please welcome robert weissman. [applause] >> so thank you for your stamina, for democracy, for breaking through power. fortunately, or otherwise i'm the last person between you and lunch. so try to an issue. unfortunate this microphone is take out ataken at a catwalk ret anatomy pictures, such as going to talk, but i'm suggesting to some degree could entertain all the wisdom shadow puppets with a good light we have. we have the people and where the cole brothers. -- koch brothers. we'll come back to that. there's a convention comments with conventional wisdom which is that america is a country deeply divided. we are ready and blue states. i urgently to reporting on this on npr this morning with some interesting reporting and some shocking views. we are planning a country divided, profoundly by race and equally as profound less often recognized by class. that political star, that's the dominant narrative to try to explain what's going on in the country that we are a divided nation. and it is some truth. that story h

we have robert weissman talking about stopping corporate power and money in politics. we have after lunch the world's expert on whistleblowing for the american university and college of law. peter dreier on public sentiment is social change and what it takes that abraham lincoln once said with public sentiment you can do anything. we have jordan, senior strategist national people's action on training for change training for other skills that mike. i'm tackling the most important issue of fallen fortunately overcoming civic apathy as if anybody has an answer to that one. we have teaching civics, a view from the classroom. we have building a movement by high director of common cause. we have civic engagement with business leaders by mitch rasky who started the federal club soda environmental aaa version and we have a discussion with the former president of council for the social studies and a proposal for a new citizen library. and of course, the key issue in terms of civic motivation but it rarely takes more than 1% of the people reflect public sentiment in congressiona

weissman talking about stopping putting corporate money in politics. after lunch we have the world's expert on whistleblowing, law professor robert vaughn, from american university washington college of law, we have petter d dreyer on social sentiment, reminding us abraham lincoln said with public sentiment you can do anything. we have jordan, national people's action on training for change, civic skills training like we train for our other skills in life. i'm tackling the most important issue of all, unfortunately, overcoming civic apathy, as if anybody has an answer to that one. we have teaching civics, a view from the classroom. we have building a movement by director of common cause, we have civic engagement, the responsibility of business leaders by mitch rosky who started the better world club, a sort of environmental aaa version, and we have a discussion with the former president of national council for the social studies and a proposal for a new citizen library, and of course, the key issue in terms of civic motivation that it rarely takes more than 1% of the people reflecting public sentiment and congressional districts to turn around the con