Webcast Archives
Hilary Hoynes, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Adam Drewnowski, Hilary Seligman, Parke Wilde
Event: A White House Conversation on Child Hunger in America
Date: January 27, 2016
Duration: 241 minutes
On Wednesday, January 27, the White House hosted a Conversation on Child Hunger in America. Building on the Administration’s ongoing commitment to expanding access to opportunity and reducing food insecurity, the event brought together families, academics, practitioners, advocates, religious leaders, and federal, state, and local officials to discuss the persistence and effects of hunger in America and what must be done to ensure all American families have access to an adequate, nutritious diet.
Hilary Hoynes
Event: The Role of SNAP in the US Social Safety Net
Date: January 21, 2016
Duration: 22 minutes
Hilary Hoynes, Haas Distinguished Chair in Economic Disparities at UC Berkeley, visited Stanford University on January 21, 2016 to speak about "The Role of SNAP in the U.S. Social Safety Net: Assessing effects on poverty, food insecurity and health." Professor Hoynes' lecture was part of the Food and Nutrition Policy Symposium Series sponsored by Stanford University's Center on Food Security and the Environment (FSE). FSE director Rosamond Naylor interviewed Professor Hoynes prior to her public lecture.
Robert Reich
Event: 2015 Michael Nacht Distinguished Lecture in Politics & Public Policy
Date: December 1, 2015
Duration: 53 minutes
Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, reveals how power and influence have created a new American oligarchy, a shrinking middle class, and the greatest income inequality and wealth disparity in 80 years. Citing his latest book, Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few, Professor Reich lays out what he argues must be done to restore democracy and rebuild the US economy.
Rucker Johnson, Ophelia Garmon-Brown, Julian Wright, Rosie Molinary, Ivan Lowe
Event: The Grandchildren of Brown: The Long Legacy of School Desegregation
Date: November 12, 2015
Duration: 107 minutes
Dr. Rucker Johnson will present his work entitled, The Grandchildren of Brown: The Long Legacy of School Desegregation, on November 12, 2015 at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Center City. His presentation will detail the long-run impacts of school desegregation on educational quality and adult attainments, the long-run effects of Head Start, desegregated schools as a vehicle to intergenerational mobility, educational consequences of the end of court-ordered desegregation, and much more. The community will have the opportunity to discuss these and other topics as they relate to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and the design of a new pupil assignment plan in 2016.