This Thursday!: (re)Discovering Harrington's "The Other America:" A Symposium on Poverty Since the Great Society @ Brandeis University

[David Duhalde-Wine]

Dear All:

 

I am co-organizing this symposium on national poverty for the 50th anniversary of the publication of "The Other America."  The event will feature discussions led by NY Times columnist Bob Herbert and American Prospect editor Robert Kuttner.  The gathering includes interactive workshops on community organizing, student debt, education, and organized labor.  It is a free event with food, and open to the public.  It will be at Brandeis University (Waltham, MA) on this Thursday, November 1st starting at noon.  If you plan on coming, please register by emailing harring...@brandeis.edu so we have enough food.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

  

I hope you can forward this to your networks.  Full agenda is below.

 

Thank you,

 

David Duhalde    

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(Re)Discovering Harrington’s “The Other America:” A Symposium on Poverty Since the Great Society You are invited to join Brandeis University faculty, students and community activists to assess the state of poverty in the United States today – 50 years after the publication of Michael Harrington’s “The Other America: Poverty in the United States.” The one-day symposium on Nov. 1 begins with a luncheon at noon and concludes about 5 p.m. A reception will follow. The event will be held in the Hassenfeld Conference Center. Speakers include Robert Kuttner, author, founder and editor of the American Prospect and a Boston Globe columnist, and Bob Herbert, former New York Times op-ed columnist, Demos distinguished fellow and senior adviser to the Institute on Assets and Social Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis. Heller School faculty and community organization leaders will lead discussions, which will explore how economic and policy trends affect poverty and the “new poor” today, and what can be done to address the crisis.  Schedule 12:00 p.m.: Introductions and lunch 12:15 p.m.: Reflecting on 50 years of “The Other America”— Robert Kuttner, author, founder and editor of The American Prospect, Boston Globe columnist 1:30 p.m.: Breakout sessions led by Heller School faculty, students and community organization leaders (topics: housing, employment, safety net andstudent debt) 2:45 p.m.: Panel discussion (topics: children in poverty, the racial wealth gap,undocumented youth and the uncredentialed) 4:00 p.m.: Moving Beyond “The Other America”— Bob Herbert, former New York Times op-ed columnist, Demos distinguished fellow and senior adviser to the Institute on Assets and Social Policy at the Heller School The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the MPP Poverty Alleviation Program at the Heller School and the Louis D. Brandeis Legacy Fund for Social Justice. To RSVP or for more information, email harring...@brandeis.edu. Brandeis University | 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453

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David S. Duhalde
257 Charles Street #1

Waltham, MA 02453

Cell: 917-566-0004

Master in Public Policy & Master in Business Administration Candidate, Heller School for Social Policy and Management '13

Eli Segal Fellow
BA, Bowdoin College '06

Notary Public

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David S. Duhalde
257 Charles Street #1

Waltham, MA 02453

Cell: 917-566-0004

Master in Public Policy & Master in Business Administration Candidate, Heller School for Social Policy and Management '13

Eli Segal Fellow
BA, Bowdoin College '06

Notary Public