Urban Institute Event on Assets for Economic Security

A NEW SAFETY NET FOR WORKING FAMILIES: ASSETS FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:00–10:30 a.m. ET / 8:00-9:30 a.m. CT To sign up for the audio webcast visit http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=54377. Panelists: Greg Acs, principal research associate, Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute Leonard Burman, senior fellow, Urban Institute, and director, Tax Policy Center [...]

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Event: Combating Poverty through Place-based Initiatives

The Urban Institute and Chapin Hall hold a monthly forum called Thursday’s Child. This one looks pretty interesting to me, since I’m joining up with a place-based initiative at Eugene Field: Location, Location, Location: Combating Urban Poverty through Place-Based Initiatives December 11, 2008 Listen to a live audio webcast 10 am ET / 9 am [...]

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Medical Homes Webcast

The Urban Institute is hosting a webcast that should be especially interesting to our friends at OU-Tulsa, called “Combating Medical Homelessness: What is the role for academic medicine?” This is obviously an issue we’re dealing with as an agency – what’s the best way to provide meaningful medical homes to every one of our children? [...]

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Politics and Poverty Webcast

Guest Lecturer: E. J. Dionne, Washington Post columnist on PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AND POVERTY Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Noon ET/ 11:00 a.m. CT/ 10:00 a.m. MT/9:00 a.m. PT Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes Sign up for the live audio webcast at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=51269.

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Webinar: Working Women and Social Security

The National Women’s Law Center is hosting a webinar on September 10, noon Central time, called “Planning for the Future: What Working Women Need to Know about Social Security and Retirement Savings.” The webinar is aimed at service providers, advocates, and individuals. Registration is free – Register here.

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Webinar on Job Advancement for Low-Income Workers

The Urban Institute is running a series of papers and seminars called “A New Safety Net for Working Families.” They’ll be hosting an event on September 9 from 8-9:30am (central) that’s about connecting low-income workers with appropriate skills training for “today’s job market.” Sounds right up our alley as far as TI/Harvard’s objectives in a [...]

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