Past conferences
2003
The first NCMR was held in 2003 [1] in Madison, Wisconsin, and was attended by more than 1700 people. [2] Participants included Robert W. McChesney, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Naomi Klein, Sherrod Brown Al Franken, Jeff Cohen, John Conyers, Jr., Charles Lewis, Bernie Sanders, Russ Feingold, Ralph Nader, Bill Moyers, and Jesse Jackson.
2005
The 2005 NCMR was held from May 13-15 in St. Louis, Missouri at the Millennium Hotel. More than 2000 people attended.
Booksigners included Amy Goodman, David Bollier, Laura Flanders, Eesha Williams, Victor Navasky, David Brock, Juan Gonzalez, Sut Jhally, John Nichols, Robert W. McChesney, Bob Hackett, Kembrew McLeod, Jerry Mander, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Peter Grant, Patti Smith, Al Franken , and Jim Hightower.
Over 100 presenters were featured, including Bill Moyers, Bill Fletcher Jr., Chellie Pingree, Jennifer Pozner, Robert Greenwald, Arianna Huffington, Janine Jackson, Naomi Klein, George Lakoff, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps, National Organization for Women President Kim Gandy, Representatives Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Diane Watson (D-Calif.) [3]
2007
The 2007 NCMR was held in January in Memphis, Tennessee. [4] [5] Notable speakers included Bill Moyers; actors and activists Jane Fonda, Geena Davis, and Danny Glover; civil rights leaders Van Jones and Rev. Jesse Jackson; and policymakers Rep. Ed Markey, Sen. Bernie Sanders and FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein. About 3,000 people attended, according to the daily newspaper in Memphis. [6]
2011
The 2011 NCMR was held in Boston, Massachusetts. The fifth NCMR was held on April 8–10, 2011, at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. The event featured roughly 300 speakers and performers and an estimated 2,500 attendees. Presenters included Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Glenn Greenwald, Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders, Bob Edgar, Robert W. McChesney, David Shuster, Carole Simpson, Katrina Vanden Heuvel and Jeff Cohen.
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