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Clinton and Pelosi Inspire a New Generation of Progressives
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The Campus Progress National Conference drew a recording-breaking crowd with more than 1,300 attendees for a day of speeches and panels on the most pressing issues facing young people today. Speakers included President Bill Clinton, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, White House adviser Van Jones, CAP’s John Podesta, Good Charlotte’s Joel Madden, and John Oliver from "The Daily Show."
The format of the conference included facilitated breakout sessions to give attendees the opportunity to engage with each other and the issues. Participants discussed in small groups how young people could make progress on each panel's topic. Halfway through the discussion, attendees switched places with someone at a different table, bringing different ideas together. Facilitators used a text messaging service to share the top ideas with all conference participants.
Attendees also used text messages and twitter to give feedback and ask the speakers questions. Feedback included praise for the gender-neutral bathrooms as well as a call for Erica Williams, deputy director of Campus Progress, to run for office. Many tweets drew laughs such as this one from zbrisson: "Spoken word poet + sign language = one harried ASL translator."
But don't just take our word for how inspiring and awesome it was. Read more about the conference from these other sites:
The Huffington Post:
Bill Clinton: Obama Will Succeed Where I Failed On Health Care
Pelosi Promises Passage of Health Reform Bill With Public Option
The Washington Times:
Daily Show's John Oliver rips Limbaugh, Beck, Olbermann, Blitzer
Summer Maddeness
The Washington Examiner:
Pols Have Humor Envy Over Oliver
Politics Daily:
Generation Obama Meets Bill Clinton
Politico:
M.J. Day? Good idea says Good Charlotte
Feministing:
@Campus Progress Conference: John, Bill and Nancy
Wonkette
Liberal Heroes Bill Clinton And Matt Yglesias Woo Interns At Hippie Conference
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