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Lina Sidrys Nealon Photo

The Hidden Faces of Modern Day Slavery

Lina Sidrys Nealon

Director of Demand Abolition, Hunt Alternatives

SEP
25

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Setting the issue:

Lindsa

Schedule of Events:

11:30 am

Focus

12 noon

Main Lecture and Questions

1:00 pm

Participatory Discussion

Location:

Democracy Center

45 Mt Auburn St.

Cambridge, MA 02138

Directions
Jennifer Hochschild Photo

Education in America: Separate and Unequal?

Jennifer Hochschild

Professor of Government and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University

OCT
2

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Setting the issue:

TBD

Schedule of Events:

11:30 am

Focus

12 noon

Main Lecture and Questions

1:00 pm

Participatory Discussion

Location:

University Lutheran Church

66 Winthrop St.

Cambridge, MA 02138

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Parke Wilde Photo

Divided We Eat: Food Inequality in America

Parke Wilde

Professor, Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

OCT
9

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Setting the issue:

Virginia Loftus

Schedule of Events:

11:30 am

Focus

12 noon

Main Lecture and Questions

1:00 pm

Participatory Discussion

Location:

Democracy Center

45 Mt Auburn St.

Cambridge, MA 02138

Directions
Norma Swenson Photo

Health, Wealth, and Women’s Bodies

Norma Swenson

Harvard School of Public Health, and co-founder of "Our Bodies, Our Selves"

OCT
16

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Setting the issue:

TBD

Schedule of Events:

11:30 am

Focus

12 noon

Main Lecture and Questions

1:00 pm

Participatory Discussion

Location:

Democracy Center

45 Mt Auburn St.

Cambridge, MA 02138

Directions
Allison Connelly Photo

Class, Crime, and Punishment

Allison Connelly

Professor of Practice, University of Kentucky College of Law, former Public Defender Commonwealth of Kentucky, Director of UK Legal Clinic

OCT
23

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Setting the issue:

George Swanson

Schedule of Events:

11:30 am

Focus

12 noon

Main Lecture and Questions

1:00 pm

Participatory Discussion

Location:

Democracy Center

45 Mt Auburn St.

Cambridge, MA 02138

Directions
Lisa Dodson Photo

The Growing Gap Between the Haves and Have Nots

Lisa Dodson

Professor of Sociology, Boston College

OCT
30

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Setting the issue:

Paula Chandoha

Schedule of Events:

11:30 am

Focus

12 noon

Main Lecture and Questions

1:00 pm

Participatory Discussion

Location:

Democracy Center

45 Mt Auburn St.

Cambridge, MA 02138

Directions
Tim McCarthy Photo

How Politics and Capitalism hold Classism in Place

Tim McCarthy

Lecturer on History and Literature, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, and Director of the Sexuality, Gender, and Human Rights Program at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

NOV
6

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Setting the issue:

TBD

Schedule of Events:

11:30 am

Focus

12 noon

Main Lecture and Questions

1:00 pm

Participatory Discussion

Location:

Democracy Center

45 Mt Auburn St.

Cambridge, MA 02138

Directions
Brian Corr Photo

The Politics of Privilege: What Keeps Us from Caring?

Brian Corr

Executive Director, Cambridge Peace Commission

NOV
13

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Setting the issue:

TBD

Schedule of Events:

11:30 am

Focus

12 noon

Main Lecture and Questions

1:00 pm

Participatory Discussion

Location:

Democracy Center

45 Mt Auburn St.

Cambridge, MA 02138

Directions
Julie Matthaei Photo

Is Classism Escapable?

Julie Matthaei

Professor of Economics, Wellesley College

NOV
20

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Setting the issue:

TBD

Schedule of Events:

11:30 am

Focus

12 noon

Main Lecture and Questions

1:00 pm

Participatory Discussion

Location:

Democracy Center

45 Mt Auburn St.

Cambridge, MA 02138

Directions

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Jessica Remedios Photo

How Our Sense of Identity is Shaped by Class

Jessica Remedios

Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of the Social Identity and Stigma (SIS) lab at Tufts University

SEP
18

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Setting the issue:

Carol S.

Schedule of Events:

11:30 am

Focus

12 noon

Main Lecture and Questions

1:00 pm

Participatory Discussion

Location:

Democracy Center

45 Mt Auburn St.

Cambridge, MA 02138

Directions