The national Netroots Nation convention, the nation’s premier political blogging event, is in Pittsburgh this Thursday through Sunday. I’d like to invite you to meet the Netroots at a special mixer and fundraiser to benefit Pennsylvania VOICE and Keystone Progress Education Fund this Friday August 14 from 5:00pm - 8:00pm at the fabulous Andy Warhol Museum.

If you’re a fan of politics this is the place to be in the Burgh in 2009 - and it’s a great chance to support non-partisan civic participation, voter engagement and informed new media in Pennsylvania.

Complimentary light refreshments, beer and wine provided by Big Burrito Caterers, with slammin’ Pittsburgh Oldies, featuring the the best of Mad Mike, Porky and the rest of the amazing genre that is Pittsburgh oldies, courtesy of WRCT personality DJ Zombo. If you’re a Netroots attendee visiting the Burgh, this is a great chance to check out one of our true gems, the Andy Warhol Museum.

Tickets are only $25 dollars and are available on-line or at the door. Join friends, bloggers and political junkies from around the country for drinks, tweeting and good old-school analog conversation. This is your chance to mix with the country’s most activated on-line activists - and you don’t have to be a Netroots convention attendee to join us at this special Warhol mixer.

Proceeds will benefit the nonpartisan 501c3 civic participation actives of Pennsylvania VOICE and Keystone Progress Education Fund, and produced in partnership with Sierra Student Coalition and B-PEP

The Andy Warhol Museum is located at 117 Sandusky St., Pittsburgh, PA 15212.

Be there!

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Pennsylvania VOICE (PA VOICE) is part of a growing network of nonpartisan collaboratives working at the state level to engage underrepresented communities in the democratic process, develop new leadership from within these constituencies, and take collective action on important policy issues. PA VOICE aims to achieve this mission through better coordination of nonprofits focused on civic participation and bringing more resources, both technical and financial, to bear on this work year-round, both in and out of election cycles. PA VOICE is a project of State Voices, a 501c3 organization based in Michigan.

Now in its fourth year of collaboration, member organizations of the PA VOICE c(3) State Table have worked together successfully to register 294,225 voters and provided election protection coordination across the state in the 2008 election cycle. PA VOICE is a project of State Voices, a 501c3 organization based in Michigan.

Keystone Progress Education Fund is a civic engagement and educational organization. KPEF uses traditional and cutting-edge communications with rapid and hard-hitting earned media strategies to educate citizens. The KPEF mission is to provide a strong, credible voice in advancing progressive solutions to critical community problems. KPEF works as a communications team for the entire progressive community, providing media advice and providing pro bono public relations and media work for dozens of organizations across Pennsylvania and coordinating collaborative communications work.

Sierra Student Coalition is the nation’s largest grassroots youth environmental organization and the youth-run chapter of the Sierra Club.  Our mission is to train, empower and organize young people to win tangible climate and environmental victories while developing strong leaders in the environmental movement.  Through our award-winning trainings programs, mentorship, peer-to-peer networks and local organizations we aim to build healthier, more sustainable and environmentally just campuses and communities coast to coast.

Black Political Empowerment Project (B-PEP) was founded May 21,1986, with the goal of increasing civic participation and awareness within the African American community. B-PEP  is a non-partisan community collaborative consisting of agency, organization, and religious leaders, as well as committed individuals, who seek to build political power and influence for the African American community:

Posted on August 13th, 2009 by Pat
Filed under: election day 2008