The Future of the American Dream

NOTE: Due to technical limitations at the event site, we were unable to  livestream this event. Instead, we live-blogged through twitter. Since this was posted in reverse chronological order, please read from the bottom up.

4:00 – And that’s a wrap. Thanks for following along everyone! Don’t forget to join us tomorrow at 11:30 EDT for the “Engaging Progressives in the Fight to Save Public Education” livestream, once again featuring NEA’s own Lily Eskelsen.

3:53 – “I love my job. I get to be righteously unreasonable for kids.” -Lily Eskelsen #nn11 + this to my “what I want to be when I grow up” list! via @TeacherSabrina

3:43 - Pic: NEA VP Eskelsen talks #DreamAct @Netroots_Nation panel w/ @Markos Moulitsas of @DailyKos #nn11 http://twitpic.com/5cgnya via @EdVotes

3:35 – #NEA VP This is an apple pie issue. This is someone’s son, someone’s daughter. These are my students! #DreamActNow, #DreamAct, #nn11 via @NEAMedia

3:32 – Republicans are 1/3 of NEA members. Now Wisconsin GOP teachers are having second thoughts. Lily Eskelsen at #NN11 via @deciminyan

3:29 – #NEA VP at #nn11 We need to bring in the faith communities-people sitting in our congregations. The #dreamact is about family values. via @NEAMedia

3:26 – Conservatives should support the DREAM act because it is pro-family. Lily Eskelsen at #NN11 via @deciminyan

3:22 – #NEA VP at #nn11 I’d rather have Obama veto bad bills coming out of Congress than have the Koch brothers choose the next POTUS. #dreamact via @NEAMedia

3:20 – Lily Eskelsen: “I don’t want the Koch brothers to select our next President.” #nn11 #p2 #pfla via @mpiscatella

3:16 – NEA VP #nn11 re: #DREAMActnow w/@Markos: “Families from all over the world come here to work hard and make a better life for their families” via @NEAMedia

3:13 – People use the term “illegal” for undocumented children, but don’t use that term for rapists or murderers – Lily Eskelsen at #NN11 via @deciminyan

3:11 – NEA VP @nn11 “Without the #DREAMActnow, our children are condemned to life in the shadows.” via @NEAMedia

3:09 – NEA VP Lily Eskelsen @Netroots_Nation: #DreamAct is about treating innocent kids with compassion #dreamactnow #nn11 via @EdVotes

3:08 – Markos and Lily Eskelsen breaking down the DREAM Act. My first #NN11 event! Proud that NE protected our DreamAct http://yfrog.com/kg9odsj via @MelindaFrevert

3:06 – “We’ve invested in these kids for 12 years, & now we’re condemning them to work in an underground economy.” #nn11 via @TeacherSabrina

3:05 – Just about ready to get started. We will be posting in reverse chronological order, so the newest content will be on top.

Time: Thursday, June 16 · 3:00pm – 4:00pm EDT (2:00pm – 3:00pm CDT)

Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas sits down with National Education Association Vice President Lily Eskelsen to discuss the DREAM Act, which would allow immigrant students with good character to obtain conditional permanent resident status after high school graduation, and then apply for citizenship if they successfully graduate from two years of college or serve two years in the armed forces.