of the Year, Publication of the Year, Breakthrough Publication, Best Student Organizing of an Event, Action Campaign, CampusProgress.Org Contributor, and Campus Progress MVP
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Panels

Voices of the War:
Our generation speaks out
Featuring Rajai Hakki, Abdul Henderson, Eli Paintedcrow, Jon Soltz, and moderated by Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
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Nowhere Near Universal:
Making healthcare affordable for all Americans
Featuring Dave Chandra, David Grande, Jennifer Ng'Andu, Julia Skapik, and moderated by Senator Tom Daschle
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Whose Responsibility?
Holding the business community accountable on the environment, labor, and human rights
Featuring Aaron Chatterji, Bennett Freeman, Ralph Nader, Nancy Steffan, and moderated by Jonathan Jacoby
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Fighting Poverty in Post-Katrina America:
What Hurricane Katrina and the government's disgraceful response have taught us about the racial and class divide of our "two Americas"
Featuring Indivar Dutta-Gupta, Martin Eakes, Congressman James McGovern, M-1, Dorothy Stoneman, and moderated by Cassandra Q. Butts
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Confronting Genocide and Mass Atrocities:
In Darfur, Uganda, and elsewhere, examining the international community's "responsibility to protect" innocent people and how to mobilize help at home
Featuring Erin Mazursky, Muadi Mukenge, Michael Poffenberger, John Prendergast, and moderated by Gayle Smith
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Media Bootcamp:
How to work with the press to get out your message
Featuring Ari Berman, Vanessa Cardenas, Christopher Johnson, Jennifer Palmieri, and moderated by Doug Thornell
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Starting an Online Revolution:
How to implement a catchy online issues campaign, publicize events, and deliver your message using the latest internet tools
Featuring Elizabeth Brookbank, Ezra Callahan, Ginny Hunt, Tom Matzzie, and moderated by Jamia Wilson
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Embedding Feminism:
How young feminists can establish their issues within the larger progressive movement
Featuring Randy Albelda, Jennifer Lawless, Aimee Thorne-Thomsen, Jessica Valenti, and moderated by Dana Goldstein.
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Breaking Ballot Barriers:
Challenging a system in which many Americans, especially young people, are deprived of their right to vote
Featuring Henry Beck, Andres Idarraga, Daniel Tokaji, Tova Andrea Wang, and moderated by Tanya Clay House
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Issue Campaigns that Win:
How to successfully organize for change on campus and beyond
Featuring Jotaka Eaddy, Gabriel Pendas, Marc Rodrigues, Jessy Tolkan, and moderated by Raj Goyle
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Queer Rights as Civil Rights and Human Rights:
How young progressives are transforming institutions to honor the full spectrum of gender and sexual identities
Featuring Samiya Bashir, Jeffrey Chang, Haven Herrin, Richard Kim, and moderated by Rob Anderson
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Race to the Top:
With increased attacks on affirmative action, how we can continue to diversify higher education and ensure equal opportunity
Featuring Marvin Krislov, Norma Nava, Samantha Sewell, and moderated by Stephanie Chang
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Campus Progress and The Nation Magazine's Journalism Conference

Welcome

David Halperin and Katrina vanden Heuvel
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Speakers

Barbara Ehrenreich
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Eric Schlosser
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Journalism Panels

Covering Corruption
Featuring David Corn, Helen Thomas, Tara McKelvey, Ari Berman, and moderated by Isaiah Poole
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Covering the Law, the Constitution and National Security
Featuring Dahlia Lithwick, John Nichols, David Cole, and moderated by Mark Lloyd
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Digging Deep: The Ins and Outs of Investigative reporting
Featuring Jeremy Scahill and Betsy Reed
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From Proust to Paris (Hilton): Covering Culture and the Arts
Featuring Richard Kim and Christine Smallwood
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The Art and Act of Blogging
Featuring Ann Friedman, Chris Raab, and Ezra Klein
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Beyond the Beltway: Reporting from America
Featuring Laura Flanders and Roberto Lovato
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Promo Videos

• Video and photos from the 2006 conference.
• Video and photos from the 2005 conference.

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