Roosevelt University hosts panel discussion on A New New Deal – Obama year one

On February 20, in honor of Black History Month, Roosevelt University’s Department of Economics and the Center for New Deal Studies will co-sponsor a panel discussion on the first year of the Obama presidency. The discussion will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in room 232 of Roosevelt’s Auditorium Building. The event is free and open to the public.

The panelists will include: Amy B. Dean, co-author of A New New Deal: How Regional Activism Will Reshape the American Labor Movement; Tom Balanoff, president of the Service Employees International Union Illinois Council; Judith LeBlanc, field organizer for Peace Action and former national co-chair of United for Peace and Justice; Mel Rothenberg of the Chicago Political Economy Group and Chicago Jobs with Justice; Anne Scheetz with Physicians for a National Health Program; and Cristobal Cavazos with the Immigrant Solidarity DuPage.

Panelists will evaluate the Obama administration’s performance on the economy, health-care, immigration and war-related issues.

For more information, contact Bill Barclay at 708-386-1371 or email newnewdeal@gmail.com.

Roosevelt University, a national leader in educating socially conscious citizens, is a private, student-centered university with 7,300 students studying at comprehensive campuses in the Chicago Loop and Northwest suburban Schaumburg and online. Founded on the principles of inclusion and social justice, Roosevelt offers academic programs in arts and sciences, business, performing arts and education.