Archive: Year: 2017

This past winter, I was invited to a private dinner at the home of someone described to me as a “big donor” to progressive and Democratic causes, along with a mix of people with decades of experience in movement organizing. According to the person who pulled together the invitee list, our host was interested in supporting creative efforts to resist Donald Trump’s impending presidency, but this wasn’t a meeting to pitch specific projects, more a listening session to hear what people were working on or thinking about.Nevertheless, on the elevator up to our host’s apartment, one fellow attendee turned to me and quietly said, “I just hope this isn’t another version of ‘activist Hunger Games.’”“What do you mean?” I asked....

[caption id="attachment_6599" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The coffee break scene at PDF 2016[/caption]This year at Personal Democracy Forum we will have more than two dozen breakout panels across the two days of the conference, loosely organized into six tracks: Movement Organizing, Tools and Skills, Civic Tech, Media Innovation, Security and Privacy, and Ideas and Provocations. Here’s your guide to what’s on tap, grouped by subject. We’re still adding a handful more speakers and panels, so check this page regularly for updates. Movement OrganizingHow to Keep the Movement Moment Going (Thurs. June 8, 4-5pm, Kimmel 914): Since the election, dozens of new groups and networks have sprung up across the country to mobilize and organize the masses around our new reality: Our democracy, as...