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John,
Welcome to Netroots Nation Day 1!
➡️ Netroots Nation officially kicks off today! If you're joining us in Chicago, head to Registration (take the main elevator bank down to the Lower Lobby) to pick up your credential, make sure you have access to the conference app, and then jump into sessions.
➡️ Can't join us in person? Join us virtually! Register now to get access to our virtual platform.
THURSDAY STREAMING SCHEDULE
We've got a great program for you, whether you're here in person or following along from home. We'll be streaming our opening keynote and four of our featured panels via Facebook and through our conference app (closed captioning provided):
Featured Panels, 1 p.m. CT
Opening Keynote featuring Mayor Brandon Johnson, 5:15 p.m. CT
Join us as we kick off Netroots Nation 2023 with our
opening keynote highlighting progressive leaders and organizing efforts
in Chicago. You’ll hear from Mayor Brandon
Johnson; Illinois State Sen. Robert Peters; AFT President Randi
Weingarten; Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell, Jr.; Emma Tai of Chicago for the People; Working Families Party’s Maurice Mitchell; State's Attorney Kim Foxx, Colette Payne of the Women’s Justice Institute Reclamation Project and more.
If you've got a virtual ticket, you'll have access to the above sessions plus all the ones below through our conference app. All attendees (both virtual and in-person) will be able to access recordings of any sessions that were streamed after the conference is over.
Panels at 10:30 a.m. CT
- #WinWithWisDems: What it Takes to Win in the Most Purple Swing State in the Country
- A Working People's Narrative: Building a Winning Coalition Across Race and Place
- Taking Back Our Power, Our Freedoms: Organizing in a Post-Roe World
- How We Restored Voting Rights for 50,000 Minnesotans
Panels at 2:30 p.m. CT
- Artificial Intelligence and the Future Of Digital Organizing
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U.S. Foreign Policy, The Pentagon Budget, and Militarized Police in America
- The Power of Young Gun Safety Activists: Creating Pathways to Elected Office
- Revealing the Digitally Invisibilized: Discussing Bias and Offering Solutions
Panels at 4 p.m. CT
- Tech and Policing: Organizing to Stop ShotSpotter
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Women Candidates: Navigating the Threat of Dis/misinformation Campaigns
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Street Art Power: How Creative Activists Transform Culture and Public Narrative
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Worker Power: Online to Offline Organizing & Emerging Unions
We’ll be updating our Facebook page throughout the weekend with video clips, highlights, photos and more, so check back often. You can also follow the action on Twitter. Just follow @Netroots_Nation and search the #NN23 hashtag.
SPONSOR HIGHLIGHTS
 We need passionate young progressives on school boards, city councils, and state legislatures! Run for Something and get mentorship, resources, endorsements, and a community.
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 The work of Black Male Voter Project is to increase the number of Black men who are super voters. As the
only national organization that solely focuses on the voting habits of
Black men, we launched this organization because we saw the shortcomings
in current techniques as methods of reaching Black men who were not
super voters. Traditional campaigning is insufficient to expand the
universe of sporadic or low information Black men that participate in
the electoral process. Catch Black Male Voter Project during our Opening Reception in the Grand Ballroom immediately following our opening keynote.
 The American Federation of Teachers, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO, was founded in 1916 and today represents 1.7 million members in more than 3,000 local affiliates nationwide. AFT President Randi Weingarten is speaking during our opening plenary tonight.
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