In December 2007, at the Heartland Forum five presidential candidates including Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich and Barack Obama spoke to a crowd of thousands of community leaders and activists and voiced their support for community change.
This weekend more than 2,000 community leaders, faith leaders and community organizers are coming together in Washington, DC to talk directly with elected officials demanding a place at the table and a voice on shaping public policy.
They say that this country didn't vote for small change, but rather for bold change. They are demanding that President-elect Obama ignore the voices of caution and enact change on a large scale from healthcare to an economic stimulus package to immigration.
Today on GRITtv we'll find out how community activists plan to make that change happen with Sally Kohn, Director of the Movement Vision Project of the Center for Community Change, Desiree Pilgrim-Hunter, Co-Chair of the Board of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, and Christopher Hayes, Washington D.C. Editor of The Nation Magazine and a fellow at the New America Foundation.
Our noon panel is followed by an interview with Tariq Ali at 12:45.
By GRITtv on December 1st, 2008 at 11:29 am
From Asra Q. Nomani in the LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/op…..4752.story
India’s 150 million Muslims represent the second-largest Muslim population in the world, smaller only than Indonesia’s 190 million Muslims. That is just bigger than Pakistan’s 140 million Muslims or the entire population of Arab Muslims, which numbers about 140 million. U.S. intelligence reports continually warn that economic, social and political discontent are catalysts for radicalism, so we would be naive to continue to ignore this potential threat to the national security of not just India but the United States.
By Anonymous on December 1st, 2008 at 11:56 am