Marc friedman author of the new book, the big shift navigating the new stage beyond midlife talks about the need for better social programs and savings plans for people in their 50s, 60s and 70s who want meaningful and sustaining work later in life. From the Commonwealth Club of california in San Francisco, this is 45 minutes. Good evening and welcome to the meeting of the Common Wealth club of california. I am chair the clubs grown ups for amend your host for today. We also welcome our listening audience and we invite everyone to listen to us on line at Commonwealth Club. Org. Now its my pleasure to introduce our distinguished speaker. Marc freedman is ceo and founder of encore. Org, a Nonprofit Organization working to promote Encore Careers. Second acts for the greater good. He spearheaded the creation of the experience core, now one of americas largest Nonprofit National Service Programs engaging people over 55. And the purpose prize, which annually provides five, 100,000dollar pric
Yes, we are actually helping with the nfl evolution. Set each day you see some of the tips, which i am the publisher of that site. I am also the author of home team advantage, the Critical Role of mothers in youth sport and i have a great new hat as a producer of a documentary about the. I keep hearing great pieces about parents. So yes, moms team is the website that i run. For the past 12 years weve been leading the way, i believe, in concussion education at these Sports High School level. Moms are very concerned. As a matter of fact a year ago, nine months ago i received a letter from my mom in oklahoma and she wanted moms seem to parachute in with our of experts to set up a concussion Risk Management program. That is a very common question we have received over 12 years is can you help us . We been halted by the long, but this time of what to document every step of the way. One of my triplet sons was taken out of football because of concussions years ago. Now knowing what i know, th
With israel and hamas and the gaza strip. We will have that for you live. The conflict in israel and gaza came up today during Prime Ministers question time in london. Can i start by going the Prime Minister in paying tribute to capt. Area of the royal regiment of scotland . He showed the utmost courage and bravery and all of our thoughts and condolences are with his family and friends. Can i also express my deep sorrow about the loss of life and suffering in israel and gaza in recent days, including the latest terrorist attack on a bus in tel aviv. There is widespread support on all sides of the house for immediate and durable ceasefire being agreed in israel and gaza. So what will the Prime Minister set out in his view what are the remaining barriers to this ceasefire agreement being reached . I agree with the gentlemen about the appalling news this morning about the terrorist attack on a bus in tel aviv. Can i also express our concern for the people in southern israel and for the gr
Fundamental truth, we were building the best Grass Roots Campaign in modern political history. We had the best candidate and the best message. In a way, the story of this election is the degree to which replicated the 2008 results. Many people thought that 2008 was a onceinalifetime result. You came very close to replicating it. I think the most fascinating statistic is africanamericans in ohio, 11 of the electorate, 15 this time. You found 200,000 more African American voters who turned out for you. Mitt romney lost the state by 103,000. That was the election, right there. Finding those extra African American voters. Let me back up. We won this election because of barack obama. People volunteered and supported the president because of his message, because of the campaign he built. And because they were making big choice about where they wanted the country to go. From the first day, he offered me this job, he said to me this has to be about the grass roots. We are going to run a campai
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