In our final episode this season, we conclude Voices of Shaping Our Future by sitting down with a group thought leaders for a roundtable discussion about economic inequality.
In May 2021, "Shaping Our Future" brought more than 600 young people together from across the country to discuss their insights on major societal issues our country is facing today. They discussed these issues in small groups, listened to panel experts offer their thoughts, and interacted with each other regardless of whether or not they agreed on the subject matter.
From the team that brought you Voices of America In One Room, this is Voices of Shaping Our Future.
In this special episode of the podcast, we have the privilege of sitting down with a group of thought leaders for a roundtable discussion about economic inequality and how it affects our everyday lives.
The conversation features Rajan Nathaniel, Chief of Staff and Policy Advisor to Mayor Kevin Lincoln in Stockton, CA; Rachel Gentry, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Finance Fellow who currently works for Representative Steven Horsford of Nevada; Yakov Feygin, the Associate Director in the Berggruen Institute's "Future of Capitalism" program, and; Alice Siu, Associate Director at the Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University.
The group begins its discussion with our panelists' individual thoughts on what economic inequality means to them, and how it impacts the world around us. The conversation continues with an exploration of the various policy proposals — namely minimum wage and universal basic income — that the participants of "Shaping Our Future" discussed earlier in the podcast season.
The Voices of Shaping Our Future podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts, and is hosted by Alice Siu. This series is executive produced by the Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University, the Berggruen Institute, the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University, and Tobe Agency.
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