Obama Administration's Civic Agenda

Jul 24, 2009

Tufts University

Panelists talked about public service and civic participation as part of President Obama's agenda during his administration's first six months. Among the topics they addressed were the growth in community service organizations and programs, volunteerism, and public-private partnerships. Following their prepared remarks they answered questions .. Read More
Panelists talked about public service and civic participation as part of President Obama's agenda during his administration's first six months. Among the topics they addressed were the growth in community service organizations and programs, volunteerism, and public-private partnerships. Following their prepared remarks they answered questions from the audience.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
01:23:42 none ONE MORE POINT AND I'LL STOP. THE WORK -- WE HAVE TO WORK -- I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT...
01:28:34 Unidentified Speaker THANKS.
01:28:35 Unidentified Speaker THANKS, CAROL. [APPLAUSE].
01:28:44 Unidentified Speaker AS WE SPOKE THE AGENDA KEPT GETTING MORE AND MORE AMBITIOUS AND THE DEMANDS BIGGER AND BIGGER AND...
01:29:17 Unidentified Speaker I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF. I JUST WANT TO -- I'M MOSTLY GOING TRY TO RESPOND TO MARSHAL SINCE HE THREW...
01:32:02 Unidentified Speaker .. LIMITATIONS IN WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND IF THERE IS A MAJOR LIMITATION IT'S THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES...
01:34:18 Unidentified Speaker THANKS. SO, WE HAVE A LANE OF PEOPLE. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, STARTING WITH YOU, JAMES, TO QUICKLY SAY...
01:34:45 Unidentified Speaker I'M A DOCTORAL CANDIDATE AT THE HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND A MEMBER OF THE TWO WEEK...
01:36:14 Unidentified Speaker GREAT QUESTION, EVERYONE LOOKS VERY THOUGHTFUL. [LAUGHTER].
01:36:21 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU HAVE ANY ONE IN PARTICULAR.
01:36:22 Unidentified Speaker NO.
01:36:24 Unidentified Speaker ALL RIGHT, MARSHAL.
01:36:25 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S THE REASON I DON'T BELIEVE IN CONSENSUS, I THINK CONSENSUS DECISION MAKING MARGINALIZES DIFFERENCE...
01:37:08 Unidentified Speaker I THINK HARRY BOYD IN JOHANNESBURG HAS A COMMENT.
01:37:15 Unidentified Speaker OBAMA STANDS IN -- AND STUDIED DEEPLY NOT ONLY ORGANIZING BUT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCH TRADITION...
01:38:32 Unidentified Speaker THANKS, HARRY.
01:38:34 Unidentified Speaker LET ME TAKE AN EXAMPLE FROM WHAT I WAS SPECIFICALLY SAYING, ABOUT FEDERAL AGENCIES, JUST QUICKLY,...
01:41:14 Unidentified Speaker THANKS, I KNOW OTHERS PROBABLY HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT BUT I WILL ASK FOR DAVID TO GET
01:41:20 Unidentified Speaker THANKS. DAVID CROWLEY FROM SOCIAL CAPITAL, INC. WHERE A LOCAL NONPROFIT AND AMERICORPS PROGRAM WORKING...
01:42:41 Unidentified Speaker WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IN THE BILL THAT I DIDN'T MENTION THAT I THINK COULD HAVE...
01:46:53 Unidentified Speaker HARRY, YOU WERE -- HARRY AND THEN CAROLYN. FOR A RESPONSE, HARRY, FIRST.
01:47:02 Unidentified Speaker HARRY, WE'VE LOST AUDIO YOU ON, START AGAIN.
01:47:06 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR?
01:47:09 Unidentified Speaker WE'VE GOT YOU NOW. START AGAIN.
01:47:11 Unidentified Speaker I AGREE WITH ALAN, THAT PEOPLE ARE EAGER TO FIND OUT WAYS TO WORK WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE UNLIKE...
01:48:13 Unidentified Speaker CAN I CHIME IN ON THIS?
01:48:19 Unidentified Speaker WAS THAT -- YES, ABSOLUTELY. SORRY.
01:48:23 Unidentified Speaker I WANTED TO SAY, A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT, AGAIN THE COMMONALITIES BRIEFLY. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE...
01:50:21 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, INTERESTING HOW OFTEN HISTORICAL TRADITIONS HAVE BEEN INVOKED, CAROL SFLIEN I HEARD A BIT...
