How is Miami Facing the Economic Crisis and Working Toward a Sustainable Future?

With its diverse population, disparate levels of wealth and innovative Green Commission, Miami is often cited as a “window to the city” of the future. Known as the Magic City, Miami has a unique international flavor while sharing a focus on the foreclosure crisis, lost jobs and the environment with Gulf Coast neighbors like Atlanta and New Orleans. Live From Main Street’s Miami town hall will explore the work of Miami’s young leaders. How are they facing hard times and working to build a stronger sustainable city for generations to come? What is and isn’t working for the economy’s unrewarded stakeholders? And how are the most innovative ideas becoming action?

Hosted by GRITTV's Laura Flanders and Miami's own WEDR/ 99 JAMZ's Cheryl Mizell, with:
Gihan Perera,  Co-founder and Executive Director of the Miami Workers Center
Max Rameau,  Founder/ Author Take Back The Land
Darin Woods,  Countrywide Mortgage Sales Manager
Denise Perry, Director of the Power U Center for Social Change
Carolina Delgado, Jobs with Justice Campaign Membership Director
Sonia Succar, Chairperson of Emerging Green Builders of South Florida
Francisca Cortés, Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Latasha Jones-Tenant, Organizer with the Worker's Center
Edith McClintock, Executive Director of Dream in Green
Rebecca Butterfly Vaughns
Poetic Vibez

Learn more about this event here.

About Live From Main Street
Live From Main Street is a tour of the U.S. in Election Year 2008, hosted by popular journalist and radio personality Laura Flanders and produced by The Media Consortium – a member-based organization committed to strengthening the independent media landscape. The Media Consortium is comprised of 45 of the nation’s leading independent journalism outlets with a collective reach to over 5 million people a month. Live From Main Street features five town hall events, each focusing on a key national issue through a local lens.