PAST EVENTS
Our Environmental Destinies with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The Common Good was lucky to host Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. who spoke on our environmental destiny and how the actions of humans is affect the planet. This event was introduced by Representative Carolyn Maloney and the program was convened by Ed Coz.
The Common Good was lucky to host Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. who spoke on our environmental destiny and how the actions of humans is affect the planet. This event was introduced by Representative Carolyn Maloney and the program was convened by Ed Coz.
Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr., is an American radio host, activist, and attorney specializing in environmental law. He is the nephew of John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy. Kennedy co-hosts Ring of Fire, a nationally syndicated American radio program. He has written two books and several articles on environmental issues. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, The Nation, Outside magazine, and The Village Voice.
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2008 Democratic National Convention Panel
The Hispanic Institute and The Common Good gathered for a post gavel celebration, co-hosted by Rick Hernandez, Patricia Duff and Chevy Chase following an earlier bipartisan panel discussion exploring common ground issues
The Hispanic Institute and The Common Good gathered for a post gavel celebration, co-hosted by Rick Hernandez, Patricia Duff and Chevy Chase, which followed an earlier bipartisan panel discussion exploring common ground issues such as the role of race, gender, ethnicity, religion and values in the Fall Campaign. The event was moderated by Dan Abrams with Gov. Bill Richardson, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Harold Ford Jr., Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Dee Dee Myers, Markos Moulitsas, Faye Wattleton, Richard Wolffe, and Tucker Carlson.
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Meet & Greet: Kevin Phillips
The Common Good hosted a lunch and discussion with Kevin Phillips for a meet and greet. He provided members with a rich historical perspective, penetrating, independent insight, and an uncommonly articulate voice on the major issues.
The Common Good hosted a lunch and discussion with Kevin Phillips for a meet and greet. He provided members with a rich historical perspective, penetrating, independent insight, and an uncommonly articulate voice on the major issues.
Kevin Phillips is an American writer and commentator on politics, economics, and history. Phillips was a strategist on voting patterns for Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign, which was the basis for a book, The Emerging Republican Majority, which predicted a conservative realignment in national politics, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential recent works in political science. His predictions regarding shifting voting patterns in presidential elections proved accurate, though they did not extend “down ballot” to Congress until the Republican revolution of 1994. Phillips also was partly responsible for the design of the Republican “Southern strategy” of the 1970s and 1980s.
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The Crisis We Don't Like to Talk About with Pete Peterson
The Common Good hosted Pete Peterson for a lunch discussion about the 2008 financial crisis. He raised awareness of America’s long-term fiscal challenges and promote solutions to ensure a better economic future.
The Common Good hosted Pete Peterson for a lunch discussion about the 2008 financial crisis. He raised awareness of America’s long-term fiscal challenges and promote solutions to ensure a better economic future.
Pete Peterson is founder and chairman of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to raising awareness of America’s long-term fiscal challenges and promoting solutions to ensure a better economic future. The Foundation works with leading thinkers, policy experts, elected officials, and the public to build support for efforts to put America on a fiscally sustainable path. Prior to starting the Foundation, Pete spent more than 50 years working in business and public service.
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Meet & Greet: Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
The Common Good was proud to host Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney to discuss her extensive accomplishments on security, financial services, the economy and women’s issues.
The Common Good was proud to host Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney to discuss her extensive accomplishments on security, financial services, the economy and women’s issues.
First elected to Congress in 1992, Carolyn B. Maloney is a recognized national leader with extensive accomplishments on financial services, national security, the economy, and women’s issues. Rep. Maloney’s career has been a series of firsts. She is the first woman to represent New York’s 12th Congressional District; the first woman to represent New York City’s 7th Councilmanic district (where she was the first woman to give birth while in office); and was the first woman to Chair the Joint Economic Committee, a House and Senate panel that examines and addresses the nation’s most pressing economic issues. Only 18 women in history have chaired Congressional committees.
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Pakistans's Role in Regional and Global Stability with Ambassador Munir Akram
The Common Good and The Pluralism Fund hosted an evening of conversation with Ambassador Munir Akram on Pakistan’s role in regional and global stability to provide his point of view as a permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations. This event was moderated by Brian Katulis.
The Common Good and The Pluralism Fund hosted an evening of conversation with Ambassador Munir Akram on Pakistan’s role in regional and global stability to provide his point of view as a permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations. This event was moderated by Brian Katulis.
Munir Akram was the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations from 2002 to 2008. He has represented Pakistan in numerous United Nations bodies and international conferences, including the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council. At the UN, he was twice the President of the Security Council (May 2003 and May 2004); President of the Economic and Social Council (2005); Chairperson of the Working Party on the Accession of Saudi Arabia to WTO (2005); and Co-Chair for UN Management Reform (2005).
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Meet & Greet: Paul Begala
The Common Good was honored to host Counselor Paul Begala for a lunch and discussion on his insights on the upcoming presidential election of 2008.
The Common Good was honored to host Counselor Paul Begala for a lunch and discussion on his insights on the upcoming presidential election of 2008.
