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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Aimee Alison\n\nA Yale Law School graduate, and former Special 
 Advisor to the Obama White House, Van Jones is president and founder of 
 Rebuild the Dream, a pioneering initiative to restore good jobs and 
 economic opportunity.  The co-founder of three thriving nonprofit 
 organizations (the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Color of Change, and 
 Green For All), Van is also the author of the New York Times‘ bestselling 
 The Green Collar Economy – the definitive book on green jobs.  The World 
 Economic Forum named Van a Young Global Leader in 2005. In 2008 Time 
 Magazine described him as a global environmental hero, and in 2009 called 
 him ‘one of the 100 most influential people in the world.’ 
 \n\nCurrently Van holds a joint appointment at Princeton University as a 
 distinguished visiting fellow in both the Center for African American 
 Studies and in the Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy 
 at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In 
 addition he is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and 
 American Progress Action Fund. Van is on the board of several organizations 
 and non-profits, including Demos, the Natural Resources Defense Council, 
 the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, and the Campaign 
 for America's Future.\n\nThe first Obama administration official to write a 
 book on his experiences, Van offers a unique perspective. He unveils the 
 seven biggest mistakes made by the White House and its supporters, and he 
 systematically reveals surprising parallels between Obama’s 
 people-powered campaign, the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street.\n\nWith the 
 vaunted American Dream rapidly becoming a delusion, tens of millions of 
 willing workers unable to find jobs, millions of homeowners already having 
 lost their homes to foreclosure, and millions more underwater, our 
 politicians merely continue giving tax breaks to the rich and slashing 
 vital services. Workers’ rights are being gutted and public unions are 
 under siege. Countering this, Rebuild the Dream is a new movement growing 
 across America and getting stronger by the day as millions stand up to defy 
 right-wing attacks on the working class and the vanishing middle class. 
 \n\nAimee Allison is co-Executive Director of RootsAction. She hosts 
 specials for LinkTV and is a frequent speaker and host. She was host of 
 Comcast Newsmakers on CNN Headline News and a co-host on the KPFA Morning 
 Show. She authored Army of None, and in 2009 she founded the local news 
 site OaklandSeen. \n\n$12 advance tickets:  \nt; 800.838.3006\nor: Pegasus 
 Books (3 locations), Marcus, Mrs. Dalloway’s, Moe’s, Walden Pond, 
 DIESEL, A Bookstore   SF: Marcus Books, Modern Times Bookstore ($15 door) 
 \nInformation: www.kpfa.org/events      KPFA benefit\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/04/18/18711544.php
SUMMARY:Van Jones: Rebuilding the Dream
LOCATION:King Middle School\n1781 Rose St, Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/04/18/18711544.php
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