VivirLatino

It’s been a day since I’ve returned home from Netroots Nation and am grateful for all the experiences had, conversations, reconnecting with old friends and meeting new ones. It’s always exciting when you meet someone you have worked with or engaged with online. That is what I have always found to be the most important takeaway from this conference. While some of the panels were good, it’s the conversations that will be built on away from Minneapolis that are most valuable.

It was especially exciting when those conversations were had with DREAMers from around the country that I hadn’t met in person before like Rigo, Felipe, Gaby, Tania, y Carlos who made me feel like a proud mami and fangirl all at the same time.

I had wonderful conversations with people in organizations that hopefully will lead to better communications and more effective and respectful collaborations on the issues that are critical to our communities.

A huge shout out to Democracy for America and America’s Voice who saw me worthy to receive a scholarship to participate in this year’s conference.

I am especially grateful to you the readers here and on twitter who followed the live tweets of various panels and events. I am working on a round up to fill in the gaps of the livetweets including what it was like to see the Right On! people in my bathing suit.

In a few days I am going to the Allied Media Conference with INCITE! so excuse me as I catch up. There are alot of updates on Secure Communities, work to be done to stop some deportations, and there will be a much fuller roundup of what went down at Netroots. As always stay connected.

Abrazos.