01:51:44 Unidentified Speaker EXCEPTED THE FOCUS OF THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF SOCIAL INNOVATION IS TO LOOK AT THAT ACROSS THE WHOLE...
01:51:50 Unidentified Speaker UNDERSTOOD.
01:51:53 Unidentified Speaker ANOTHER VOICE.
01:51:55 Unidentified Speaker HI, I HAVE STARTED AN UNORGANIZATION CALLED AIR-CIVIC WHICH IS JUST TO SAY, WE DON'T WANT TO BE A...
01:55:06 Unidentified Speaker ANYONE LIKE TO ADDRESS, WE --
01:55:09 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE DEVELOPING A GAME FOR SERVICE LEARNING ON-LINE AND USED IN TAMPA.
01:55:13 Unidentified Speaker THERE ARE LOTS OF GREAT EXAMPLES, TEAM AT MITT CREATED A FANTASTIC GLOBAL GAME ON CLIMATE CHANGE. ...
01:55:57 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE ACTUALLY USED IT IN, WHERE WE DID IT IN NORTHEAST OHIO IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHERE WE USED...
01:56:30 Unidentified Speaker WE -- GO AHEAD.
01:56:37 Unidentified Speaker I'LL MAKE A COMMENT AS A DAD. OF TWO MILLENNIAL, ONE OF WHOM IS NOW ALMOST 18 AND WHOSE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT...
01:57:06 Unidentified Speaker EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.
01:57:07 Unidentified Speaker THANKS FOR THAT.
01:57:08 Unidentified Speaker THANKS.
01:57:09 Unidentified Speaker GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M MIKE GILLETTE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR A GREAT PANEL. I AM ACTUALLY A GUEST FROM OUT...
01:57:22 GUEST AND I WITH LOVE TO KEEP IT AT 30,000 FEET AND DEAL WITH THE THEORETICAL QUESTION, BUT PART OF MY LIFE...
02:00:11 Unidentified Speaker SO THAT IS MY QUESTION. AND I KNOW IT IS A VERY -- MAY BE NAIVE. BUT, IT IS A VERY, VERY PRACTICAL......
02:00:30 Unidentified Speaker NO ONE THINKS IT IS A NAIVE WELL, AND EVERYONE THINKS IT IS A GOOD QUESTION, NOT SURE WHO SHOULD ANSWER...
02:00:39 Unidentified Speaker JUST BRIEFLY, IT IS A GREAT, GREAT CASE, THE HUD EXAMPLE, ESPECIALLY. AND I THINK YOU KNOW, PART OF...
02:01:32 Unidentified Speaker HUD WON'T LET US DO THAT, THE ANSWER IS NO.
02:01:35 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS PART OF THE IMPORTANT REFORM THIS IS AGENCY LEVEL -- AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE AGENCIES ENGAGED...
02:01:43 Unidentified Speaker BUT WE HAVE TO EXACTLY -- PERFECT EXAMPLE OF APPROPRIATE USE OF SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND IN THAT FOCUS,...
02:02:29 Unidentified Speaker I AGREE WITH YOU AND I WANT TO JUST GO BACK POINT FROM BEFORE, HAVE WE SEEN THAT IN THE GOVERNMENT?...
02:02:50 Unidentified Speaker BUT, HERE WHIRS I WANT TO DEFEND THE ADMINISTRATION, BECAUSE THIS IS BIG TIME POLITICS IN WASHINGTON...
02:03:45 Unidentified Speaker QUICK COMMENT. EVERY AGENCY IS ACTUALLY DEVELOPING ITS OWN SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND AND THE DEPARTMENT...
02:05:01 Unidentified Speaker YEAH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET TO TWO MORE.
02:05:04 Unidentified Speaker ONE THING, AND ON THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT, WE HAVE INTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE THE NATIONAL LEAGUE...
02:06:09 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
02:06:11 Unidentified Speaker MEREDITH.
02:06:15 Unidentified Speaker HELLO, I'M A DOCTORAL CANDIDATE AT HARVARD'S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED...
02:06:57 Unidentified Speaker MARSHALL AND I DO IT -- YES UNLESS YOU WANT TO JUMP IN, I GUESS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, PLAY...
02:07:02 Unidentified Speaker WE'LL SEE.
02:07:04 Unidentified Speaker I WAS ON THE RADIO, NPR STATION IN HAMPTON, VIRGINIA, YESTERDAY. BECAUSE HAMPTON, VIRGINIA HAS WHAT...
