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Forging a Transatlantic Dialogue

Radically Pragmatic, a podcast from the Progressive Policy Institute | 07.18.2022
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Does Germany struggle with homelessness the same way cities like Denver do? What can the U.S. learn from Germany in regard to improvements to public transportation infrastructure? In the Fall of 2019, the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) partnered with Das Progressive Zentrum (DPZ) and Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft (AHG) for a new project titled “New Urban Progress: Transatlantic Dialogue on the Future of Work,

Democracy, and Well-being” which is aimed at fostering metro innovation and democratic renewal in the spirit of transatlantic dialogue. The organizations joined forces and convened a group of fellows consisting of public servants, policy experts, and community activists from Germany and the United States for a collaboration that involves two international tours, four conferences, and ten cities, all while the twenty project fellows study how we can reimagine transatlantic relations and positively impact cities on both sides of the Atlantic.

Neel Brown, Managing Director at the Progressive Policy Institute sits down with Maria Willett, Chief of Staff to Mayor Bryan K. Barnett of Rochester Hills, Michigan and Steffen Haake, Senior Consultant at Dataport who are both New Urban Progress fellows and offer their thoughts on what they learned from the fellowship. Learn more about the Progressive Policy Institute and the New Urban Progress project. Learn more about Das Progressive Zentrum. Learn more about Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft.