Bill Strickland makes change with a slide show | Video on TED.com
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Now that the tears are out of my eyes and I can type, I have to say, that this talk is a "
Must See", watch it A.S.A.P. and then forward a link to a friend. This man has engaged a cross section of Americans in order to help us find our own solutions to our problems, by attacking the problems at the public, corporate and the the private levels. As opposed to dictating top-down solutions and bailing out corporate entities that are
too big to fail. The focus must be placed on
collectives,
such as have been created by the likes of Mr. Strickland and those who have aligned themselves with him, in which Americans have already taken the initiative to begin the reconstruction of the the cultural, educational and the economic infrastructure. Not only is Mr. Strickland's model bold and innovative but it appears to be coming about with a high degree of self financing, without major funding from the government. As he points out, if the government would like to get involved, they could start by getting discount on the monies being spent on the prison system, since education costs about 35% or so, less and has the added benefit of creating an America that will be more competetive in the world marketplace.
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This is such and amazing example of Americans working together to solve our problems that I would go as far as to declare it to be revolutionary. Bill Strickland has pieced together a collection of multi-cultural, multi-generational, public, private, corporate, retail and manufacturing interests- all cooperating in a way that is mutually beneficial and as an added bonus the country as a whole is being strengthened. I would call that a win, win, win, win, win win, win situation.
I'm glad to know that President Obama has selected
Bill Strickland for the newly formed
White House Council for Community Solutions. Let's try to make sure that they have the opportunity and our support to implement some of these solutions.
