Speakers
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Put your suggestions for speaker for the DKos National Convention here. See also Workshops and agenda and schedule.
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- fabooj - I can help with speakers/workshops on LGBT issues and AIDS/HIV healthcare/education. I would be interested in a workshop on minority outreach/education.
- evanwolf - I'd like to meet Democratic candidates who'll be running in 2006, the better to support them. Also, a quiet forum for them to meet and support each other.
who?
- Sen. Obama
- Mid-Term Candidates
- Elizabeth Edwards
- George Lakoff
- Howard Dean
- Center for American Progress
- New Democrats/DLC - it will be good for dKos community to see/hear them and vice versa
- Jeff Blodgett - Wellstone campaign chief, and head of Wellstone Action
- Keith Olbermann
- Al Franken
- George Farah
- George Soros
- Russ Feingold
- Paco Underhill (expert on consumer behavior)
- Jim Wallis (liberal Protestant)
- The Next DNC Chair
- Losers: candidates for congress who ran hard but lost anyway
- Emily Weinstein and Nancy Painter - leaders of East Bay Kerry and Contra Costa Kerry grassroots that raised more than 5000 volunteers, organized 1 million phone bank calls, and ran GOTV for a million person county
Unstable Isotope's suggestions:
- Paul Krugman
- Eric Alterman
- Al Gore
- E.J. Dionne
- Jennifer Granholm
- Janet Napolitano
- Madeline Albright
- Joe Trippi
- Molly Ivins
- Ann Richards
Bloggers (in no discernable order)
- Publis - from legal fiction
- Matthew Yglesias
- Josh Marshall
- Phillip Carter
- Ezra Klein & Jesse Taylor
- The Bull Moose
- Jeralyn Merritt
- Nick Confessore
- Atrios
- Nathan Newman
- Bob Fertik
- David Weinberger
czawadzki suggestions:
- FreewayBloggers -They're just cool.
- Authors - I'd love to hear Thomas Frank, George Lakoff, David Brock, Mark Crispin Miller, Clint Willis, Jack Huberman. There are so many great authors out today! The bookshelves by me are filled with progressive titles.
- Other Progressive Groups (so we can learn from each other). I'm interested in learning more about/from CommonDreams, EmilysList, MoveOn, Blackbox, Alternet, Anyone from AirAmerica.
- Sister Joan - Progressive Catholic journalist
what do you want to hear about?
Reforming Our Party: "How to Use the Lever-ledge of "
Save Our Democracy: "How to Develop a Caliber of Mass Media" Strategic Media Development and Its Effective Tactics as Our Fighting Vehicle — Categorized by TV / Radio / News Paper / Magazine / Web / Community ( of local legislature, working place, university, neighborhood, club society…etc.)
Political Action to Involve "Non-Kossacks" to the Democratic Movement — How and where to get them involved. Running for office on a local level.
Elearning For Activists: "Distance and online training resources for the grassroots."
Toward the Permanent Campaign: "How the need for perpetual campaigning is affecting the grassroots, the political media, fundraising"
Tentative Speakers: Theme
• Bill Clinton: America's Role for the Peace of the World• John Kerry: Take Back Our Democracy <p> • Howard Dean: Voice of America's Conscience <p> • Wesley Clark: War to the Peace <p> • Walter Cronkite: Most Impotant Years for US <p> • Keith Olbermann: Talk Till They Fail, Blog Till They Drop <p> • Ron Reagan: Save Our Science to the Future <p> • Graydon Carter: One Voice – American Voice <p> • Micheal Ishikov: Wise Eyes Not Shut This TIME <p> • Michael Moore: Flaming 55 Million of Hype <p> =Confirmed Speakers=
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