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Join us on stage in Denver!
We're upping the ante for Denver and offering LFMS audience members a chance to be on stage and on camera to ask our panelists and host Laura Flanders their questions about change.
Do you want to know more about the opportunities of a green economy? Maybe you have a criticism of the "change" fever that is sweeping the party. Now is the time to make your voice heard!
If you've RSVPed for Sunday's event and have something you want to say, please email erin@themediaconsortium.com or erin.consortium@gmail.com your name, phone number and question for the show. The Live From Main Street team will then select questions that best represent the audience and feature those individuals on stage as a part of the program.
If you haven't RSVPed, please do so now and be a part of a live, televised event! The deadline to submit questions is 8:00 p.m. on Friday, August 22.
Denver guest updates!
Just writing to share the great news! We've added two more stellar folks to the Live From Main Street Denver lineup. We're very excited to have Andre Banks, Deputy Director of Color of Change, and Faye Wattleton, President and Co-Founder of the Center for the Advancement of Women, join us on Sunday, August 24.
Other guests include:
- Representative Donna Edwards (D-MD), the first African American Congresswoman from Maryland who harnessed the power of the netroots to win a special election this June by 80%
- Van Jones, co-founder and President of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
- David Sirota, bestselling author of The Uprising: The Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington
- Polly Baca, Former Colorado State Senator and President and CEO of the Latin American Research and Service Agency (LARASA)
- Lee Camp, Laughing Liberally comedian
- And more…
LFMS Miami: Streaming Video!
Streaming video of the entire Miami show is available here, courtesy of LinkTV!
Welcome to LFMS Miami!
Laura Flanders welcomes over 200 Miamians to Live From Main Street, a town hall focused on the economic crunch, the housing crisis and building a sustainable city.
Miami: Canary in the Coal Mine
Gihan Perera, Executive Director of the Miami Workers Center talks with Laura Flanders about why the rest of the country needs to pay attention to what’s happening in Miami.
Countrywide Mortgage faces Miami Grassroots Leaders
Watch Miami grassroots leaders come face to face with Countrywide Mortgage for a heated conversation on the housing crisis.
Why Affordable Green Housing Makes Sense
Live From Main Street explores why affordable green housing is good for the environment and for building a sustainable Miami.
LFMS in Miami Herald
Live from Main Street was featured in the Miami Herald! Here's a scan of the article from the Sunday edition, which is also available online.
Public News Service on Housing Crisis Investigation Week
Kevin Clay, of Public News Service Florida, reports on how the Housing Crisis is affecting communities of color. For a transcript and podcast of Clays report, click here.
How to End the Housing Crisis and Take Back the Land
By Max Rameau, author/founder of Take Back the Land, a project of the Center for Pan-African Development
In the wake of record foreclosures and a gentrification crisis, communities are wringing hands and gnashing teeth in the fruitless pursuit of government assistance for housing. And the great irony of this housing crisis is that there is no shortage of either housing or government money.
