About This Event
On October 26th, the Half in Ten campaign will release its inaugural report to start the clock on tracking the nation’s progress toward cutting poverty in half over the next decade. Over the past 12 months, the campaign held several roundtable discussions with policymakers, researchers, and advocates to identify effective indicators that will demonstrate how the nation is doing in terms of creating good jobs, strengthening families and creating a path to economic security. As a result of this year long process, the campaign has developed a set of indicators that it will use over the next ten years to measure the nation’s progress toward cutting poverty and expanding opportunities. The report includes four essays, each followed by a corresponding set of indicators, which will also be available at the state level. The essays and indicators focus on:
- Overall Poverty in the United States;
- More Good Jobs;
- Strengthening Families and Communities; and
- Family Economic Security
The report also outlines a set of policy priorities that policymakers should enact in the near term to get us on the correct path to start reducing poverty and expanding opportunity for all.
Keynote Speaker:
Hilda Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor
Introduced by:
John Podesta, Chair and Counselor, Center for American Progress Action Fund
Featured Panelists:
Anna Burger, Board member, Center for American Progress Action Fund
Chanelle Hardy, Senior Vice President for Policy, National Urban League
Tara Marks, co-director, Just Harvest in Pittsburgh; contributor, Half in Ten story mapping project
Moderated by:
Barbara Ehrenreich, author Nickel and Dimed
Special Presentation:
Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs
Closing Remarks:
Wade Henderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Coffee will be served at 9:00 a.m.
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Location
Center for American Progress Action Fund
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Map & Directions
Nearest Metro: Blue/Orange Line to McPherson Square or Red Line to Metro Center
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