About the Conference

On July 13, more than 500 progressive students from college and university campuses across the country gathered in Washington, D.C., for the first annual Campus Progress National Student Conference.

A one-day crash course that explores progressive student leadership from an insider’s perspective, the Conference featured a powerful schedule of skill-building workshops; effective advocacy and media training seminars; and panels and forums led by some of the top progressive newsmakers we’ve been talking about at CampusProgress.org.

The conference was a chance for progressive students to connect and network with other students, top political leaders, policy experts, and journalists from all over the country; provide an opportunity to directly engage with Campus Progress by sharing their stories, their campus strategies, and their views; and offer time for them to speak up about the issues that matter most to them.

From 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on July 13, students joined us at the brand new Washington Convention Center, blocks from the White House in the heart of downtown Washington, D.C.

Sound exciting? If you’ll be a student in 2006, sign up for information on how to attend next year’s conference!

Read the press release for the 2005 conference