advancement of science and art. pleasure to welcome you to our historic great hall as we commemorate a profound and lasting expression of political conviction that took place in this room exactly 160 years ago today. as you saw moments ago, the great hall occupies an important place in the fabric of our city. sitting here tonight you are not only occupying a seat where, on this day in 1860, new yorkers listened to a then-little-known statesman from illinois deliver a speech that would not only alter the course of his life but would impact the future of our .ation since that day scores of individuals have filled your seats, eager to discuss the issues that define who we are as a country tonight you have a seat to another perspective on america s next chapter, inspired by the man who would reunite the country after the most divided period of its history and preserve the great american experience. abraham lincoln later viewed his cooper union speech as the turning point to his e
. we have more people arriving but they will be uh sherdsherd. . i want to thank you for joining us today for this lunch of our lunchtime dialogue series america s rural opportunity, i want to thank all the people in the room, as well as hundreds of people livestreaming and those watching live on c-span3. i wonder how many there are. i am jeanette executive director of the aspen institute director, we do a lot of work out in the country connecting, motivating and equipping local leaders to build more prosperous regions and advance those living on the economic margins, since 1985 aspen institute has focused most of it s work in rural america and through our experience over those years we have learned full well that rural america is not fly ovover country, rather live in, work in, start a business in, and raise a family in country, recent media headlines have focused on the decline of critical sectors, community health crisis and more. it reveals an important but less publi
of people livestreaming and those watching live on c-span3. i wonder how many there are. [laughter] i am executive director of the aspen institute director, we do a lot of work out in the country connecting, motivating and equipping local leaders to build more prosperous regions and to advance those living on the economic margins while they do that. since 1985 aspen institute has focused most of it s work in rural america and through our experience over those years we have learned full well that rural america is not fly flyover country. rather live in, work in, start a business in, and raise a family in country, . recent media headlines have focused on the decline of critical sectors, community health crises and more. a deeper understanding of rural america reveals an important but less publicized invasion and collaborative local invasions to turn challenges into opportunities. so to launch this series today we wanted to highlight just three representative stories of innovati
when donald trump won our state by 17,000 million%. all are available on home page or searching video library. a conversation now from the aspen institution on how rural economies can grow. we ll here about job training problems. good afternoon. we re going to get started. we have more people arriving. wom welcome to the aspen institute. on behalf of the strategy group and the rural development innovation group i want to thank you for joining us for this lunchtime dialogue series. i want to thank the people in the rook in washington, d.c. as well those live streaming and those watching on c-span 3. i m i wonder how many there are. i m janet, i m director of the group. what we do we do a lot of work in the country quipping local leaders to build prosperous region. since 1985, aspen as focus its work in rural. through our experience we have learned full well that rural america is not fly over country. rural america is live in, start a business in and start a family in c
lunchtime dialogue series. i want to thank the people in the rook in washington, d.c. as well those live streaming and those watching on c-span 3. i m i wonder how many there are. i m janet, i m director of the group. what we do we do a lot of work in the country quipping local leaders to build prosperous region. since 1985, aspen as focus its work in rural. through our experience we have learned full well that rural america is not fly over country. rural america is live in, start a business in and start a family in country. so recent media headlines have focus nation acute rural challenges, inadequate job student, infrastructure challenge, community health crises and more. those are real but a deeper understanding reveals important picture of innovation and using local are source to turn challenges into opportunity. we want to highlight stories of innovation that are build on local assets from three different parts of rural america. we are joined today by the people you se