By the People: America in the World, a new initiative of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, aims to energize and enhance the national conversation on America's role in the world through a series of national and local broadcasts and events that demonstrate the relevance of foreign policy issues to local concerns.
KQED: By the People
As a part of the By the People initiative, KQED organized local community gatherings in which KQED's online Q & A module, You Decide, was used in a live setting to encourage participants to explore whether America's consumption of oil is linked to terrorism. [You may take the activity yourself in the right column of this page.]
The live sessions culminated in a town hall meeting on Thursday, May 22, 2003 at KQED in cooperation with the World Affairs Council. A moderated panel discussed the question: "What impact does the U.S. dependence on oil have on the rest of the world?" There was Q & A with a large attending audience. A full audio archive of the event can be heard below.
KQED and World Affairs Council Town Hall: America & Oil Thursday, May 22, 2003
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(1 hr., 30 mins.) Launch Slideshow Moderator:Dave Iverson Panelists: Severin Borenstein, Director, University of California Energy Institute Mary Jean Burer, Transportation Policy Analyst for the Natural Resources Defense Council Ivan Eland, Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at The Independent Institute Sandy Tolan, National Public Radio correspondent, and UC Berkeley instructor of class, "Politics of Petroleum" Michael Watts, Director of the Institute for International Studies, UC Berkeley
Community Activity Events
The Parents' Coalition of Bay Area High Schools and KQED Media Salon
Monday, May 12, 2003 View the results of this event: text excerpts, image slideshows and audio clips.
Hands On San Francisco Tuesday, May 13, 2003 View the results of this event: text excerpts and audio clips.
The Pacific News Service: Youth Outlook Wednesday, May 14, 2003 View the results of this event: text excerpts and video clips.
Rossmoor Active Senior Adult Community
Thursday, May 15, 2003 Read a summary of this event.
League of Women Voters of San Francisco
Monday, May 19, 2003 Read a summary of this event.
Video Short
A short documentary highlighting comments and perspectives from KQED's community activity events.
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