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Fri Mar 2, 2018, 12:49 PM Mar 2018

Video: Senator Bernie Sanders - Albert Shanker Institute



Published on Mar 2, 2018

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PUERTO RICO:
The Road to Recovery and Reconstruction


At this moment, with the future of Puerto Rico hanging in the balance, we believe that powerful voices must come together to advocate for the island and its people.

This national conference focused on what needs to be done to rebuild the Puerto Rican economy and its educational system in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria.

PROGRAM

WELCOME AND KEYNOTE:
Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers

COMMENTS during the course of the day:
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
Sen. Bernie Sanders, (I-Vt)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass)

A FORWARD VISION FOR THE PUERTO RICAN ECONOMY
Richard Carrión, Jr., managing director, Apex Capital Partners LLC
Martin Guzman, associate research scholar, Columbia University Graduate School of Business; co-chair, Columbia Institute for Policy Dialogue’s Task Force on Debt Restructuring and Sovereign Bankruptcy
Simon Johnson, Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marie T. Mora, professor of economics and associate vice provost for faculty diversity, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

EDUCATION: SECURING PUERTO RICO'S FUTURE
Betty A. Rosa, chancellor, New York State Board of Regents
Aida Díaz Rivera, president, Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico

VOICE FROM PUERTO RICO
María “Mayita” Meléndez, mayor of Ponce

ORGANIZING TO SUPPORT THE PUERTO RICAN AGENDA
Jose Calderón, president, Hispanic Federation

http://www.shankerinstitute.org/event/puerto-rico-recovery

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