Paul Edward Begala is an American political consultant and political commentator. He was an adviser to President Bill Clinton and a chief strategist for the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign, which carried 33 states and made Clinton the first Democrat to win the White House in twelve years. As counselor to the President in the Clinton White House, he coordinated policy, politics, and communications.
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The State of the Economy and the Global Outlook with Bob Hormats
The Common Good was proud to host Bob Hormats for a lunch and discussion on the state of the economy and the global outlook. The program was introduced by Peter Borish and was convened by Stephanie French.
The Common Good was proud to host Bob Hormats for a lunch and discussion on the state of the economy and the global outlook. The program was introduced by Peter Borish and was convened by Stephanie French.
Robert D. ‘Bob’ Hormats was sworn in as Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs on September 23, 2009. Hormats was formerly Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs (International). He joined Goldman Sachs in 1982. He served as Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary, from 1977 to 1979, and Assistant Secretary of State, from 1981 to 1982, at the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (now Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs).
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Meet & Greet: Governor Mark Warner
The Common Good was honored to host Governor Mark Warner for a lunch and discussion on the US government and ‘fixing the broken system’. The event was introduced by Somers Farkas, a cultural affairs consultant and philanthropist and was convened by Matt Gohd, Principal Managing Director with Pali Capital.
The Common Good was honored to host Governor Mark Warner for a lunch and discussion on the US government and ‘fixing the broken system’. The event was introduced by Somers Farkas, a cultural affairs consultant and philanthropist and was convened by Matt Gohd, Principal Managing Director with Pali Capital.
Mark Robert Warner is an American politician and businessman, currently serving as the junior United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Warner was the 69th governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006 and is the honorary chairman of the Forward Together PAC. Warner delivered the keynote address before the nation at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Mark Warner’s experience as a congressional staffer and Democratic Party fundraiser in the 1980s prompted his involvement in telecommunications venture capital; he founded the firm Columbia Capital.
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The Primaries and the Presidential Election
The Common Good hosted a lunch panel of expert to discuss the primaries and the presidential election. This panel consisted of: Jonathan Alter, Kellyanne Conway, Mark J. Green, Joel Benson and was moderated by Cynthia McFadden. This program was convened by William Hubbard, Chairman and President of Center Development Corporation, and underwritten with the generosity of Peter Worth.
Jonathan Alter is an award-winning author, reporter, columnist and television analyst from Chicago.For a decade in the 1980s, Alter was Newsweek’s media critic, where he was among the first in the mainstream media to break tradition and hold other news organizations accountable for their coverage, a precursor to the role later played by blogs. In total, he spent 28 years at Newsweek, where he was a longtime senior editor and wrote hundreds of columns and features on a wide variety of subjects. He is also an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. His 2010 book, “The Promise: President Obama, Year One,” was #4 on the New York Times Nonfiction Bestseller List and was one of the Times’ “Notable Books” of the year. “The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope,” published in 2006 was also a bestseller.
Kellyanne Conway is an American pollster, political consultant, and pundit. Previously she held roles as campaign manager and strategist in the Republican Party and was former president and CEO of The Polling Company, Inc./Woman Trend. In 2016, she was appointed as Trump’s campaign manager and now serves as a counselor in his presidential administration. Within polling, Conway is one of the most quoted and noted pollsters on the national scene, having provided commentary on over 1,200 television shows on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, HBO, Comedy Central, MTV and the Fox News Channel, and numerous radio shows and print stories. Throughout her two decades in market research, Conway has provided primary research and advice for clients in 46 of the 50 states and has directed hundreds of demographic and attitudinal survey projects for statewide and congressional political races, trade associations, and Fortune 100 companies.
Mark Green was a public interest lawyer, working with Ralph Nader from 1970 to 1980, ultimately as director of Public Citizen's Congress Watch. He founded and ran The Democracy Project in NYC from 1981 to 2014. Green served for 11 years in citywide offices, first as the Commissioner of Consumer Affairs under Mayor David Dinkins (1990 to 1993); then as the twice-elected Public Advocate (1993 and 1997), before narrowly losing the mayorality to Michael Bloomberg in 2001. (3)
Joel Benenson is the founder and CEO of Benenson Strategy Group, and the only Democratic pollster in history to have played a leading role in three winning presidential campaigns. Joel has been the chief pollster, chief campaign strategist for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, a senior strategist for President Barack Obama beginning with his 2008 campaign, and worked on President Bill Clinton’s polling team during the 1996 race.oel’s corporate clients have included CEOs and top executives at Campbell Soup Company, HBO, Toyota, the NFL, Procter & Gamble, Panera Bread Co., Hearst, Blue Star Energy, and MSNBC. In the advocacy and nonprofit sector, he has worked with leading institutions including AARP, League of Conservation Voters, SEIU, Clean Energy Works and Grocery Manufacturers of America.
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The Common Good has been hosting events since 2006 that cover important issues of today, highlighting speakers who have worked to bolster our democracy and can provide great insight on the issues that matter.