Midwest v 2.0: New Innovations, Re-energized Workforce, Sustainable Future Event

This weekend students and experts in the new economy public policy field will gather at the MSU Detroit Center for the “Midwest v 2.0: New Innovations, Re-energized Workforce, Sustainable Future” event. The conference was organized by The University of Michigan chapter of the Roosevelt Institute: They are going to explore these important questions:

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• What will it take to avoid a “brain drain” of students leaving the Midwest after pursuing higher education?
• How can cities and urban centers cope with chronic unemployment?
• What jobs can replace the thousands lost with the decline of industrial centers?
• How can we make the Midwest a place our generation wants and is able to live in?

Representative Ed Clemente (MI-14), and Rob Johnson, Director of the Economic Policy Initiative for the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute are the keynote speakers at the event.

The Policy Workshop will also feature 14 non-profit, policy-making, and political organizations working to transform the Midwest, including:

• Michigan Cool Cities
• Progress Michigan
• Great Lakes Urban Exchange
• TechTown
• Soul of the Community

If you are interested in going (I am going to try and be there Saturday) or want more information, go here: http://www.rooseveltcampusnetwork.org/event/fall-policy-workshop-detroit.

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