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USD Just Read! 2018-19 $2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn J. Edin & H. Luke Shaefer

Welcome to the USD Just Read! 2018-19 events page. You may scroll to see upcoming fall events, or you may click the button below to download the flyer.

Questions or Comments? You can contact us at cee@sandiego.edu or 619-260-7402

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Fall Events 2018

Please note, all events are open to the USD community (faculty, staff, students and alumni). Events that are available to the public are noted.

Main Event: Thursday, November 15

Roundtable Discussion | 2:30 - 4:00 p.m., UC 107 | Learn More // Register Here

Keynote Address | 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., Shiley Theater | Learn More // Register Here

Please note, the keynote address is open to the public. Anyone is welcome to attend.

H. Luke Shaefer, Ph.D. is the director of Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, an interdisciplinary, university-level initiative that seeks to inform, identify, and test innovative strategies to prevent and alleviate poverty. He is an associate professor at the University of Michigan, School of Social Work and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. His research on poverty and social welfare policy in the United States has been published in top peer-reviewed academic journals such as Journal of Policy Analysis and Management and the American Journal of Public Health, and has been supported by the National Science Foundation, among other sources. Shaefer has presented his research at the White House and before numerous federal agencies, has testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, and has consulted with a number of the nation’s largest social service providers as well as numerous community-based agencies. His work has been cited in the New York Times, the Washington Post, National Review, The Atlantic, Vox, the LA Times, and Huffington Post, among other media outlets, and he has been featured on such programs as Marketplace, and CNBC’s Nightly Business Report. His recent book with Kathryn Edin, $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2015 by the New York Times Book Review, and won the Hillman Prize for Book Journalism, among other awards.

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Living on One Dollar | Thursday, September 20

4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Humanities Center | Learn More // Register Here

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Presentation and Panel Discussion: Poverty and Health | Wednesday, September 26

Wednesday, September 26 | 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., Manchester Auditorium

Interdisciplinary Panel: Myths and Misconceptions of Poverty

Tuesday, October 2 | 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Salomon Hall

Love is the Measure: Photos of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement by Vivian Cherry | Thursday, October 11

Photo Exhibit | October 11-December 14, 2018 | KIPJ-Fine Arts Gallery | Learn More

Opening Celebration | 5:30 p.m., Copley Library-Mother Hill Reading Room | Learn More

Opening Reception | 6:30 p.m., KIPJ-Garden of the Sea | Learn More

Please note, all Dorothy Day events are open to the public. Anyone is welcome to attend.

Dorothy Day inside the Worker office at 175 Christie St. in New York City in 1965. NY Daily News / Getty Images

SNAP Challenge Discussion

Wednesday, October 17 | 1:25 - 2:20 p.m., Salomon Hall

Book Discussion facilitated by Peace Studies Graduate Students

Thursday, October 25 | 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., KIPJ-EF

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Solidarity on Tap with Tom Reifer, PhD | Tuesday, October 30

6:00 - 9:00 p.m., Hahn Univeristy Center-O'Toole's Pub | Learn More

Please note, this event is open to the public. Anyone is welcome to attend.

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Speaking Engagement by Jeff Dietrich, Los Angeles Catholic Worker | Tuesday, November 6

5:00 p.m., Copley Library-Mother Hill Reading Room | Learn More

Please note, this event is open to the public. Anyone is welcome to attend.

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Speaking Engagement by Patrick Jordan, former managing editor of Catholic Worker and Commonweal | Wednesday, December 5

5:00 p.m., Copley Library-Mother Hill Reading Room | Learn More

Please note, this event is open to the public. Anyone is welcome to attend.

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Speaking Engagement by Susan Dietrich and Patty Burns-Lynch, Philidelphia Catholic Worker | TBA

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