Remaking America – Panel discussion, Part 1
In Part 1 of a conversation [held January 16th, 2012] on “Remaking America,” thought leaders wrestle with solutions for restoring the country’s prosperity.
The middle class are the new poor. More children are going hungry. People are losing their homes. Must Americans wait on the government to mobilize, prioritize and energize the nation? These are issues that are explored in an in-depth conversation with a panel of thought leaders.
Guests include: Majora Carter, environmental justice advocate and producer-host of the Peabody Award-winning public radio show The Promised Land; Roger Clay, president of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development; award-winning journalist and human rights activist Barbara Ehrenreich; Vicki B. Escarra, president-CEO of Feeding America; personal finance guru and Emmy-winning TV host Suze Orman; Oscar-winning filmmaker and activist Michael Moore; and Princeton professor Dr. Cornel West.
