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By: Stephanie Drahan

Twitter’s take on Attorney General Holder visiting LWV’s Convention

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On Monday, June 11, Attorney General Eric Holder addressed our National Convention.

Throughout Convention, we invited attendees to participate in an online conversation by using #LWV2012.

We’ve used the online tool Storify to pull together tweets that were sent during the Attorney General’s speech in order to offer a full picture of what attendees were sharing during his address. The final story documents the excitement in the room, as well as pulls out the most compelling ideas and quotes shared by Holder.

[View the story "Attorney General addresses League of Women Voters National Convention" on Storify]

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