Ned Resnikoff: There are two traditional ways that old people try to get youth to vote. One is like Rock the Vote: ‘Voting is RADD!!” or through guilt: “HOW DARE YOU not vote???” How do we grow a progressive youth movement? My thoughts: We all know the basc tactics of youth get-out-the vote strategies: peer-to-peer, [...]
Everything really is bigger in Texas. The conference center here is cavernous and echoing. Even the free totebags are stuffed full. What a weird place. Everywhere I go I see people, some well-dressed, some in T-shirts and jeans, are sitting in hallways plugged to the wall, typing away. Seeing as how Democracy for America paid my way here, I’m chilling at the DFA caucus. The deputy training director for DFA is teaching people how to organize events. What have we learned so far? We’ve gone through a case study of organizing a [...]
