Journalist/Financier Steven Rattner To Headline RI Fiscal Summit
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Journalist, financier, Brown alum, Steve Rattner will appear at Brown University on February 23 as part of the RI Fiscal Summit, an event organized by university students.
The event aims to be an educational experience, a networking event, and a call to action, according to the student organizers. Participants, particularly youth, will learn about fiscal challenges facing the United States and what must happen to build a more sustainable future. Participants will connect with the speakers and fellow student leaders. These connections could serve as the launch point for student action statewide, the organizers hope.
Ratter, Paxson, + more
Brown University’s President Christina Paxson will introduce the keynote speaker, Rattner, a Brown alumnus, media contributor, former Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury, and Steering Committee Member for the Campaign to Fix the Debt. The event will discuss two central questions: How can Americans from both parties come together to build a prosperous and sustainable economic future? And what lessons can Rhode Island teach the nation about solving a debt crisis?
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTAfter Rattner’s keynote, attendees will participate in a roundtable lunch discussion, followed by a panel moderated by WPRI's Ted Nesi and featuring former Congressman and current VP of Finance and Administration Bob Weygand, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, and Laurie White, President of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce.
Youth in the house
The Summit will bring together student leaders from Rhode Island’s college campuses. Brown University, the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, Providence College, and Roger Williams will all be represented at the event.
The event has been cosponsored by the following organizations at Brown: the Office of the President, the Office of the Dean of the College, the Political Theory Project, the Taubman Center for Public Policy, the Swearer Center for Public Service, the Brown Undergraduate Council of Students, the Brown Democrats, and the Brown Republicans.
Common Sense Action
Common Sense Action is a grassroots student organization that mobilizes a bipartisan network of youth voices who demand that society open the gateways of opportunity for our generation. Common Sense Action is led by Brown University students Sam Gilman, Andrew Kaplan, and Heath Mayo. More information about the organization is available at www.commonsenseaction.org. Representing Brown University, Common Sense Action is a participant in the national Up to Us competition, which is sponsored by a partnership between the Clinton Global Initiative the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Net Impact.
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