This edition: David R. Jones, CEO, Community Service Society, The Fight to Stop Poverty
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Original tape date: September 22, 2011. First aired: October 10, 2011.On this episode of African American Legends, Dr. Brown sits down with David R. Jones, President & CEO of the Community Service Society, to discuss improving our communities. They discuss the rising poverty level and the effect this is having on New York’s communities, as well as the reasons for this surge in poverty including the unemployment rate and the growing need for more and more education in order to obtain even an entry level position.
Guest List
Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Director, Urban Education Policy Center, CUNY Graduate Center.
David R. Jones President & CEO, Community Service Society of New York
- William H. Burgess III, pres., The Burgess Group
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- Marcia H. Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League, "Black Men in America"
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- Dr. Claudia Lynn Thomas, author, "God Spare Life"
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- Earl Monroe, NY Knicks Legend & Hall of Famer, "Still Making Magic Happen"
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- Doug White, Deputy Fire Commissioner, NYFD, "If You Can't Stand the Heat Jazzing It Up"
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- Danny Simmons, artist and museum sponsor
- Wednesday, September 30 - 6:00am
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- Randolph Cameron, author, "Finding A Way To The Top."
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- Danny Simmons, Project Diversity in the Arts
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- Jeffrey Sammons, Prof. of History, New York University "The Black Athlete"
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- Chester Higgins, Jr., photographer, New York Times
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