What are you looking forward to in 2009? On the next Your Call, we'll speak with a diverse mix of global leaders, including Children's Defense Fund Founder & President Marian Wright Edelman and former Planned Parenthood President Gloria Feldt, about what they think will be the most important factors for the coming year. What are your hopes and dreams or fears for 2009? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.
Guests: Marian Wright Edelman, Founder & President of the Children's Defense Fund
Ann Wright, former State Department diplomat and retired Army Colonel
Gloria Feldt, Former President of Planned Parenthood
Antonia Juhasz, Author of "The Tyranny of Oil" & "The Bush Agenda"
David Kipen, Director, National Reading Initiatives, National Endowment of the Art
James Carey, Ph.D., Professor, UC Davis Dept of Entomology
Rhodessa Jones, Co-Artistic Director, Cultural Odyssey - a touring ensemble based here in San Francisco
David Cay Johnston, former NY Times tax reporter and author of Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)
Click to Listen: What are you looking forward to in 2009?
Quick follow ups to my comments on your show, Rose:
ReplyDeleteThe bill numbers for the Prevention First Act (so people can start telling their members of Congress to pass it!) are S 21 and HR 819.
Second, here are more of my thoughts on why we must establish women's reproductive rights as civil rights, from an article I wrote for Democracy Journal: http://www.gloriafeldt.com/heartfeldt-politics-blog/2008/12/9/beyond-roe-toward-human-rights-for-women.html.
Here's to a very happy New Year!
Check out Gloria Feldt's blog entry about her appearance on this Your Call broadcast
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