120th Anniversary Event - America at a Crossroads

Join the Committee of Seventy as we celebrate our 120th anniversary with our signature annual event this fall. This year’s program, titled America at a Crossroads, will feature an illuminating discussion between CNN’s Chris Wallace and 6ABC’s Tamala Edwards. 

During this insightful program, just two weeks after the pivotal November election, we will delve into the historical significance of this moment, analyze what transpired, and forecast what lies ahead for the nation. The discussion aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the election's outcome by placing it within the broader narrative of American electoral history, with a particular focus on the election of 1960, which is the subject of Wallace’s new book, Countdown 1960. Each guest will receive a complimentary copy of the book.

Don’t miss this opportunity to be a part of this engaging conversation and celebrate 120 years of good government and free, fair, safe and secure elections with leaders from the corporate, nonprofit, government, and civic sectors.
 

Tamala Edwards joined 6abc in January of 2005. She is the weekday co-anchor of Action News Mornings from 4 a.m to 7 a.m. and is a regular co-host of Inside Story, conducting probing interviews with newsmakers like Governor Tom Corbett, Senator Bob Casey, Mayor Michael Nutter and others, as well as moderating many election debates. Prior to joining 6abc, Tamala Edwards was the anchor of ABC's World News Now, and World News This Morning.

Prior to joining World News Now, she was an ABC News correspondent based in the network's Washington, D.C., bureau covering education, religion and culture for World News Tonight and other ABC News programs. She was an embedded reporter during the Iraq War, moving with the Air Force from Kuwait to Nasiriyah, Iraq. She joined ABC News as a White House correspondent in August 2001.

Before coming to ABC, Edwards was a staff writer at TIME Magazine. During the 2000 presidential election, she covered Vice President Al Gore's campaign and former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. She was a panelist in the Apollo Theatre debate in New York between Gore and Bradley, and Edwards also participated in MTV's "Choose or Lose" broadcasts. Ms. Edwards previously served as a correspondent in the Washington bureau of Time from 1995-1997, where she covered Bob Dole's presidential campaign politics, society, and breaking news. Before coming to Washington in 1995, she worked for two years as a Time reporter in New York covering international news.