randi weingarten is president of the american federation of teachers which represents 1.6 million educational professionals. and, finally beth williams is evil of roxbury technology, a company with mission to get back to its urban community by creating jobs and manufacturing earth friendly products. so we have a great group of people here today. i would like to start out the discussion with lee saunders. why should we care about our urban areas? >> first let me thank c.a.p. for coordinating and sponsoring with afscme. we believe this is a discussion that is long overdue. that, in fact, there's a tragedy going on within our urban centers across this country. the lack of jobs the lack of good paying jobs, and we got to talk about it. not only on the labor side but business, academics, elected officials all of us have to think outside the box to talk about the problems that exist in the urban areas right now. you know about the detroit of the world you've heard about atlantic city. you've heard some of these cities are actually having a comeback. but if you look at the specific comebacks you wil

randi weingarten is president of the american federation of teachers, which represents 1.6 million education professionals. finally, seth williams is ceo of a company with a mission to get back to observing community by providing jobs with earths products. i would like to start this discussion with lee saunders. lee, why should we care about our urban areas? mr. saunders: we believe that this is a discussion that is long overdue. there is a tragedy going on within urban centers across the country. the lack of jobs, good paying jobs, and we have to talk about it. not only on the labor side, but businesses, academics, elected officials. all of us have to think outside of the box to talk about the problem that exist in urban areas right now. you know about detroit. you've heard about atlantic city. you've heard that some of these cities are actually having a comeback. if you look at those specific comebacks, you will see that it is affecting to small areas of that particular city. in fact, when you go outside of that area, you see poverty joblessness, problems with education, infrastructure. we

randi weingarten is president of the american federation of teachers, which represents 1.6 million educationalrofessionals. and finally, seth williams is c.e.o. of rockford technology company, a company with mission to give back to its urban community by creating jobs and manufacturing earth friendly products. so, we have a great group of people here today. i'd like to start out the discussion with lee saunders. lee, why should we actually care about our urban areas? mr. saunders: first, let me thank you for coordinating this and sponsoring it. we believe that this is a discussion that's long overdue. in fact, there is a tragedy going on within our urban centers across this country. the lack of jobs, good-paying jobs, and we have to talk about it not only on the labor side, but business, academics, elected officials, all of us have to think outside the box to talk about the problems that exist in the urban areas right now. you know about the detroits of the world. you have heard about atlantic city. you have heard that some these cities are actually having a comeback, but if you look at those