CNN’s Ali Velshi Moderates Event at Atlanta’s Rialto Center on Thursday, October 04
The first full year of CNN Dialogues events culminates in Atlanta with a live event on the Millennial generation – how members of this generation are changing how we work, live, and think. Born after 1981, ‘Millennials’ are more multicultural, less religious, more educated, and more technologically savvy than older generations.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Millennials make up just under a quarter of the American workforce – and that share is growing. On Thursday, Oct. 04, attendees to the CNN Dialogues forum will discuss the role of Millennials in business life – how they are changing the American workplace, and how the most challenging economy in generations may be changing them.
“The Millennial Generation: Changing the Way We Do Business” will be held at Georgia State University’s Rialto Center for the Arts (80 Forsyth Street, NW) on Thursday, Oct. 04 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm ET in Atlanta.
CNN anchor and chief business correspondent Ali Velshi will moderate the forum. Velshi is based in New York and anchors World Business Today on CNN International and Your Money on CNN/U.S. Velshi is an author, reports on global business events, contributes his expertise to CNN’s cross-platform business news, and interviews compelling personalities from the world of finance.
“The millennial generation is like nothing we’ve ever seen before – given the access they have had to education, technology and globalization. Their entrance into the workforce changes the way business has traditionally operated, opening borders and concepts that were barriers just a generation ago,” said Velshi.
The panelists for this public discussion include some of the nation’s most experienced experts on the Millennial generation in the workforce. Each panelist will bring to the discussion a depth of knowledge through varied experiences: professional management, scholarly research and publications, and personal experiences:
- Dev Aujla, is the founder of DreamNow, a nonprofit that helps young people organize community volunteer projects. Together with Billy Parish, Aujla interviewed hundreds of Millennials for their book Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money and Community in a Changing World (2012);
- Nadira Hira, is a journalist, author, and a Millennial, and has completed extensive research on Millennials in the workforce at companies including UPS, Syfy, and Ernst & Young;
- Neil Howe, the social generations scholar who coined the term “millennial” is the author of Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation (2000);
- U.S. Brigadier General Loretta Reynolds (U.S. Marine Corps), is the commanding general of the Marine Corps Eastern Recruiting Region and of the Recruit Depot at Parris Island, S.C. Under her command are 1,600 recruiters tasked with identifying and enlisting the next generation of Marines; and,
- Marian Salzman, is theCEO of Euro RSCG Worldwide PR North America, who manages about 70 Millennials in a workplace environment she has designed to leverage their most creative capabilities.
Admission for this program is free, but pre-registration is required for entrance to the event. Tickets may be reserved by visiting www.cnndialogues.com, or by calling the James Weldon Johnson Institute for Race and Difference at 404.727.2515, or the National Center for Civil and Human Rights at 404.991.6988.
About CNN Dialogues
CNN Dialogues represents a partnership between CNN, Emory University’s James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study for Race and Difference and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights for a series of community discussions on major topics shaping our times, led by leading thinkers of the day. The planning committee for CNN Dialogues includes writer Pearl Cleage, Morehouse College President Robert Franklin, president and trustee of The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Penelope McPhee, vice president for communications and marketing for Emory University Ron Sauder, executive vice president and director of programming for Atlanta’s World Affairs Council Cedric Suzman, president and CEO of the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Tisha Tallman, and Eric Tanenblatt of the Atlanta-based law firm of McKenna, Long, and Aldrich.
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