Momentum Speaker Directory
 
Speaker Title Plenary Year

Melissa Bradley

Building Wealth for All

There is a big difference between getting a job and creating assets. The number of people in this country who are economically "at risk" is rising daily. Melissa Bradley outlines this issue and some ways we can help build wealth across the economic spectrum.

Money 2008

Jon Hiatt

Community Labor Coalitions

Hiatt advocates for collaboration between the organized labor movement and an emerging labor movement of worker centers and community based organizations. Presentation of "Community-Labor Coalitions: Los Angeles Car Wash Campaign."

Money 2008

Rob Johnson

Too Big to Fail

Months before the economic crisis, the former director at Soros Fund Management talks about excessive risk and much needed reforms in the financial system and the tension between markets, taxpayers and basic values.

Money 2008

Premal Shah

Lending with Mutual Dignity

Premal Shah, president of Microlending phenom Kiva, talks about raising money "Howard Dean-style" (or "Barack Obama-style") might be able to bring down the cost of borrowing for the world's working poor.

Money 2008

Tom Steyer

Fair and Just Banking for Low Income Communities

Money 2008