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Season 3, Ep 1: The Broken US Safety Net
We concluded season 2 of American Compassion by looking at the legacy of The Great Society and asked, " If we accept the fact that there's enough money in the US to solve poverty—just accept that—then we can start asking, how?" So, in season 3, that is where we begin.
In our first panel discussion, hosted in collaboration with the LBJ School of Public Affairs, we examine the modern safety net from a broad perspective—how did we get here, what's broken, and what are the biggest challenges for Americans who need help?
Filmed in front of an audience at the LBJ School's Bass Lecture Hall, American Compassion host Rebecca McInroy was joined in conversation by Dr. Pritesh Gandhi, Maninder "Mini" Kahlon, Ph.D., Isha Desselle, and Erine Gray.
Episode 2, "What Happens Now?" will be recorded on Nov. 13 after the upcoming presidential election. Grab your free ticket today! 🗓️ Join us Nov. 13 ▶️ https://hubs.li/Q02Qy5Z50
In 1988, Isha Desselle sold everything she owned and turned a dilapidated apartment complex in Houston into a refuge for the elderly who needed a home. Today, she has served over 40,000 men and women over 50 who needed food, shelter, healthcare, and resources.
Dr. Pritesh Gandhi is a physician who has dedicated his work to connecting the most vulnerable and marginalized Americans to medical services and primary healthcare resources, as the Associate Chief Medical Officer and Director of Adult Medicine at People's Community Clinic, as Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Homeland Security, and currently with Wal-mart as the Chief Community Health Officer.
Mini Kahlon began her career in medicine as a neuroscientist. With intense creativity, intuition, and curiosity, she moved her family to Austin and was the Dell Medical School's founding vice dean of the health ecosystem. Her focus today, with her company Beheld, is identifying opportunities to rapidly improve health through programs embedded in people's lives, getting the data to prove how empathetic connection can address chronic conditions such as diabetes, depression, and loneliness, and building systems to incorporate these innovations into our healthcare, our workforce, and our safety net.
Connection is also a big part of Erine Gray's relationship to the safety net. Life experience and working in public policy taught him the importance of access to information and resources in times of need and that when it came to this access, there was a huge gap for most Americans. After 9/11, with a background in computer science, he decided to pursue an MPA from the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Erine went on to build Find Help, the nation's largest social care network, to connect people to programs that improve outcomes for some of the most vulnerable.
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By FindhelpWe concluded season 2 of American Compassion by looking at the legacy of The Great Society and asked, " If we accept the fact that there's enough money in the US to solve poverty—just accept that—then we can start asking, how?" So, in season 3, that is where we begin.
In our first panel discussion, hosted in collaboration with the LBJ School of Public Affairs, we examine the modern safety net from a broad perspective—how did we get here, what's broken, and what are the biggest challenges for Americans who need help?
Filmed in front of an audience at the LBJ School's Bass Lecture Hall, American Compassion host Rebecca McInroy was joined in conversation by Dr. Pritesh Gandhi, Maninder "Mini" Kahlon, Ph.D., Isha Desselle, and Erine Gray.
Episode 2, "What Happens Now?" will be recorded on Nov. 13 after the upcoming presidential election. Grab your free ticket today! 🗓️ Join us Nov. 13 ▶️ https://hubs.li/Q02Qy5Z50
In 1988, Isha Desselle sold everything she owned and turned a dilapidated apartment complex in Houston into a refuge for the elderly who needed a home. Today, she has served over 40,000 men and women over 50 who needed food, shelter, healthcare, and resources.
Dr. Pritesh Gandhi is a physician who has dedicated his work to connecting the most vulnerable and marginalized Americans to medical services and primary healthcare resources, as the Associate Chief Medical Officer and Director of Adult Medicine at People's Community Clinic, as Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Homeland Security, and currently with Wal-mart as the Chief Community Health Officer.
Mini Kahlon began her career in medicine as a neuroscientist. With intense creativity, intuition, and curiosity, she moved her family to Austin and was the Dell Medical School's founding vice dean of the health ecosystem. Her focus today, with her company Beheld, is identifying opportunities to rapidly improve health through programs embedded in people's lives, getting the data to prove how empathetic connection can address chronic conditions such as diabetes, depression, and loneliness, and building systems to incorporate these innovations into our healthcare, our workforce, and our safety net.
Connection is also a big part of Erine Gray's relationship to the safety net. Life experience and working in public policy taught him the importance of access to information and resources in times of need and that when it came to this access, there was a huge gap for most Americans. After 9/11, with a background in computer science, he decided to pursue an MPA from the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Erine went on to build Find Help, the nation's largest social care network, to connect people to programs that improve outcomes for some of the most vulnerable.