Speakers:
Frances Fox Piven
Political Science and Sociology, CUNY
Why Poor Women Are At the Vortex of American Neo-Liberalism
Carol Stack
Social and Cultural Studies in Education, UC Berkeley
Doing Public Anthropology for Social Justice
Performances:
Mily Trevino-Saucedi Et Al.
Organizacion en California de Lideres Campesinas
Los Angeles Poverty Department
La Llorona: Weeping Women on Skid Row
Becky Dennison
Downtown Women’s Action Coalition
Panels:
Social Welfare Policy:
Then and Now
Lynn Karoly
RAND
Felicia Kornbluh
History, Duke University
Margaret Prescod and Lynda Brewer,
Every Mother is a Working Mother Network, L.A.
Challenges of Survival: Homelessness, Housing, and Banking Rights
Haleemah Henderson
Strategic Action for Just Economy
Anisa Mendizbal
Downtown Women’s Center, L.A.
Nancy Mintie
Uncommon Ground
Low-Wage Work
Madeline Janis-Aparicio
L.A. Alliance for a New Economy
Kimi Lee
Garment Worker Center, L.A.
Maria Soldatenko
Gender and Feminist Studies and Chicana Studies, Pitzer College
Families, Children and Economic Deprivation
Toni Campbell
Child & Adolescent Development,
San Jose State University
Rashmita Mistry
Psychological Studies in Education, UCLA
Amy Pellman
Alliance for Children’s Rights, L.A.
Challenges of Survival: Child Care, Food Security, and Healthcare
Jessica Bartholow
California Hunger Action Network,
Alameda County Food Bank
Sylvia Drew-Ivie
T.H.E. (To Help Everyone) Clinic, L.A.
Nancy Strohl
Childcare Law Center, San Francisco
The Future of Women and Poverty: Policy and Practice
Roundtable with conference participants