Michael Steele to Black America: 'We Built This Country'
- 11 years ago
Michael Steele to Black America: 'We Built This Country'
Open Society Foundations - The Ford Foundation
This panel of government leaders, featuring Michael Steele and David Paterson, will focus on how perceptions of African Americans, and black men in general, shape the national political will necessary to address a variety of public policy and fiscal challenges in which African Americans have a significant stake. Exploring this conversation from the Left and the Right, we will examine the shifting sands under identity politics, changes in demographics, and the possibility of building interest-based coalitions thereby driving public policy to have positive outcomes for black men and boys.Moderator Maya Wiley, President, Center for Social Inclusion, talks with Michael Steele, Former chairman GOP (AMJ), and David Paterson, Former Governor NYC (AMJ).
Open Society Foundations - The Ford Foundation
This panel of government leaders, featuring Michael Steele and David Paterson, will focus on how perceptions of African Americans, and black men in general, shape the national political will necessary to address a variety of public policy and fiscal challenges in which African Americans have a significant stake. Exploring this conversation from the Left and the Right, we will examine the shifting sands under identity politics, changes in demographics, and the possibility of building interest-based coalitions thereby driving public policy to have positive outcomes for black men and boys.Moderator Maya Wiley, President, Center for Social Inclusion, talks with Michael Steele, Former chairman GOP (AMJ), and David Paterson, Former Governor NYC (AMJ).