The second goal is that every American have access to good jobs that pay living wages with benefits. We think that the objective, one of the objectives of economic policy in this country, should be to create good jobs and to create low unemployment. And we think that policymakers, business leaders and politicians ought to be measured by that.

Our third goal is for every American to live in safe, decent, affordable, energy-efficient housing on fair terms. We think that, coming out of housing foreclosure crisis, we have to reaffirm the right to housing in this country that is safe, decent, energy efficient and affordable.

The fourth goal is that every American has access to affordable health care solutions.

Diverse: Can the National Urban League play a role to help the nation reach President Barack Obama’s 2020 goal for the U.S. to regain global leadership in awarding college degrees.

MM: Let me tell you what we do and what I think is important. We are a large provider of afterschool programs and we are a large provider of early childhood services. So, one of the things we think might be integral to achieving this (college-completion) goal is a significant expansion of early childhood education, because early childhood education is one of those things that has broad  public support, and every piece of data says that the kids that have a quality early childhood experience in preschool and kindergarten are more successful in school and do better.

We also want to dramatically expand the work we do with youths in the afterschool space.

The third place we work is with high school dropouts, usually young adults from the ages of 18 to 25 who did not finish high school for whatever reason.

We want to focus policymakers on the work that we do in communities that make a difference in people's lives and say to the president that we’re playing a role that helps with the college completion goal.