Jal Mehta

Jal Mehta

Soros connection

On November 29, 2006 Open Society Institute held a roundtable discussion entitled "How Do Progressives Connect Ideas to Action?"

Individuals and organizations with similarly progressive goals often dilute their power by working alone or even working at cross-purposes. As Americans who are politically left of center move forward, questions of infrastructure, communication, and collaboration are particularly important.

Participants included several key leaders of the "progressive" movement;

• Deepak Bhargava Center for Community Change

• Robert Borosage Campaign for America's Future.

• Rosa Brooks Open Society Institute

• Anna Burger Service Employees International Union

• Eric Foner Columbia University, Department of History

• Michel Gelobter Redefining Progress

• Hendrik Hertzberg The New Yorker

• Alan Jenkins Opportunity Agenda

• Gara LaMarche Open Society Institute

• Jal Mehta New Vision Institute for Policy and Progress

• David Moss The Tobin Project

• Iara Peng Young People For

• Stephanie Robinson The Jamestown Project at Yale

• Joel Rogers University of Wisconsin Law School

• Andrea Batista Schlesinger Drum Major Institute for Public Policy

• Katrina vanden Heuvel The Nation editor.

• John Podesta Center for American Progress

• Michael Waldman The Brennan Center for Justice

• Matthew Yglesias The American Prospect