Congressman Conyers: Crashing the States

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I had some visitors come by my office last week and we spent hours talking about getting our citizens involved, getting ordinary folks to participate in their government. They had traveled from Los Angeles, bringing with them a camera and an appetite for road trips and campaigns.

They were the gentlemen from the Crashing the States project: Dante, Gary and AJ who are traveling across the country looking at the influence of the netroots on a number of different House and Senate races.

They are filming a movie that will be completed sometime next year. Hopefully, this work will provide some insights into successful campaigns.

I got some good ideas from them about engaging minority populations on the internet - making blogs and online activism more accessible. I have since had some conversations with friends in the telecommunications field so hopefully we can see some progress in this area soon.

Visit their site and see if they are coming to your part of their country. Help out on this important project if you can.


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