What do you want President-elect Donald Trump to know about you and your community?
WUWM, WPR and NPR asked that question during its A Nation Engaged community conversation Wednesday, January 11 at The Back Room @ Colectivo Coffee in Milwaukee.
NPR Political Correspondent Don Gonyea moderated a panel and took comments and questions from the audience, with the help of WUWM's Mitch Teich, executive producer of Lake Effect, and WPR's Kyla Calvert Mason.
The panel included:
- Julaine Appling, Wisconsin Family Action
- Ricardo Diaz, United Community Center
- Robin Moore, Republican Women of Waukesha
- Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Voces de la Frontera
- Fred Royal, NAACP Milwaukee
- Tim Sheehy, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce
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"A Nation Engaged" panel members discuss what they want the incoming administration to know about their communities.
The hopes people expressed include respect, civility and a sense of certainty about what the next president truly believes.
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"A Nation Engaged" audience discussion highlights and panel member's closing remarks.
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Listen to the full "A Nation Engaged" conversation - Part 1.
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Listen to the full "A Nation Engaged" conversation - Part 2.
