This panel’s experts are contributors to the new book Mandate for Change, edited by IPS Associate Fellow, Chester Hartman, which highlights a timely collection of essays by the nation’s progressive thinkers offering creative policy solutions to the pressing problems facing the incoming Obama administration.

Panelists:

• Gerald LeMelle, Executive Director, Africa Action
• Manuel Perez Rocha, Associate Fellow of the Security & Prosperity Partnership/NAFTA plus Agenda project, IPS
• Nicole Lee, Executive Director, TransAfrica Forum
• Sanho Tree, Director of the Drug Policy project, IPS
• Emira Woods, Co-Director, Foreign Policy In Focus

Moderator: Dr. Carl LeVan

Seating is limited. Please RSVP to Sena Tsikata at sena@ips-dc.org or call (202) 787-5277 for more information.