This event has been expanded into a full discussion with several great Oregon political folks. Details below!

On Sunday, July 19th, Mike will be speaking in Portland, OR at a roundtable discussion with Steve Novick, former candidate for U.S. Senate, and Carla Axtman, netroots director for Merkley for Oregon, Blue Oregon fellow and online community builder for Compassion and Choices. They’ll be discussing creating Big Change Moments and harnessing the power of the grassroots and netroots to do so. The event is sponsored by the Oregon Bus Project.

A description and summary details are below.

Sunday, July 19th

2:00 PM

Bipartisan Cafe

7901 SE Stark Street (at SE 79th Avenue)

Copies of The Progressive Revolution will be available for purchase.

This is Your Brain on Politics

(a fast-acting fix for political junkies)

Sky-level strategy with political celebrities of varying heights

Are you jonesin’ for a braintastic session of high level strategery?

Do you seek an answer to the question of how do we tap the power of 2008 to create real change in 2009 and beyond?

Then have we got a panel for you!

Tip Top Topic: How does the progressive movement transition from defense to offense in a people-powered, grassrootsy/netrootsy way?

Pip Pop Panelists:

Mike Lux: co-founder of OpenLeft.com, Progressive Liaison for Obama/Biden Presidential Transition team, director at the Center for Progressive Leadership, Clinton White House staffer

Steve Novick: former U.S. Senate candidate, political uberconsultant and champion beer-opener

Carla Axtman: Netroots Director for Jeff Merkley for Oregon, BlueOregon Fellow and online community builder for Compassion and Choices (the renowned Death With Dignity group)

Whip Whop Where and When: Sunday, July 19th at 2pm at the Bus-tastic Bipartisan Cafe (7901 SE Stark St). Don’t forget yer Bus Project Driver’s License if you wanna save 10% on espresso drinks and pastries.

Bonus benny: This event is part of Mike Lux’s book tour for his recently released The Progressive Revolution. Copies of the book will be for sale courtesy of local independent store Annie Bloom’s, and we will be raffling off signed copies for monthly members.