David De Graw's guest appearances

David De Graw

Free Forum with Terrence McNally

Barack Obama

Sharon Salzberg

Donald Trump

Nick Kristof

Vicki Robin

Arianna Huffington

Marianne Williamson

Bruce Lipton

Arlie Hochschild

Tiffany Shlain

Thomas Frank

Rick Hanson

David Eagleman

Michael Pollan

Jared Diamond

OwlTail

Benjamin Chavis

Aired 01/15/12Guests: David De Graw, one of the central figures in the leaderless and horizontal Occupy/99% movement and Dr Ben Chavis, longtime civil rights leader, from his youthful days with King, to his leadership of the Million Man March, to his current role in the Hip Hop Summit Action Network. We talk about the alliance between African American faith leaders and the Occupy movement -- Occupy the Dream. The coalition called a National Day of Action for January 16, 2012, Martin Luther King Day, with demonstrations in multiple cities nationwide, focusing attention on the injustice visited upon the 99% by a financial elite. You can learn more at occupy the dream.org.DAVID DeGRAW is founder and editor of AmpedStatus.com, as well as OWSnews.org, formerly editorial director of MediaChannel.org, and author of The Economic Elite Vs. The People of the United States.In 1965, while a college freshman, BENJAMIN CHAVIS became a statewide youth coordinator in North Carolina for the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As a chemist, he was a founder of the environmental justice movement, then an organizer of the Million Man March, and since he has been CEO and Co-Chairman of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, in New York City which he cofounded with hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons.

Aired 01/15/12 Guests: David De Graw, one of the central figures in the leaderless and horizontal Occupy/99% movement and Dr Ben Chavis, longtime civil rights leader, from his youthful days with King, to his leadership of the Million Man March, to his current role in the Hip Hop Summit Action Network. We talk about the alliance between African American faith leaders and the Occupy movement -- Occupy the Dream. The coalition called a National Day of Action for January 16, 2012, Martin Luther King Day, with demonstrations in multiple cities nationwide, focusing attention on the injustice visited upon the 99% by a financial elite. You can learn more at occupy the <a href="http://dream.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dream.org</a>. DAVID DeGRAW is founder and editor of <a href="http://AmpedStatus.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AmpedStatus.com</a>, as well as <a href="http://OWSnews.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OWSnews.org</a>, formerly editorial director of <a href="http://MediaChannel.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MediaChannel.org</a>, and author of The Economic Elite Vs. The People of the United States. In 1965, while a college freshman, BENJAMIN CHAVIS became a statewide youth coordinator in North Carolina for the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As a chemist, he was a founder of the environmental justice movement, then an organizer of the Million Man March, and since he has been CEO and Co-Chairman of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, in New York City which he cofounded with hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons.

Q&A: Occupy the Dream: Benjamin Chavis & David De Graw 

Aired 01/10/10DAVID DEGRAW is the day-to-day director of http://mediachannel.org/ whose slogan is "As the media watch the world, we watch the media." Founded by Danny Schechter and Rory O'Conner, MediaChannel deals with the political, cultural and social impacts of the media, large and small. David created http://ampedstatus.com/ to combine cutting-edge technology with human intelligence. He and his team analyze thousands of news items daily to deliver the most hard-hitting and informative.DAVID DEGRAW started a tech company with friends during  the internet boom of the late 90's. They'd raised millions in venture capital when David chose to leave to do more socially conscious work. He did online marketing/business development consulting on projects with Sony, Pearl Jam, AlterNet, etc. After consulting on Danny Schechter's documentary Weapons of Mass Distraction, he moved to Media Channel, where he has been director for five years. In the spring of 2009, he debuted http://ampedstatus.com/

Aired 01/10/10 DAVID DEGRAW is the day-to-day director of <a href="http://mediachannel.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mediachannel.org/</a> whose slogan is "As the media watch the world, we watch the media." Founded by Danny Schechter and Rory O'Conner, MediaChannel deals with the political, cultural and social impacts of the media, large and small. David created <a href="http://ampedstatus.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ampedstatus.com/</a> to combine cutting-edge technology with human intelligence. He and his team analyze thousands of news items daily to deliver the most hard-hitting and informative. DAVID DEGRAW started a tech company with friends during the internet boom of the late 90's. They'd raised millions in venture capital when David chose to leave to do more socially conscious work. He did online marketing/business development consulting on projects with Sony, Pearl Jam, AlterNet, etc. After consulting on Danny Schechter's documentary Weapons of Mass Distraction, he moved to Media Channel, where he has been director for five years. In the spring of 2009, he debuted <a href="http://ampedstatus.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ampedstatus.com/</a>

Q&A: DAVID DE GRAW, Director, MediaChannel.org