Netroots Nation is about more than panels, workshops, speeches, and meeting friends. From the beginning, it has always had an element of service, too. Service lifts hearts and brings people together in really good ways.
Veterans Quilts
The Community Quilt Project Supports INDN’s List
By Sara R
It is with great pleasure that I announce a drawing for a quilt. The above pictured star quilt, "All My Relations", was made from 200 diamond shaped patches signed at the 2008 Netroots Nation in Austin, TX. An additional four signatures of prominent Native American bloggers were appliqued in the four corners: Meteor Blades, Speaks Lightning (known as Ojibwa on Daily Kos), Winter Rabbit, and Dengre. A full list of signatories may be found here. My own design, I machined pieced and hand quilted this piece.
Last Call for the Star Quilt (plus pix of 100+ signers)
By Land of Enchantment
Sara R is donating a quilt to raise money for INDN’s List, the Indigenous Democratic Network which focuses on electing Native American candidates and mobilizing the Indian Vote.
Love Notes to the Future
By Sara R
From Daily Kos
We started a social document in Providence -- many, many people signed the quilt blocks, not just with their names but with a message. In August, some lucky person is going to win this quilt and can read all the messages at their leisure, for years to come. But I thought I would share some of them now.
The Winner of the "From Red to Blue" Quilt
By Sara R
Daily Kos member
From 8/16 to 9/15, donations of $10 or more to Jack Conway's campaign through an Act Blue page or short essays on "What Jack Conway’s Run For the U.S. Senate Means to Me" were counted as chances in a drawing for "From Red to Blue", the quilt signed in 2006 at our first progressive blogging conference.
The Winner of “All Buttoned Up” Quilt
By Sara R
Daily Kos member
The quilt has a new owner. A young neighbor did us the honor of drawing the ticket. There were 219 tickets, corresponding to 214 donations and five essays. The quilt raised $5086 for Jerry Brown’s campaign for Governor of California.
Organizing a Signature Quilt -- Call for Autograph Hounds at Netroots Nation
By Sara R
Daily Kos member
The Community Quilt Project had its origin in friendship quilts -- quilts bearing messages or signatures of people. And since the very first Yearly Kos, signature quilts have been a feature of our blogging conferences.