Jim WALLIS	Ira JACKSON

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street,
Main Street and Your Street

Jim Wallis is the CEO of Sojourners; author, theologian, columnist and TV commentator, Ira Jackson is the
Dean of the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management
Co-Presented with KPCC

Jim Wallis is a bestselling author, theologian, and preacher. He is president and CEO of Sojourners, editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine, and his columns appear in, among other publications, The New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. As a frequent commentator on religion, faith, and politics, Wallis has appeared on “Meet the Press,” “The O’Reilly Factor,” and many news programs on CNN, ABC, MSNBC, and others. His books include Faith Works, The Soul of Politics, Who Speaks for God?, and The Call to Conversion.

Jim Wallis recently participated at the 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on a panel entitled, “The Values of Capitalism” and was met with a crescendo of agreement from the world’s CEOs and economic elite when he called for a new return to old values. The New York Times bestselling author believes the current economic crisis has afforded Americans an incredible opportunity to shore up the very pillars of our society. Instead of asking when the crisis will end, Wallis wants people to instead ask how this situation will have changed us for the better. In his new book, which was inspired by his participation at Davos, Rediscovering Values, Wallis challenges the status quo of a society that rewards bailed-out bankers with huge bonuses and a nation that celebrates the Dow returning to 10,000 while the unemployment rate climbs to nearly 10%—and in some cases, like Wallis’ hometown of Detroit, closer to 30%.

Calling the radical disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street a “bad morality play,” Wallis prescribes 20 moral exercises people can do to help create real change including viewing your calendars and budgets as moral documents, increase quality time with loved ones by decreasing “screen time,” re-learning the difference between a want and a need, being more community focused, and living a life of service, among others.

---

Breakfast 7:45 A.M. TO 8:30 A.M.
Forum 8:30 A.M. TO 9:30 A.M.

LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY
630 West Fifth Street, Downtown Los Angeles

RSVP by November 11 to ted@druckerbusinessforum.org