2006 Campus Progress National Student Conference - Home

Thanks to all the over 1000 attendees and speakers who participated in the Campus Progress National Student Conference on July 12, 2006, featuring keynote speaker Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. Our one-day conference featured remarks by leading office-holders, activists, journalists, and policy experts; issue discussions; training sessions on communications, media, and other skills; networking opportunities; hands-on activism to take back to campus; breakfast, lunch, and an evening reception.

• For those of you that came to the Conference, you felt the energy and enthusiasm of the students and speakers. This video completely captures the sentiment of this year’s conference: inspiring, passionate, and just plain awesome.

• Did you attend or were you involved with our conference? Please fill out our 5-minute survey. It’ll let us know what you liked (and disliked) about the conference and will make 2007’s even better!
• Visit our multimedia page for photos, video, and more from the day’s events- including the keynote address from Sen. Obama!
• Check out coverage from inside the conference on the Campus Progress blog. And visit our press page for all the news and blog coverage of the conference.
• See the conference agenda and the full list of speakers, and download a PDF of the conference program.
• At our conference, we announced the first annual Campus Progress Awards. Congratulations to the winners!
• We also announced the winners of our “Design Progress” contest, where the winner had their design printed on a t-shirt for all the attendees.

What people are saying about the Campus Progress National Student Conference:

2006: Campus Progress has made good on its commitment to be a big tent for young progressive activists …. Students from a variety of races, classes, religious and ethnic backgrounds, across the ideological spectrum of the student left, came together to discuss, debate, and most importantly, organize. There was a definite sense in the air that, come this fall, progressive student activism could reach heights not seen for decades on campuses. The Nation – 7/13/06

2005: For one day, for the first time in 30 years of progressive organizing, there were students from Ivy League schools and community colleges, students from Tennessee and Florida — all seeing each other as part of a cohesive whole. Public service seemed like a hip thing to do. And most participants were challenged to focus on what the progressive movement agrees on and stands for, rather than what it is that divides the various factions. For a movement that prides itself for its inclusion and diversity, I say it’s a good thing.Alternet– 8/1/05

Click here for information and media from our 2005 conference. And check back during the next few days as we post even more photos, videos, and other media from this summer’s events!

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