Livefeed: Chris Hayes, Sum of Change, and Grow the Hope

Today at 2:00pm we are holding our first house party fundraiser for our efforts to cover Netroots Nation 2010. We have lined up a great set of speakers, opening with Chris Hayes, DC Editor of The Nation. We'll also hear from Nolan Treadway, the Logistics and Political Director of Netroots Nation, Julie Blust, the Communications Director at the Virginia Organizing Project, Jeremy Koulish, the Executive Director of the Carrots and Sticks Project, Yvette Lewis from Grow the Hope's Rapid Response Team, and our host, David Hart, the founder of Grow the Hope.

You can join us at the house party online today! We will be running a live camera feed of the event, so please hang around with us!

(Here is the rerun of Chris Hayes' speech, we'll have more of the house meeting up shortly)


I hope you enjoy the house party and all the great speakers. Then please contribute to help us in our efforts. Here's a list of what your contribution buys for us:

$5 = box of pens
$10 = Round of water bottles for the crew
$25 = roll of gaffers tape
$50 = lunch for a day for everyone
$100 = Gas card
$250 = Tapes for the trip
$500 = camera rental
$1000 = Hotel fees
$3000- $5000 = Sponsor Program

That should help you to visualize your contribution, give you something concrete to say to you are doing to help us get this work done. Please give what you can.

As many of you already know, Netroots Nation is a conference of progressives bloggers and online activists. One weekend every year, some of the greatest minds from the netroots gather to discuss the most important issues of the day. Last year, we covered Netroots Nation and came out with some 75 videos, mostly from panels. This year, we are going to expand our coverage immensely. To find out more, simply join us today for this house party.