The Chicago 17, is a great group of bloggers that I will join as part of the new voices at the 2007 YearlyKos convention.
* Arti Shahani, NYC immigrant rights activist and founder of the organization Families for Freedom
* diarist Land of Enchantment who will bring her incisive voice to this gathering of bloggers in Chicago
* a young Democrat from rural Alabama named Trent Thompson, ably supported by a blograiser from his home state, and very much a part of the future of Democratic politics there
* a member of the Young Elected Officials Network from Madison, Wisconsin: Dane County Supervisor Ashok Kumar
* Jose, a Latino student activist from Los Angeles who is a veteran of the youth-oriented movement around civil and immigrant rights in Southern California
* Amber McZeal, a New Orleans resident at the time of Hurricane Katrina and currently an activist with Color of Change and the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project
* Matt Thompson, a teenage blogger from South Dakota who is committed to building the Dakota blogospheres
* Matt Ortega a millenial organizer instrumental in the Defenders of Wildlife campaign to unseat Richard Pombo and a blogger at diverse outposts like Firedoglake, the Huffington Post and the Rights Field
* John Leek, a young Democrat, a kossack and founder of the "lone Democratic blog" in Mississippi, Cottonmouth Blog
* Susan Madrak, founder of the blog Suburban Guerrilla and an activist committed to bringing working class voices to progressive politics
* Nezua, the blogger and powerful voice behind theUnapologeticMexican
* Kenneth Quinnell, a Florida blogger and activist with the Florida Progresssive Coalition
* Brandon White, Detroit student organizer and mass transit activist and co-author of the blog the SuperSpade
* Carla Axtman, blogger, journalist and mom from the Pacific Northwest
* Terri Macmillan, a long-time kossack and DFA Activist whose life experience spans her childhood in New York City to her current work in Japan.
* Ryan McCleod, political organizer and the blogger behind the Louisiana blog, the DailyKingfish
1 Week left until the pledge drive is over. Click the badge to the left and help get me to Chi-Town to join these wonderful bloggers. I promise the badge will go away a lot quicker the more donations that are received. Donate what you can - $5, $10, $25, or more.
I don't have all the cool toys as Shelby and I can't work the mobile UStream as well, but I'll try to capture every moment. I'm very excited to attend and will do BfD, Tondee's, and Kudzu proud.
So let's get me to Chicago!!
