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Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through a virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation, with the goal of encouraging the formation of a broad community of learners to enga

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Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

Beyond Silos: An Inter-Institutional Framework for Understanding Poverty and Advancing Social Change

Oct 16, 2026, 12:00-1:30 pm EDT
School of Social Work B780 (basement)
Kess Ballentine, assistant professor at Wayne State University School of Social Work and a research affiliate with Labor@Wayne, will present on her community-engaged research, which examines how labor policy and working conditions shape the well-being of low-wage workers and their families.
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Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers

Nov 14, 2025, 12:00-1:30 pm EST
School of Social Work ECC 1840
The Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person and virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.
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Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

Employing Gen Z: Summer Youth Employment as a Path to Economic Mobility and More Inclusive Workplaces

Nov 7, 2025, 12:00-1:30 pm EST
School of Social Work ECC 1840
The Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person and virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.
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Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

Lessons from the Water Warrior on Community Coalition Building for Water Justice

Oct 31, 2025, 12:00-1:30 pm EDT
School of Social Work ECC 1840
The Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person and virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.
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Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

The Economics of Medication Access: Drug Prices, Insurance Design, and the Patient Experience

Oct 24, 2025, 12:00-1:30 pm EDT
School of Social Work ECC 1840
The Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person and virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.
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Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

The High Cost of Mass Deportation

Oct 17, 2025, 12:00-1:30 pm EDT
School of Social Work ECC 1840
The Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person and virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.
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Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

Detroit’s Rapid Rehousing Program Designed by Youth, For Youth: A Panel on Meaningful Youth Engagement

Oct 10, 2025, 12:00-1:30 pm EDT
School of Social Work ECC 1840
The Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person and virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.
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Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

The Effect of a Monthly Unconditional Cash Transfer on Families and Children’s Development through Age 4: Findings from the Baby’s First Years Study

Sep 26, 2025, 12:00-1:30 pm EDT
School of Social Work ECC 1840
The Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person and virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.
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Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

Poverty Solutions Alumni Panel

Nov 3, 2023, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT
ECC 1840
Part of the Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions Speaker Series
Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

The color of power: The evolving relationship between race, skin color and American politics

Nov 11, 2022, 12:00-1:00 pm EST
School of Social Work, ECC 1840
Dr. Mara Ostfeld,  Associate Faculty Director of Poverty Solutions, an Assistant Research Scientist in the Ford School of Public Policy and a faculty lead at the Detroit Metro Area Communities Study, presents as part of the Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions Series. 
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