The American Promise Opportunity/Leverage/Common Ground
Why opportunity is fundamental to our idea of democracy, how leverage enables the workings of democracy, and how issues draw people to a common ground of action. Examples include the formation of the Central Brooklyn Federal Credit Union, the story of the inventor of the mountain bike, the creation of the Shelter for Homeless Vets, the Women's Self Employment group in South Chicago, the Yellow Bike Program in Oregon, a family who dealt with their son's tragic accident by building a therapy center to help other accident victims, a New Mexican community's plan for the fair allocation of scarce water resources, a debate among whitewater rafters on the construction of the Auburn Dam, and a blacksmith's construction of a church baptismal font from iron contributed by its parishioners.
A three-part examination of the state of democracy and civic engagement in America today through re-enactments of local decision-making processes and stories of individual people from around the country.
Primary Title
- The American Promise
Secondary Title
- Opportunity/Leverage/Common Ground
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 16 November 2000
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Episode
- 3
Channel
- Worldnet
Broadcaster
- United States Information Agency
Programme Description
- A three-part examination of the state of democracy and civic engagement in America today through re-enactments of local decision-making processes and stories of individual people from around the country.
Episode Description
- Why opportunity is fundamental to our idea of democracy, how leverage enables the workings of democracy, and how issues draw people to a common ground of action. Examples include the formation of the Central Brooklyn Federal Credit Union, the story of the inventor of the mountain bike, the creation of the Shelter for Homeless Vets, the Women's Self Employment group in South Chicago, the Yellow Bike Program in Oregon, a family who dealt with their son's tragic accident by building a therapy center to help other accident victims, a New Mexican community's plan for the fair allocation of scarce water resources, a debate among whitewater rafters on the construction of the Auburn Dam, and a blacksmith's construction of a church baptismal font from iron contributed by its parishioners.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Current affairs
- Educational
Hosts
- Robert Reilley (Host)
- Joe Morton (Narrator)
Contributors
- Imagine Entertainment (Production Unit)
- James Crimmins (Creator)
- James C Crimmins (Executive producer)
- Carmine Santandrea (Executive Producer)
- Deborah A Hudson (Producer)