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November 17, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

In his landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to answer the question of why the United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages?

Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about amorally urgent problems. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. He calls on us all 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 the HYP Book Club as we attempt to unpack this groundbreaking work.

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Send any questions to Dave Beaver at d4veb3aver@gmail.com

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Date:
November 17, 2024
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Organizer

Arts Committee
Email:
arts@hyp.org

Venue

Pursuit Coworking
922 North 3rd Street
Harrisburg, PA 17102 United States
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