Keeping Relevant With Ronnie Eldridge

Ronnie welcomes frequent CUNY TV guest Les Leopold, author of "The Looting of America: How Wall Street's Game of Fantasy Finance Destroyed Our Jobs, Pensions, and Prosperity -- and What We Can Do About It."

Ronnie welcomes Ramona Ripston, who retired last year after 40 years as the Executive Director of the ACLU of Southern California.

Ronnie welcomes Matilda Cuomo, founder of Mentoring USA, a nation wide program which is based on a one-to-one mentoring model. Ms. Cuomo is also the editor of “The Person Who Changed My Life: Prominent People Recall Their Mentors.”

Eldridge & Co. has Jewell Jackson McCabe, Founder of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women discussing race relations in America.

Ronnie sits down with Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY. The two discuss our country’s criminal justice system and how important education is to society as a whole.

Ronnie sits down with Sara Bennett, attorney for Judith Clark, an inmate at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility who is currently seeking clemency.

Ronnie sits down with Jerry H. Goldfeder, a prominent election lawyer with over thirty years of trial and appellate experience. Mr. Goldfeder gives us a better understanding of some of our nations more complex voting regulations.

Ronnie sits down with New York City Council Member Brad Lander, who represents the 39th district in Brooklyn. Council Member Lander discusses the state of public schools and affordable housing.

Ronnie welcomes Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor/publisher of “The Nation” and author of the recently published book “The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama.”

Ronnie welcomes NYC Council Member Jessica Lappin. Councilwoman Lappin represents the 5th Dist. of Manhattan, which includes the Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island. Among other topics, they discuss the future graduate school campus on Roosevelt Island.