Power Shift

Conference season is upon us as groups debrief from the '08 election and look ahead to 2009. Here's some worth checking out:

• Roots Camp DC: December 13 - 14 at Trinity College. This will be a debrief from campaign staffers and organizers who worked on the '08 election. With no pre-set agenda and no distinction between presenters and listeners, the conference is incredibly organic and free flowing, creating a learning environment that I've never seen matched. Roots Camp DC 2006 was the best conference I've ever attended. I'm hoping 2008 will blow that away. I'll be there. Look for the guy wearing the Future Majority pin.
• Constitutional Convention 2.0: January 9 - 11, Philadelphia, PA. Mobilize.org will sponsor a two day conference where 100 Millennials will recap the 2008 campaign, look ahead to the future of civic engagement, and compete to receive funding for their projects.
• Campus Progress Southern Regional Conference: February 6 - 8, Atlanta, GA. Campus Progress hosts it's first conference in the region for 200 activists, journalists, and bloggers.
• PowerShift 2009: February 27 - March 2nd, Washington, DC. Take part in the second annual summit of the youth climate movement. Climate change and energy policy will probably be the issue around which we see the most youth organizing in 2009. I'll definitely be at Power Shift to get a handle on what that will look like.