Moving Forward with Faith - Netroots Nation Panel

06/16/2011

Panel in 23 minutes! See you there!

06/15/2011

Meet the speakers:
Rev. Rebecca Voelkel, an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, is the Institute for Welcoming Resources and Faith Work Director for the National Gay and Le***an Task Force. Before coming to the Task Force...
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The Institute for Welcoming Resources is a consortium of denominational representatives of the Welcoming Church Movement. This ecumenical group provides resources to facilitate a paradigm shift in multiple denominations whereby churches become welcoming and affirming of all congregants regardless o

06/15/2011

Meet the speakers:
Burns Strider served in an array of positions, prior to founding Eleison and The American Values Network, including Senior Advisor and Director of Faith Outreach to the Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton and her campaign for President, Advisor to Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, and...
Read more: http://netrootsnation.org/speakers/2011?name=Strider
Website: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/burns-strider

Below you'll find information about speakers at Netroots Nation 2011. Information about these speakers will be updated frequently over the next several weeks.

06/15/2011

Meet the speakers:
Elizabeth Denlinger Reaves is the Director of Campaigns at Sojourners,one of the largest networks of progressive Christians in the nation. Elizabeth leads the design and implementation of new issue campaigns, helps craft organization messaging and talking points, and oversees online advocacy for Sojo.
Read more: http://netrootsnation.org/speakers/2011?name=Denlinger
Website: http://www.sojo.net

Below you'll find information about speakers at Netroots Nation 2011. Information about these speakers will be updated frequently over the next several weeks.

06/15/2011

Meet the speakers:
Beth Dahlman is the Online Strategy coordinator at Faith in Public Life, a strategy center for the progressive faith community.
Beth has the leads Faithful America, an online community of progressive faith activists taking on issues like torture, the environment and healthcare, and lifting up a vision of justice and the common good.
Website: http://www.faithinpubliclife.org

What's happening: Right-wing religious figures and politicians are pushing an immoral economic agenda: harsh cuts to programs that protect struggling families and the most vulnerable to pay for trillions in tax breaks to millionaires and powerful corporations. Such policies reflect the cruel ideolog

06/15/2011

Meet the speakers:
Eric Sapp has spent much of his career focused on the intersection of faith and politics. He is a founding partner of the Eleison Group, the primary political consulting firm working with Democrats and the progressive faith community on outreach and communication to faith and values voters.
Read more here: http://netrootsnation.org/speakers/2011?name=Sapp
Website: http://americanvaluesnetwork.org

Below you'll find information about speakers at Netroots Nation 2011. Information about these speakers will be updated frequently over the next several weeks.

06/14/2011

Two days to the panel in Minneapolis! Don't forget to get your Fair Trade Coffee in the morning as well!

06/14/2011