Cities Of Migration - Mayors Panel: Re-Imagining the City: Setting an Agenda for Shared Prosperity
Channel: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Date: 2014-06-06

Does city leadership matter? As the level of government closest to the people, local governments are most directly and immediately impacted by the lives, successes and challenges of immigrants. Cities have a range of levers to deploy to create a foundation for future prosperity for all residents. Mayoral voice can be a particularly powerful tool to accelerate the path to inclusion. So, what are progressive city leaders doing to close the gap between the city we have and the city we want?

Moderator: Melinda Crane, Chief Political Correspondent, Deutsche Welle (Berlin)
- Raquel Castañeda-López, Council Member, City of Detroit (Detroit)
- Jussi Pajunen, Mayor, City of Helsinki (Helsinki) 
- Olaf Scholz, First Mayor, City of Hamburg (Hamburg)
- Naheed Nenshi, Mayor, City of Calgary (Calgary) via video question
- Lianne Dalziel, Mayor of Christchurch (Christchurch) via video question