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Showing posts with label National Conference of Independents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Conference of Independents. Show all posts

Friday, March 01, 2013

Friday Night Hankster Chat: The Independent Movement

Howdy ho, Hanksteristas! It's been a while since our last Friday Night Hankster Chat!

Was thinking today about my colleague Sarah Lyons' wonderful presentation at the February 16th National Conference of Independents when she introduced the independent movement's grassroots leadership panel. It's a proud history!


Monday, February 25, 2013

C-SPAN 3 Coverage of National Conference of Independents Tonight 12:30AM: Change the Culture to Change the System

UPDATED 3/1/13 -- Jacqueline Salit's keynote address link fixed

Portions of the 2013 National Conference of Independents will air tonight on C-SPAN 3 beginning at12:30 am (2/26) 

IndependentVoting.org president Jacqueline Salit's keynote address [not enbedable] followed by the panel discussion on "Changing the Culture to Change the System" moderated by Salit and Harry Kresky and including South Carolina State Rep Joe Neal; Omar Ali, Adjunct Professor, University North Carolina at Greensboro; Jason Olson, Director, IndependentVoice.org; Bradley Tusk, Mike Bloomberg 2009 campaign manager;  Steve Peace, Chair, California Independent Voter Project; Lenora Fulani, co-founder, IndependentVoting.org; Ted Downing, co-author, Arizona Top Two open primary initiative.
 
The segments re-air at 4:45 am on C-SPAN 3.

Stay tuned!

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Independents Rising - National Conference of Independents

On February 16th, 2013, IndependentVoting.org hosted the seventh biennial national conference of independents in New York City. Over 400 activists from across the country gathered to take stock of their growing movement. Currently 40% of Americans consider themselves independent. Jacqueline Salit, president of IndependentVoting.org, hosted the event.

Enjoy this slide show from the event!