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From:        New America Foundation <communi...@newamerica.net>
To:        padmini.pa...@hsd.cccounty.us
Date:        11/09/2011 07:47 AM
Subject:        INVITE 11/22 Poverty, Inequality, Mobility, Oh My!

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Poverty, Inequality, Mobility, Oh My!   How are Families Really Doing since the Great Recession?             Tuesday, November 22, 2011 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. New America Foundation 1899 L St NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 Economists claim America is two years past the worst recession since the Great Depression, but the slow recovery has continued to sow widespread hardship. The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations and a flurry of new data are calling attention to the pervasive poverty and growing inequality that are markers of the post-recession economy. According to a recently released supplementary measure from the U.S. Census Bureau, 49.1 million Americans were living in poverty in 2010. In addition, the Congressional Budget Office reports the income gains made during times of economic growth were heavily concentrated at the top 1 percent of the distribution scale. While the income picture is bleak, some have countered that trends in mobility, rather than income, are the best indicator of economic health. Others contend that income-based indicators don't go far enough in capturing the financial insecurity that is likely deeper and more widespread than currently reported.   Who's right and what are the state-of-the-art measurement techniques to capture poverty, mobility, and economic security? What do these different approaches tell us about how families are really doing today, and how might they help us design more effective public policies? Please join us for this lively discussion.   Speakers will be taking questions from our online audience during the event via email and Twitter. Please send questions or comments to em...@newamerica.net or Tweet them @AssetsNAF. The event will be webcast live on this page.     Featured Speakers Melissa Boteach Manager, Half in Ten Campaign   Erin Currier Project Manager, Pew Economic Mobility Project   Matt Unrath Director, National Family Economic Security Program Wider Opportunities for Women   Indivar Dutta-Gupta   Policy Advisor, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Moderator Rachel Black Policy Analyst, Asset Building Program New America Foundation   To RSVP for the event, click on the red button or go to the event page:     http://newamerica.net/events/2011/poverty_inequality_mobility_oh_my     For questions, contact Stephanie Gunter at New America at (202) 596-3367 or gun...@newamerica.net. www.NewAmerica.net

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