John Wilson Takes the Reigns at Purple America
Cleveland, Ohio — October 5, 2011 — John Wilson, recently retired executive director of the National Education Association (NEA), has been named chairman of Purple America , an initiative to shift the American conversation to a more civil dialog through a deeper understanding of a set of values widely shared across America that form our nation’s common ground. Wilson will lead a national campaign to Re-Imagine America® around these values that connect us and that form our common ground. “Our nation has a critical need for a meaningful and civil