Lecture with Matthew Desmond: Why Poverty Exists in America & What We Can Do About It

In-person and virtual event: Why Poverty Exists In America and What We Can Do About It—A Conversation with Matthew Desmond, Author of Poverty, By America
Join us for a thought-provoking lecture with New York Times Best Selling Author Matthew Desmond, who will discuss topics raised in his latest book Poverty, By America.
Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to conclude that poverty persists in this nation because the rest of us benefit from it. Desmond introduces his startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty: he calls on us to become poverty abolitionists, engaged in a politics of collective belonging to usher in a new age of shared prosperity and, at last, true freedom.

Join us in person at Walter Hall or virtually. Desmond will be on Zoom. Audience Q&A and a local live panel discussion with follow.

Free and open to the public. Transportation and childcare options available.
Details and registration: https://www.ohio.edu/chsp/grover-lecture