Social Justice Lecture Series to address labor markets and the poor
The Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work will host its second annual Social Justice Lecture Series on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 6 p.m. in 2370 Haley Center. The lecture features Katherine S. Newman, Ph.D., University of California provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Sociology & Public Policy; and Elisabeth Jacobs, Ph.D., deputy director of WorkRise and associate vice president of Urban Institute.
The lecture, titled “Moving the Needle: What tight labor markets do for the poor,” will address the question, “What happens when jobs are plentiful, and workers are hard to come by?” Newman and Jacobs will discuss positive consequences of tight labor markets along with the downside of overheated economies and offer a call to implement policies that will improve job prospects and life chances of our most vulnerable households.
The lecture series is sponsored by the Department of History; Department of Music; Department of Political Science; Department of Psychological Sciences; Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work; Department of Theatre and Dance; School of Communication and Journalism; Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures; Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology; and the College of Liberal Arts.
The Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work organized the annual Social Justice Lecture Series in 2022 to bring nationally and internationally known advocates to Auburn to share expertise and experience on topics related to social, economic and environmental justice.
The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Kristi Howard.
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