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In early fall of 2002, Demos published Crossing Divides, a report that explored areas of emerging common ground between liberals and conservatives on public policy issues related to poverty and economic security. The report examined four key policy areas where Republicans and Democrats came together to increase the economic well-being of low-income Americans: Making Work Pay, through legislation to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit; Building Wealth and Assets, through the creation of Individual Development Accounts (IDAs); Helping Working Families, by extending health care coverage to low-income children; and Community Development, through the creation of Empowerment Zones.
Demos held four forums across the country to bring together thinkers, advocates and policymakers from across the ideological spectrum to discuss the nature and scope of this common ground. The key questions confronted by the panelists at all four forums were: how real is this new common ground and how far can it go? Can the existing common ground that emerged in the 90's be enlarged to create a new national consensus around issues of poverty and economic opportunity?
Read the transcript from the Washington, DC Forum
Download the Crossing Divides executive summary
Download the full report
Download Demos' Boston Globe article on the unraveling of the common ground under the Bush administration
"Non-Partisan Anti-Poverty Efforts"
United Press International (UPI)
Think Tanks & Research Desk
February, 25, 2003.
Crossing Divides, Washington, D.C.
February 24, 2003
Stephen Goldsmith
Special Advisor to the President for Faith-Based and Not-for-Profit Initiatives
Bob Greenstein
Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Andrea Kane
Nonresident Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and
Director of Public Policy, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Ralph Smith
Senior Vice President, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Moderated by
Juan Williams
National Public Radio
Crossing Divides, New York, NY
January 27, 2003
Ron Haskins
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, and Senior Consultant, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Julianne Malveaux
Economist and Author
Fred Siegel
Professor, Cooper Union, and Senior Fellow, Progressive Policy Institute
James Tallon
President, United Hospital Fund
Moderated by
Brian Lehrer
of WNYC
Crossing Divides, Boston, MA
March 13, 2003
Mickey Edwards
Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Tripp Jones
Co-Founder, MassINC, and Senior Vice President, The Mentor Network
Mary Lassen
President and CEO, The Women's Union
Jonathan Raymond
President, Commonwealth Corporation
Representative Marie P. St. Fleur (D-Dorchester)
Chair, House Committee of Education, Arts, and Humanities
Moderated by
Joan Vennochi of The Boston Globe
Crossing Divides, San Francisco, CA
March 19, 2003
Eloise Anderson
Director, Program for the American Family
Claremont Institute
Robert Friedman
Founder and Chairman of the Board
The Corporation for Enterprise Development
Lois Salisbury
Director, Children, Families, and Communities Program,
Packard Foundation
Moderated by
Angela Glover Blackwell
PolicyLink
Made possible by a grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation
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