generational equity tour recap
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A recap of The Can Kicks Back's 5-week, cross-country, "Generational Equity Tour."TRANSCRIPT
Generational Equity Tour Sept. 25 – Oct. 31 | Tour Summary & Recap About the Tour: The “Generational Equity Tour” was a five-‐week, cross-‐country series of events to educate and engage the millennial generation on our economic future. Through daytime engagement activities, documentary screenings, keynote presentations and panel discussions, the tour explained how the trajectory of the federal budget threatens the American Dream for today’s young people and future generations. The tour built grassroots support for the INFORM Act, a bipartisan budget reform championed by TCKB. Outcomes, by the numbers:
• 10,000 +: Interactions with millennials and materials handed out • 71: Partner organizations, including local College Democrats & Republicans • 6,000 +: Miles driven between California, Michigan, Florida and Washington, DC • 20: Events organized at colleges & young professional communities, including: • 2,300 +: Total attendees at evening events along the tour • 40 +: Local and regional TV, radio & print media hits • 1,500 +: New supporters for The Can Kicks Back campaign • 800 +: Tins cans with messages collected from young people
Keynote speakers along the tour included:
• Allen Boyd –– Former U.S. Representative (D-‐FL) • Geoffrey Canada –– President & CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone • Stanley Druckenmiller –– Philanthropist & former President of Duquesne Capital • Bill Novelli –– Former CEO of AARP • Isabel Sawhill –– Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution • Hon. Alan Simpson –– Former U.S. Senator (R-‐WY) & Fiscal Commission Co-‐Chair • Paul Stebbins –– Chairman & CEO of World Fuel Services • Hon. George Voinovich –– Former U.S. Senator & Governor (R-‐OH) • Joan Woodward –– President of Travelers Institute • Hon. David M. Walker –– Former U.S. Comptroller General
“Washington must start talking honestly with the American people about where we are or we won’t make it. Young people are going to get stuck. You’ve got to get organized and The Can Kicks Back is it.” – Former Senator Alan Simpson For more information, including photos, videos & daily recaps: http://tour.thecankicksback.org