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(aug. 6-9)
What: The 2009 Campus Progress National Conference.
Who: Campus Progress, part of the Center for American Progress. A great organization dedicated to increasing youth involvement, activism, and participation (all 3 of those are the same really). For more about Campus Progress read here: http://www.campusprogress.org/about
When: July 8th, 2009
Where: Washington D.C. Omni Hotel in Adams Morgan.
Past speakers include: Obama, Bill Clinton, Talib Kweli, Ralph Nader, Rep. John Lewis, Van Jones and more!
The conference is totally free, but you have to apply. I just sent off my application, hope I get accepted. It’s done on a first-come-first-serve basis, so apply early. Come with!
For more about the Conference go here: http://www.campusprogress.org/common/3725/2009-conference-home
Now, personally, I hate ants. I put them up there with mosquitoes on my shit list. regardless, i will be going to this exhibit… it sounds awesome.
Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants
May 30, 2009 – October 10, 2009 Second Floor
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
Ants dominate the small-scale world. We may seldom notice them, but ants affect their ecosystems as much as humans do.
And much like us, ants achieve domination by being social creatures. They must cooperate with each other to meet their basic needs for food, shelter, and defense. How they do this can look both strikingly familiar and bizarre.
Visit the exhibit and see ants through the eyes of photographer and Smithsonian Research Associate Mark W. Moffett and scientists from the Smithsonian and elsewhere as they expose the hidden life of ants. Get a look at life from an ant’s point of view with large-format photographs of ants going about their daily business, a cast of an underground ant city, and a live ant colony.
Theres some amazing pictures here – http://www.mnh.si.edu/ants/photogallery/index.htm
Yes, I do know of something fun to do!
Outcasts United in DC
When: Saturday June 20. 1 pm
Where: 9:30 Club
What: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZt2efHlbJo (watch this 1 min video!
How much: Tickets are $ 10, and it goes to a good cause
…soccer and progressive causes? I’m there