Happy New Year seventeen days in. Check out the re- air of "Poverty In America", hosted by Tavis Smiley, Co-host "Smiley & West Radio Show and PBS Talk Show host. The objective is to start a dialog about Poverty In America. The hope is to appeal to members of Congress and the President to eradicate poverty in the richest country in the world.
Notable guests included:
Representative Marcia Fudge, Democrat, Ohio, 11th District,
John Graham, Indiana Univ. School of Public & Environmental Affairs- Dean,
Roseann DeMORO, National Nurses United, Executive Director,
Newt Gingrich, Former U.S. House Speaker, R-Georgia,
Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia Univ. Earth Institute,
Johnathan Kozol, Former Teacher & Author "Fire in the Ashes" and "Shame of a Nation",
Mariana Chilton, Drexel Univ., Center for Hunger-Free Communities, Dir. and Professor,
Dr. West,
The website is http://www.afuturewithoutpoverty.com and on twitter it is #PovertyMustEnd
