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More than 120 guests attended "The Changing Face of American Poverty," the first in a series of three faculty roundtables celebrating the Evans School's 50th anniversary. Panelists included Evans School faculty members Robert Plotnick, Marieka Klawitter, Rachel Garshick Kleit, and Marcia Meyers (joint with Social Work), and Constance Rice (MPA '70), managing director for knowledge management for Casey Family Programs as moderator.
Each panelist spoke on a different policy area within poverty alleviation. Plotnick presented general poverty trends over the last 50 years, which show that poverty in the U.S. is increasing over time. Meyers discussed childcare policies as an important part of an anti-poverty platform. Kleit stressed the shortage of affordable housing—Seattle has only 16,000 affordable housing units and over 50,000 very low-income renters. Klawitter spoke on a number of innovative asset building programs to help families living in poverty generate a buffer against crisis.
Download a podcast of the roundtable and view photos of the event.
Be sure to join the Evans School for "How Philanthropy Can Build Enterprising Nonprofits," the next in our 50th anniversary roundtable series, being held March 14 at 5:30 p.m. in Kane Hall. Learn more.
Published on February 2, 2012
