now it is my pleasure to introduce the authors for this session, shelia collins and trudy schaffner goldberg. the book "when government helped: learning from the successes and failures of the new deal" provides a rich portrait of policies and programs with a new deal with special attention directed to the impact of the powerful social movements on social reform. and trudy schaffner goldberg is professor america of social polity and a delphi university where she directed the phd program. she is cochair of the columbia seminar on full employment and social welfare and cofounder and chair of the national jobs for all coalitions which advocate the 21st century vision of the innovative jobs creation programs of the new deal. sheila collins is professor of political science and former director of the graduate program in public policy and international affairs at williams paterson university. the co-author of six books and numerous book chapters and an encyclopedia entry on american politics and public policy, globalization, social movements and religion. she cochairs the seminar on full employment