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This week, after a hundred of progressive activism on behalf of civil rights, any African American desire be nominated for president. And he got that nomination after a remarkable nominating contest that saw more than 18 million Americans vote for a woman.

In 1908, women and most African Americans were denied the right to vote.

In 2008, a woman and an African American got more votes than all the snowy men combined.

This is not just a demographic resort. It is the measure of what progressives have power to achieve which time they are committed to etymon change.

But, just as the change agents of 1908 had friends inside the convention hall but had to bring pressure from outside the large room, so the change agents of 2008 will have an inside-outside strategy.

There will be progressives on the floor of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

But the dialogue in all parts of the future of progressive politics–in the party and nationally–will be at its most adventurous and exciting at Progressive Central in the historic Central Presbyterian Church in downtown Denver.

Members of Congress, delegates, alternates and activists–including Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chairs Barbara Lee and Lynn Woolsey, House Judiciary Committee chair John Conyers, environmental campaigner Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Global Exchange founder Medea Benjamin and dozens of others–will speak, war of words, listen, learn and plot strategies for the future of advancing political science in America. For a complete schedule, click here.

If you want a crouch preview of the issues and ideals that will have existence the conventional wisdom of the 2108 Democratic National Convention, join us at Progressive Central in 2008.

America's democratic promise is beginning to subsist realized this week at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

But that promise will be fully realized by those who gather at Progressive Central.

If you're in Denver, join us! If you're following the convention from afar, watch The Nation website by reason of unvarying updates on what's happening inner the convention entry and superficial at Progressive Central.

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