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Divided We Stand: Ending Poverty

Inequality in America is at the highest level since just before the 1929 depression, with wages stagnant or declining for most Americans while CEOs earn billions, and monster corporations get away without paying taxes.
To address the increasing economic divide, many grassroots organizations who share the morals and drive of Housing Works are working tirelessly to combat the challenges faced by low- and middle-income Americans.

At this event, representatives from New York’s anti-poverty movement will tackle questions like:

  • How can we transform the systemic structures responsible for perpetuating poverty and hunger?
  • How can we generate political momentum for better jobs, expanded access to work, and protections for low-wage workers & the unemployed?
  • How do we give voice to America’s poor, and empower them to be active in systemic socioeconomic change?

With Reverend Liz Theoharis, Director of Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice, founder of the Poverty Initiative, and Co-Chair of the “Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival” with the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. Theoharis has spent over two decades organizing amongst the poor in the United States, working with and advising grassroots organizations with significant victories.

Frances Fox Piven, internationally renowned social scientist & activist, and Professor of Political Science and Sociology at CUNY Graduate Center. Piven’s groundbreaking work with Richard A. Cloward, Regulating the Poor, ignited a scholarly debate that reshaped the field of social welfare policy. She is author of Poor People’s Movements, The Breaking of the American Social Compact, Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America, & more.

Sarah Ludwig, Founder and Co-director of the New Economy Project, an organization whose mission is to build an economy that works for all, based on cooperation, equity, social and racial justice, and ecological sustainability. The NEP pursues lasting, transformational change by supporting cooperative and community-controlled development, and by challenging corporations that harm communities and perpetuate inequality and poverty.

Veyom Bahl, Managing Director of the Survival Program at Robin Hood, a foundation that distributes $120 million annually in the fight against poverty in New York City. At Robin Hood, Veyom helps to create and grow high-impact nonprofit programs in areas including immigration, employment, legal services, and food security.

Moderated by Stephanie Luce, Professor of Labor Studies and Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center, and author of Fighting for a Living Wage, and co-author of The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy, and The Measure of Fairness.











When: Tue., Apr. 30, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Where: Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby St.
212-966-0466
Price: Free
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Inequality in America is at the highest level since just before the 1929 depression, with wages stagnant or declining for most Americans while CEOs earn billions, and monster corporations get away without paying taxes.
To address the increasing economic divide, many grassroots organizations who share the morals and drive of Housing Works are working tirelessly to combat the challenges faced by low- and middle-income Americans.

At this event, representatives from New York’s anti-poverty movement will tackle questions like:

  • How can we transform the systemic structures responsible for perpetuating poverty and hunger?
  • How can we generate political momentum for better jobs, expanded access to work, and protections for low-wage workers & the unemployed?
  • How do we give voice to America’s poor, and empower them to be active in systemic socioeconomic change?

With Reverend Liz Theoharis, Director of Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice, founder of the Poverty Initiative, and Co-Chair of the “Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival” with the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. Theoharis has spent over two decades organizing amongst the poor in the United States, working with and advising grassroots organizations with significant victories.

Frances Fox Piven, internationally renowned social scientist & activist, and Professor of Political Science and Sociology at CUNY Graduate Center. Piven’s groundbreaking work with Richard A. Cloward, Regulating the Poor, ignited a scholarly debate that reshaped the field of social welfare policy. She is author of Poor People’s Movements, The Breaking of the American Social Compact, Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America, & more.

Sarah Ludwig, Founder and Co-director of the New Economy Project, an organization whose mission is to build an economy that works for all, based on cooperation, equity, social and racial justice, and ecological sustainability. The NEP pursues lasting, transformational change by supporting cooperative and community-controlled development, and by challenging corporations that harm communities and perpetuate inequality and poverty.

Veyom Bahl, Managing Director of the Survival Program at Robin Hood, a foundation that distributes $120 million annually in the fight against poverty in New York City. At Robin Hood, Veyom helps to create and grow high-impact nonprofit programs in areas including immigration, employment, legal services, and food security.

Moderated by Stephanie Luce, Professor of Labor Studies and Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center, and author of Fighting for a Living Wage, and co-author of The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy, and The Measure of Fairness.

Buy tickets/get more info now