Sen. Jeff Merkeley, Tom Steyer and yours truly at Netroots Conference in St. Louis in 2016 - before appearing together on a panel.
Screenshot of my FB post dated, July 16, 2016: "On my way back home towards the Pacific Ocean after 3 wonderful days at #NN16 in St. Louis (pretty cool city). In many ways this was one of my favorite Netroots conference. I have been to 8 of them and this felt cozier, warmer and much tighter than few of the huge ones from earlier years. BTW as usual it was a well attended conference. I liked that fact that this conference wasn’t flooded by all kinds of Democratic electeds, candidates, their handlers, consultants, who sometimes show up for the sake of pandering to a specific constituency. The folks who showed up this time likee progressive champions Sen. Jeff Merkley or climate justice fighters such as Tom Steyer - showed up because they wanted to be here and get in the trenches with the progressive core of the party. I had a great time (and learned a lot) by participating in a panel with these two gentlemen in our “Keep it in the ground” panel and also shared our perspective on Left Flank advocacy in climate justice. More importantly it was so great to see so many old friends from all over the place. I am tired, exhausted, and anxious to get home to see the girls. But I am also fired up and get back to work and plot, scheme, collaborate together with so many dear friends I get to fight on the same side with every day - virtually. We all came together IRL at a time we really needed it. Onward. PS: Thank you to Sen. Merkley’s team for this photo"
A photo/post from 10 yrs ago reflecting on another great @netrootsnation.bsky.social. As I noted in that post - I appreciated Tom Steyer & @jeff-merkley.bsky.social showing up in the trenches to organize around climate justice. Come to #NN26 in Philly. Should be fun.
PS: #TeamSteyer get on bluesky
