Virtual Get-together via Videoconferencing

Topic: Penna. Governor's Election 2002: A Public Discourse

Tuesday, October 9, 2001
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Presenter: Karen Miller, Executive Director, PEL

Join CAPE and the Pennsylvania Economy League for Issues PA.

Issues PA is a new statewide initiative of the Pennsylvania Economy League, Inc. (PEL), built upon the platform of the upcoming 2002 governor's race. The ultimate goal of the project is to ensure that government leaders pursue policies that address Pennsylvania's economic competitiveness. To accomplish that, IssuesPA will incorporate strategies that change the nature of the 2002 campaign by challenging candidates to engage in a serious, focused examination and discussion of the issues critical to the Commonwealth's future attractiveness as a place to live, work, and do business.

PEL's emphasis will be to target its primary audiences - the state's news media and leadership communities - and to provide them with easily accessible and usable tools they need both to hold the candidates accountable and to provide the state's citizens with a better understanding of the challenges facing the Commonwealth. In doing this, PEL will build an issues framework and organizational network that will be able to have a continuing impact on the state's competitiveness well beyond the election.

This project will utilize all the tools of a modern communications campaign: well- researched issues analysis; polling; a professional media outreach infrastructure, including an exciting Internet presence; and a series of high-profile events and initiatives. PEL will work with partner organizations (including CAPE) and media outlets to distribute its research and analysis, to further engage the candidates and citizens by designing and co-sponsoring issues discussions and other public events, and to link to related research and opinion forums.

CAPE will assist PEL in multiple ways. With technological infrastructure, CAPE will invite and identify locations among its member schools for public events, utilizing videoconferencing and the Internet (webcasting/videostreaming). CAPE also invites faculty in related disciplines to become engaged in the project, as possible expert participants or discussants in some of the public events, as well as for curricular integration opportunities in related courses. The first public event is schedule for early 2002. Activity will continue throughout the election season, culminating in December 2002.

To schedule your campus for this event, please contact your campus CAPE Operations Committee Representative who can Register Online for your site to participate.

CAPE contact person: Thya Riley at rileyt@acape.org.