Revitalizing America's Distressed Communities
November 9, 1995 - November 11, 1995
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Building on its 1993 project, "Interwoven Destinies," The American Assembly gathered experts in 1995 to identify approaches needed to increase entrepreneurship and investment in areas of need.  Participants also produced a report with the aim of identifying a private-sector led set of initiatives to revitalize urban communities.

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Sonal Shah

Sonal Shah, head of the White House's Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, was named an  'Next Generation' fellow in 2009, as part of the Assembly's project on cultivating new leadership for America foreign policy.  Before joining the White House, Shah managed and implemented two of Google.org's global development initiatives and served on President Obama's Transition Board overseeing the Technology, Innovation, Government Reform working group.