Episode Synopsis "Illumine America, Episode 1: Russell Krumnow and Sharona Shuster from Convergence"

In our first episode of Illumine America, we speak with Russell Krumnow and Sharona Shuster from Convergence. Convergence is a non-profit organization that convenes individuals and organizations with divergent views to build trust, identify solutions, and form alliances for action on critical national issues. It just celebrated its 10th anniversary and has worked on projects related to reimagining education, health reform, improving reentry, and developing a better federal budget process, among other issues. Two members of the Convergence team, Russell Krumnow and Sharona Shuster, talk with us in this interview about Convergence’s approach to its work and the “Working Up” dialogue for action to increase economic mobility for low-income workers and households in the United States.

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