- First up was Chris Savage of Eclectablog.
Chris Savage of @Eclectablog tearing up the stage as he kicks off the opening keynote at @Netroots_Nation. #nn14 pic.twitter.com/M127GhYRwN- Next Raven Brooks, Executive Director of Netroots Nation, announced the location of Netroots Nation 2015: Phoenix, AZ.
- Cristina Jimenez of United We Dream spoke about immigration
Cristina Jimenez pushing Obama to stop the deportations. And everyone chants a REAL "si se puede!" Great keynotes at #NN14- And Joel Silberman spoke about the media.
"Our job is to be the media - you are at the table or on the menu!" - @joelsilberman (Mission Accepted) #NN14- Then Ilise Hogue and Sen. Chuck Schumer spoke.
.@SenSchumer: "#Immigration reform will either pass this year...or will pass in a future year." But it will happen. #nn14- And Lily Eskelsen spoke about education.
MT @NEAMedia: .@Lily_NEA "I cannot exaggerate the social justice crisis in our schools today." #NN14 @Netroots_Nation @BadassTeachersA- House Minority Leader Stacy Abrams (GA) spoke about her mother and the importance of education and activism.
We need to not just vote to elect people we like, but fire people who aren't doing their job. -@staceyabrams #NN14
"1. Educate 2. Activate 3. Agitate." -@staceyabrams #nn14- Finally, Rev. William Barber took the stage.
- Rev. Barber of the #NAACP #MoralMonday Movement takes the stage at #NN14 http://instagram.com/p/qkqBRKIWfI/
- He fired up the audience and talked about division.
Dr. Barber not only fires up a crowd, he delivers a history lesson on the South and the politics of division. #nn14
Rev. Barber explains the playbook that segregationists used in NC in 1870s to reverse Reconstruction is exactly same as Tea Party #NN14
Rev. Barber: right-wing agenda is about attacking public ed, denying healthcare, denying labor and immigrant rights. It's immoral. #nn14- He spoke about race and class.
- You can't separate race and class if you want to build a more moral future -@RevBarberII #nn14
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