A discussion of military and civilian National Service programs, from the Brookings Institution, this is just over an hour. 30 seconds. 30 seconds was particularly effective. It is my happy duty to introduce and moderate the second panel. I will begin by introducing myself briefly. I am bill gault, senior fellow in the government studies program at brookings, delighted to be a small cog in the Service Share alliance. And two people in particular, mel sawhill conceding the stand working tirelessly for six months and also john allen, for letting his vast appearance and events moral authority to our enterprise this morning and i think it is a sign that brookings is spiritually aligned with the National Service movement. Let me introduce the question this way. If National Service is the answer, what is the question . And we have heard and i think will hear three very different kinds of answers to that question. It is useful to keep them secret. The first test to do with service as an avenu
Introduce and moderate second panel. Let me begin by introducing myself briefly. My name is bill galston. Am a senior fellow here at brookings and delighted to be a small cog in the institution. People,o introduce two bell, for working tirelessly to bring about, and also, our president , john allen, for letting his vast experience and moral authority to our enterprise this morning, and i think it is a sign that brookings is spiritually aligned with the National Service movement. Introduce the question this way. Service is the answer, what is the question . And we have heard, and i think we will hear three different kinds of answers to that question, and it is useful to keep them separate. The first have to do with service as an avenue of personal growth, the expansion, the deepening of character. Actualond has to do with good done for others, service and the roof cents. Sense. He root wheree third, and this is the work of John Richland and bridgeland and john dilulio begins, what are t
Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by ford foundation, working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide at fordfoundation. Org. The park foundation. Dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust. Supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. And by the frontline journalism fund. With major support from jon and jo ann hagler. And Additional Support from the ruggles family foundation. On the evening of september 18th, 1988, in the city of lowell, massachusetts, i murdered mr. Louis pozcyk. I did so by savagely beating, kicking and, on two separate occasions, repeatedly stabbing him. It was an unconscionable act of violence towards an innocent man. I shot mr. Morel, a cab driver, six times, killing him
Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by ford foundation, working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide at fordfoundation. Org. The park foundation. Dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust. Supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. And by the frontline journalism fund. With major support from jon and jo ann hagler. And Additional Support from the ruggles family foundation. On the evening of september 18th, 1988, in the city of lowell, massachusetts, i murdered mr. Louis pozcyk. I did so by savagely beating, kicking and, on two separate occasions, repeatedly stabbing him. It was an unconscionable act of violence towards an innocent man. I shot mr. Morel, a cab driver, six times, killing him
Demonstrators shut down two major highways here in new york city culling for justice for Michael Brown. In boston, 1400 people shut down traffic in the center of the city taking over the streets. The early hour of the protests were reportedly peaceful, but in the last hour, reports of arrests there, apparently, some protesters tried to push through police lines there in boston. Here was the scene in northern california. In oakland, second night of demonstrations in that city. Images like this from all over the country. A hundred cities have protests scheduled for tonight. Also in nashville, reports of protesters shutting down interstate 24 in that city. You see them gathered. Also in the streets of nashville, again, Peaceful Protesters there. Images like this from around the country tonight from denver and atlanta and seattle and kansas city. These protesters shut down a main street in new mexico. That southwestern city has been wrestling for a few years now for fatal shootings by poli