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NN11: Netroots Nation, as always, was a weekend to remember.

Surrounded by activists, organizers and bloggers from across the country and around the globe, Salsa landed in Minneapolis on Wednesday with our Netroots team: me (John Brougher), Lacey Maffetone, Laurin Manning and Tyler Oyler.

We were inspired by speakers like Senator Al Franken (D-MN) and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), we learned best practices from Salsa partners like Jess Kutch at Change.org and Salsa clients like Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the AFL-CIO, and we sang karaoke, danced our feet off, and cheered for the vitality of our progressive movement.

I mentioned in a blog post earlier about how I like to interrogate a conference's very soul, figure out what makes it different and unique. I noted that Personal Democracy Forum (PDF) reminded us of who we are.  Netroots Nation, by contrast, reminds us that we can.

Meeting Jeana Brown, rural activist in Georgia who's been working hard for years to organize unreached communities, reminds us that we can. Meeting Richard Allen Smith, Vice Chairman of Salsa client VoteVets.org, who's been making sure that military veterans have a voice in the halls of Congress, reminds us that we can. Meeting with friend of Salsa Lt. Dan Choi, who's been fighting to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) and pushing for LGBT equality, reminds us that we can. Our victories, small and large, are all around us, and we're buttressed by those who've come before and have brought about change. On we go!

Renewed by the infectious passion of NN11, I'm already looking forward to Netroots Nation 2012 in Providence, Rhode Island (the home of my alma mater, Brown University). Save me a song, Netroots Nation! I'll belt out some more boy bands for you next year.

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