02:08:59 Unidentified Speaker MARSHALL?
02:09:01 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT THE, TO THE EXTENT THERE IS INTEREST IN CIVIC EDUCATION, IN QUOTES, IN HIGH SCHOOLS,...
02:11:28 Unidentified Speaker YEAH, I'D LIKE TO TAKE ONE MORE QUESTION AND ARCHON WANTS TO GET IN AND WE'LL TRY AND HANDLE TIM'S...
02:11:49 Unidentified Speaker I WANTED TO PLUG A BOOK BY A FORMER STUDENT, SALINAS, CALLED "OUR SCHOOLS SUCK" AND THE OTHER BOOK...
02:12:45 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
02:12:46 Unidentified Speaker LET ME ADD QUICKLY AS MEREDITH KNOWS, WE ARE DOING AN EXPERIMENT WITH THREE HIGH SCHOOLS IN -- EQUIPPING...
02:13:15 Unidentified Speaker THANKS.
02:13:17 Unidentified Speaker I'M TIM SCHAEFFER, I'M A PH.D. STUDENT AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY. IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AND...
02:14:12 Unidentified Speaker YOU, WHOEVER ELSE MIGHT WANT --
02:14:14 Unidentified Speaker RESPOND TO HIM OR GO TO YOUR LAST COMMENTS.
02:14:16 Unidentified Speaker WE CAN RESPOND TO THAT, QUICKLY. ESPECIALLY IF YOU CAN BE EFFICIENT -- CAROLYN.
02:14:22 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THIS IS AN AREA OF HUGE POTENTIAL. AND WHAT I THINK WOULD BE DIFFERENT ABOUT HOW WE APPROACH...
02:15:07 Unidentified Speaker HARRY YOU WERE INVOKED -- YOU WORKED ON THIS AREA.
02:15:13 Unidentified Speaker WE DON'T HAVE AUDIO.
02:15:14 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE OUT OF AUDIO.
02:15:16 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE BACK. GO AHEAD.
02:15:18 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE BACK.
02:15:19 Unidentified Speaker YES.
02:15:22 Unidentified Speaker THE ONLY... WAS TIED TO -- BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR, CALLED DEMOCRACY COLLEGES, AND SO IT WAS AND...
02:17:00 Unidentified Speaker THANKS.
02:17:01 Unidentified Speaker I'M PLEASED YOU ASKED ME.
02:17:03 Unidentified Speaker NOW THIS IS TIME, I HOPE YOU HAVE DOING YOUR HOMEWORK, I'M CALL ON YOU TO MAKE A VERY, BRIEF CLOSING...
02:17:15 Unidentified Speaker THIS -- THAT IS NOT NEW. IT IS -- IF YOU WANT TO SOUND BIASSED IT COMES FROM... I MEAN, THIS ISSUE...
02:18:13 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. HARRY.
02:18:15 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WE -- CAROLYN IS RIGHT THERE IS A KIND OF DEMOCRATIC FERMENT, WE NEED A LOT OF OF EXPERIMENTATION...
02:18:31 Unidentified Speaker THANKS, THANKS. CAROLYN.
02:18:34 Unidentified Speaker I FOCUS ON NOW IS THIS TIME FOR REAL EXPERIMENTATION AND EVOLVING THE MECHANISMS AND STRUCTURES OF...
02:19:12 Unidentified Speaker THANKS MARSHALL?
02:19:14 Unidentified Speaker SHAKESPEARE WROTE, THERE IS A TIDE IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN WHICH TAKEN AT THE FLOOD LEADS ONTO FORTUNE....
02:19:36 Unidentified Speaker HE'D THAT. CARMEN. [LAUGHTER].
02:19:41 Unidentified Speaker I AM WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE... IF ALAN IS RIGHTED, AND I HAVE NO REASON TO THINK THAT HE IS NOT, IN THE...
02:20:53 Unidentified Speaker THANKS. ARCHON.
02:20:54 Unidentified Speaker GREAT. I GUESS I THINK -- ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TASKS IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF CIVIC AND...
02:22:24 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WE HAVE ARRIVED AT THIS MOMENT IN PART BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS...
02:23:40 Unidentified Speaker I WAS GOING SAY THE SAME THING, SO, IT WILL BE DUPLICATIVE, ON BEHALF THE JOHN NAN TISSUE COLLEGE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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