Recapping the Campus Progress National Conference

I wasn't able to make it down to the Campus Progress National Conference this year. My travel schedule has been such that something had to give, and unfortunately, this was the event I had to scratch.

But it's an important event and I was highly impressed last year by the diversity of the participants and quality of the programming (even as I was disappointed that the participants and the event seemed entirely divorced from the blogosphere and netroots).

Reports about the conference are coming out and here's what they're saying:

• The Washington Post highlights the pragmatism and policy knowledge of the participants, as well as the need to expand youth activism among non-college youth.
• The Politico focused on the keynote address by John Edwards and how his poverty agenda resonates with young people, even if he did not gain their support in the primaries.
• The Chronicle of Higher Eduation has an excellent rundown on the youth-vote panel at the conference featuring Ben Adler of The Politico, Heather McGhee of Demos, Maria Teresa Peterson of Voto Latino, and Biko Baker from The League.