Exhibitors
Netroots Nation 2008 will feature a spectacular 26,000-square-foot Exhibit Hall centrally located near all the action. The Exhibit Hall will include interactive displays from non-profit progressive organizations and corporate sponsors eager to connect with the progressive community. We will also reprise the successful convention bookstore featuring book signings from progressive authors. We invite you to join us.
For a copy of our Exhibitor Prospectus, click here
If you have any questions about becoming an exhibitor at Netroots Nation, please email Marna at marna (at) netrootsnation (dot) org.
The exhibitors below will be featured in the 2008 exhibit hall.
ActBlue (website), the nation's largest source of funds for Democrats, is a political committee that enables anyone to fundraise online for the Democratic candidates of their choice. By providing technical, financial, and compliance support, ActBlue helps Democrats to make the most of their networks, raising otherwise untapped millions for candidates in the closest races. Launched in 2004, ActBlue has sent tens of millions of dollars to some three thousand Democratic candidates and committees, helping to channel the rising tide of progressive energy to re-establish Democratic power in Congress and across the country. ActBlue is proud to support Netroots Nation.
American Rights at Work (website)is a nonprofit labor policy and advocacy organization. Our mission is to fight for a fair and just society where every worker's fundamental right to organize unions and bargain collectively with employers is guaranteed and promoted.
The Center for Constitutional Rights (website) is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change.
Chicago Theological Seminary (website) is a graduate school of theology of the United Church of Christ. Founded in 1855 and the oldest institution of higher learning in Chicago, CTS seeks to be an international force for greater justice and mercy. Degree programs encourage academic excellence and free inquiry, and focus on leadership issues with a goal of bringing about cooperation between diverse communities of faith and community-based organizations that are working to transform lives and neighborhoods. CTS enrolls approximately 225 students from more than 22 religious traditions.
Click & Pledge (website) is "A Better Way To Do Good". Now serving over 7,500 political organizations and non-profits worldwide, Click & Pledge builds custom fundraising software that is affordable, easy-to-use and secure. Its new platform, Trio, is the evolution of our experience and listening to our customers. Simply put, Trio is a better way to bring the power of the web to your organization. Consisting of our exclusive payment engine, a powerful website management program and a flexible donor management system, Trio does what no other system does: it offers world-class integrated system performance with modular flexibility, at an affordable price. Visit us at: www.ClickandPledge.com or call Toll Free: 866-999-2542.
Clothing of the American Mind (COTAM) (website) is a grassroots company deeply committed to creating apparel that is environmentally safe and responsible, politically and socially conscious, sweatshop free, American made and Fair Trade. A portion of all funds collected from our clothing sales is donated directly to progressive causes and candidates fighting for issues of social and political justice. These products are the most sustainable, responsible, high quality t-shirts on the market. Clothing of the American Mind promotes activism as a way of life, encouraging the notion that anyone can be a political activist; all you have to do is get dressed! With our stylish, eco-chic designs, you can look as good as you feel knowing you are creating a dialogue, spreading a progressive message and sporting gear that is manufactured fairly.
Democracy Corps (website) is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to making the government of the United States more responsive to the American people. It was founded in 1999 by James Carville and Stanley Greenberg and provides free public opinion research and strategic advice to those dedicated to a more responsive Congress and Presidency. Democracy Corps seeks to play a vital role in shaping the political debate by providing research, strategic advice, and a public voice to the issues important to the American people. It acts as a resource for the unions, public interest organizations, party and congressional leaders who are working for a more responsive government.
FieldWorks (website) is a Democratic consulting firm specializing in grassroots field strategies led by veteran operatives Laurie Moskowitz and Debbie Willhite. The FieldWorks team has worked for Federal and State Democratic electoral campaigns, Democratic Party organizations, advocacy organizations, labor unions, and ballot initiatives at the national, state and local level. Our services include: targeting, vote goal scenarios, field plans and budgets, voter contact management, data management, canvass operations, signature collection, coalition building, event planning, hiring and training of field operatives. To learn more about FieldWorks please visit www.FieldWorks.com.
Since 2002, speakers for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (website) have led the public debate on drug policy. As current and former criminal justice professionals LEAP speakers bring an unassailable credibility to the conversation. LEAP believes existing drug policies have failed to address the problems of crime, drug abuse, addiction and the flow of illegal drugs. This group of international law enforcement professionals and concerned citizens agree that by fighting a war on drugs, governments have increased the societal problems associated with drug abuse. LEAP believes a system of regulation is less harmful, more ethical and a more effective policy than prohibition.
MAPLight.org (website) illuminates the connection between money and politics in unprecedented ways. Their groundbreaking website combines all the money given to politicians with how each politician votes on every bill, using Web 2.0 database technology to reveal patterns of money and influence that were never before possible to see. MAPLight.org's innovation won them first prize at the NetSquared Innovation Awards, and a World Summit Award, a U.N.-affiliated prize for the best public-benefit technology projects worldwide. New York Times columnist David Pogue wrote of MAPLight.org, "nobody has ever revealed the relationship between money given and votes cast to quite such a startling effect."
Morgan Stanley/Ken Rosenberg (website) Through a detailed financial management process, I help individuals and families create and preserve wealth. My goal is to ensure financial security for all clients. I do this with the concept that investment returns and responsible corporate behavior (Socially Responsible Investing) go hand in hand. I do so with the application of the highest levels of ethical behavior in my work. I know that the criteria people use to choose a financial advisor is complicated and almost always subjective. Come by my booth and introduce yourself. You will find I’m not like most financial professionals you’ve encountered. I hope to have the chance to prove it to you.
The Northwest Progressive Institute (website) is a netroots powered strategy center working to advance the common good through ideas and action. NPI is a new kind of think tank, one that recognizes the potential of the Internet, which offers progressives a groundbreaking opportunity to impact the political process. We are regionally focused but nationally involved, serving as an innovative open forum for the discussion of vision, principles, and policy directions between people from all walks of life. We are a community of people who believe that liberal values are the foundation of American democracy. NPI was founded in 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
Public Citizen (website) is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded in 1971 to represent consumer interests in Congress, the executive branch and the courts. We fight for openness and democratic accountability in government, for the right of consumers to seek redress in the courts; for clean, safe and sustainable energy sources; for social and economic justice in trade policies; for strong health, safety and environmental protections; and for safe, effective and affordable prescription drugs and health care.
The Roosevelt Institution (website) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan national network of campus-based student think tanks. We seek to develop active, progressive citizens and leaders on college campuses through the research and writing of public policy and commentary, disseminating the products of that work to policymakers and elected officials on the local, state and national level. Through our chapter model, trainings and programs, we instill both the civic skills necessary for full democratic participation and an appreciation for the centrality of government in combating social, political economic and environmental challenges. By empowering students to contribute substantively to politics, we engage a wide range of students with disparate interests in the public sphere.
ScienceBlogs (website) is the largest conversation about science on the web — a network of over 70 blogs on topics ranging from climate change to technology to public health. Breaking news and fueling conversation on the intersection on science and politics, education, business, religion and more, our award-winning bloggers engage their audience in a digital science salon.
The Sunlight Foundation (website) was founded in January 2006 with the goal of using the revolutionary power of the Internet and new information technology to enable citizens to learn more about what Congress and their elected representatives are doing, and thus help reduce corruption, ensure greater transparency and accountability by government, and foster public trust in the vital institutions of democracy. We are unique in that technology and the power of the Internet are at the core of every one of our efforts.


