In this epic road trip, political comedian John Fugelsang retraces the journey of Alexis de Tocqueville, whose study of our young country in 1831 came to define America as a place where anyone, of any
background, could climb the ladder of economic opportunity. Following in the Frenchman’s footsteps, Fugelsang asks whether the optimistic spirit of the American Dream that Tocqueville popularized is alive and well in the twenty-first century, or whether George Carlin was right when he famously quipped, “It’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.”
As countless Americans struggle with diminished prospects for the future, our core beliefs about the value of work, the inevitability of progress, the fairness of the system, and America’s standing in the world are being shaken. After decades of rising income inequality and declining economic mobility, reviving the American Dream has become the defining issue of our time. By revisiting the places Tocqueville wrote about and capturing the stories of a diverse group of Americans struggling to support their families, Dream On puts an intimate human face on the endangered American Dream.
Panelists:
Christopher Crowe, VP, Union of Clerical, Administrative and Technical Staff at NYU, AFT, AFL-CIO, Local 3882
Kimberlie A. Jacobs, Executive Director, Community Capital New York.
Karen Tumelty, Community and Cultural Development Manager, Greyston.
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