Our Budget, Our Economy Town Hall Meeting

Posted by on May 17, 2010

Foundations support town meetings on US fiscal challenges

The Peter G. Peterson, MacArthur, and Kellogg foundations have announced grants totaling $4.2 million for an effort that will convene thousands of Americans to discuss the nation’s fiscal future.

Organized by AmericaSpeaks, the Our Budget, Our Economy meetings will take place on Saturday, June 26th in twenty cities simultaneously, including Philadelphia.

The initiative will bring together demographically diverse groups in the 20 cities and invite volunteers to convene smaller conversations in communities across the nation. The forums will be held simultaneously and linked together by satellite and the Internet for a truly national discussion, which will be the largest and most comprehensive opportunity to date for Americans to deliberate on our federal budget.

Participants will weigh in on the policy options framed by a diverse, bipartisan group of experts. The resultant recommendations, reflecting priorities from a broad cross-section of the America public will be shared with policymakers as America’s solutions for a sustainable fiscal future.

The Philadelphia Town Hall meeting will be held at the First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street in West Philadelphia, from 11:30am to 6pm.  Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.  To register, click here.

http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5874/p/salsa/event/common/public/index.sjs?event_KEY=19962

For more details, click here.

http://usabudgetdiscussion.org/