Schedule Overview

BELOW IS THE OVERVIEW SCHEDULE FROM 2023 TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT A TYPICAL NETROOTS NATION SCHEDULE IS LIKE.  THE 2024 OVERVIEW SCHEDULE WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY 2024.


This Overview Schedule is the framework for events that happen each day.
To view individual panels, trainings and other sessions and to see who’s speaking, check out our searchable agenda.

Please note: All times are Central.

Wednesday

4-6 p.m. Registration desk open
5-6:30 p.m. Activism in Overdrive: How to Use the Powers of Art to Have More Impact in Voting and Beyond (RSVP required)
5-7:30 p.m. Ready, Set, Run for Something! (RSVP required)

 

Thursday

8 a.m. Registration open
8-8:30 a.m. Morning Yoga with Reggie Hubbard (PDR #4)
9-10:15 a.m. Professional development trainings
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Town Square open
10-10:30 a.m. Coffee break (Town Square)
10:30-11:30 a.m. Session 1 breakouts
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Lunch break
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Screening and Q&A: Enfield: What is Inherited (Buckingham)
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Feminist Buzzkill Live! (Salon A-1)
Noon-12:20 p.m.
Mindful Meditation Moment (PDR #4)
1-2:15 p.m. Featured panels
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Session 2 breakouts
3:30-4 p.m.
Break
3:30-4:45 p.m.
Screening: A Run for More (Buckingham)
4-5 p.m. Session 3 breakouts
5:15-6:45 p.m.
Opening keynote (International Ballroom)
6:45-8 p.m. Opening reception sponsored by Black Male Voter Project (Grand Ballroom)
9 p.m.-1 a.m. Netroots After Dark: Karaoke Sponsored by ActBlue (Offsite: Buddy Guy’s Legends)

 

Friday

8 a.m. Registration open
8-8:30 a.m. Morning Yoga with Reggie Hubbard (PDR #4)
9-10:15 a.m Professional development trainings
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Town Square open
10-10:30 a.m. Coffee break sponsored by Run for Something (Town Square)
10:30-11:30 a.m. Session 4 breakouts
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Lunch break
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Feminist Buzzkill Live! (Salon A-1)
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. New Tools Showcase (Salon A-5)
11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Screening and Q&A: From the Hood to the Holler (Buckingham)
Noon-12:20 p.m. Mindful Meditation Moment (PDR #4)
Noon-1 p.m. Visit MoveOn’s Banned Bookmobile! (Outside the Hilton on E. 8th Street)
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Session 5 breakouts
2:45-3:45 p.m. Session 6 breakouts
4-5:30 p.m. Friday keynote (International Ballroom)
5:30-7:00 p.m. Fantasy Indictment League Panel & Comedy Hour (Continental A)
5:30-7:30 p.m. Chairman (Emeritus)’s Pub Quiz 2023 (International Ballroom)
8:30-10:30 p.m. Networks & Nightcaps with Plural (Normandie)

 

Saturday

8-8:30 a.m. Morning Yoga with Reggie Hubbard (PDR #4)
8:45 a.m. Registration open
9-10 a.m. Session 7 breakouts
10:15-11:45 a.m. Saturday keynote (International Ballroom)
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Feminist Buzzkill Live! (Salon A-1)
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Lunch break
11:45 a.m.-3 p.m. Town Square open
Noon-12:30 p.m.
Mindful Meditation Moment (PDR #4)
Noon-1:30 p.m. Screening and Q&A: Higher Power (Buckingham)
1-2:15 p.m. Featured panels
2:30-3:30 p.m. Session 8 breakouts
3:45-4:45 p.m. Session 9 breakouts
5-8 p.m.
People Power Mixer Meet & Greet hosted by Center for Popular Democracy (Offsite: Sociale Chicago)