ServiceNation in Pictures

FLiP had the unique privilege of being among the bloggers invited to cover the ServiceNation Summit in NYC yesterday that extends into a full day conference today at the Hilton. The Summit, which brings together 600 leaders in every sector across the age spectrum, celebrates service to others and signals the rallying cry for more community service and volunteer activities as a collaborative effort from the public and private sectors. We know it's not FLiP's usual philanthropic flavor but last night, Senators Barack Obama and John McCain participated in the Summit's Presidential Candidate Forum, held at Columbia University. This marked the first time both appear together as Presidential candidates....well, sort of.

In the next few posts, you will read more about the Summit and its participants but we first wanted to share our experience of covering this historic event, so large in scale and involving such a variety of organizations in the best way-- through pictures.

A packed courtyard and steps at Columbia University as students waited to catch a glimpse of Senators Barak Obama and John McCain on a megascreen.

 

Back at the ranch, bloggers and print journalists sat side by side as protesters (a variety of them, actually) stood outside on Broadway and 116th Street