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Each week, we’ll be providing an inside look at the Convention straight from the people putting the event together. Check back here weekly or visit the Huffington Post to learn more about how the many pieces of planning are coming together as the Convention approaches.
Today’s feature is from Sky Gallegos, Deputy CEO for Intergovernmental Relations.
Sky Gallegos is a Denver native who has spent her career focusing on Democratic politics in the West. She’s been working for more than a year now to help plan her Party’s Convention in her home town. With just 30 days to go until her personal and professional stories converge with the opening gavel of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Sky shares her thoughts from inside the DNCC in this video blog.
Each week, we’ll be providing an inside look at the Convention straight from the people putting the event together. Check back here weekly or visit the Huffington Post to learn more about how the many pieces of planning are coming together as the Convention approaches.
Today’s feature is from Cameron Moody, the Deputy CEO for Operations.
Even with all that major event experience under my belt and all the times I’ve run similar drills, I’m amazed by all the firsts I’m witnessing this go around. The first interfaith gathering to kick off Convention week. The first time we’re bringing all our delegates together on the eve of the Convention – in this case to recognize the Gulf Coast recovery effort three years after Hurricane Katrina. It’s my first Convention in two great venues – allowing for a larger audience than ever before. It’s the first time that so much access will be given to the online community – the technology team is working diligently and creatively to open up the Convention in new ways. And it’s the first time that an African American candidate will accept the nomination for President of the United States.
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