Tuesday Lunch With Dean Baker and Alan Rosenblatt
On Tuesday, I will be attending a lunch discussion with Dean Baker and Alan Rosenblatt at an event sponsored by DCRAC, The West End Neighborhood House and The YWCA. DCRAC describes the event this way:
Baker will discuss how the Washington press corps misreports economic issues and why the federal government needs to invest in communities, grow jobs and grow the economy. Rosenblatt will address the variety of ways nonprofits and civic organizations can utilize social media to engage their clients and the press, the general public and elected officials. Over a dozen nonprofit organizations from Delaware will be in attendance.
Due to space limitations, the event is by invitation only, but I plan to live broadcast the event on UStream, but with better equipment than I did for the Karen Weldin Stewart event last year. Check back here at noon to see what’s happening and catch the discussion. I will also be live-tweeting the event on Twitter.
Tags: Lunchtime Video, Progressives, The Economy, Wilmington
Cool! I love me some Dean Baker.
Very awesome to be able to meet Dean Baker.
Maybe Tom Carper will be there too so he can get the real scoop on Social Security from a guy who can Do The Math.
Maybe all those nonprofits can figure out a good community use for the Camp Wright property in Mill Creek. It is a historic camp run by the Family Society of Wilmington, an early relief organization, that served Wilmington families for most of the 20th century. The camp was last managed by the West End Neighborhood House until it was acquired by the county in 2005.
My father and aunts and uncles on both sides of my family attended Camp Wright, and now I live a short walk away.
The camp buildings still stand, but last I heard, demolition permits had been issued, waiting only for funding to tear them down. The buildings still seem serviceable, although I haven’t been inside. The plan is to restore it to open space and make it part of the Mill Creek Greenway. I have put out feelers to several folks at the county about whether they would be receptive to a public-private partnership to restore the camp, but didn’t find much interest. First thing would be an inspection of the building interiors and roofs.
If the buildings are still reparable inside, it would be great to return them to community use before the wrecking crews arrive.