Traction

Traction's phenomenal founder and leader, Lanya Shapiro, is a finalist for a major award recognizing progressive activists.

Vote for Lanya today for the Maria Leavey Tribute Award and you'll help strengthen North Carolina's progressive movement by bringing attention to one of our most visionary young leaders.

The Civitas Institute just wrote about ACORN's "web of connections" in North Carolina and it's a veritable who's who of our state's progressive infrastructure. Although BlueNC is missing, I'm proud to say that Traction is in there!

Here are two brilliant guys. On the heels of my post about how the Spiritual Progressives are failing to get young people involved, I got two interviews with guys who are masters at that game.

Meet Jefferson Smith of the Oregon-based Bus Project and Matt Singer of Forward Montana. Check out The Bus Federation and Trick-Or-Vote for some of the great work they're doing.

As most of you already know, I have been in Reno, Nevada for the last few weeks helping Barack Obama win the White House. I am officially a part of the big Purple Army known as the Service Employees International Union. But I wanted to give all of you an update on another project I am working on-- Traction Action.

Don't Miss Traction's Latest Independent Weekly Pick:
ELECTILE DYSFUNCTION II: Wrath of the SuperDelegates
Friday and Saturday, April 11-12,
Doors Open at 7 PM at The Trotter Building in Durham, NC

Over the next month, North Carolina is the epicenter of US politics. And, amid the primary party, Traction, the state’s premier social network for progressive activism, is proud to present ELECTILE DYSFUNCTION II: Wrath of the SuperDelegates, Friday and Saturday, April 11—12, at The Trotter Building (410 W. Geer St.), across from Manbites Dog Theater, in Durham, NC. Doors open at 7 PM. Tickets are available for a suggested minimum donation of $10 at www.getTraction.org.

Very cool. Frontpaged by James.

Tonight our political salon is featuring a presentation by Lanya Sharpiro, who is the Big Cheese at a very cool organization called Traction. Lanya and her colleagues make a compelling case for their grassroots approach to engaging young activists here in North Carolina.

If you have any questions you'd like me to ask Lanya, just pass them along.