Racial Wealth Gap the Focus of Oct. 30 Lender Center Event in Washington
In Washington, D.C., the population is booming, but rent and housing costs are spiking and wages for working-class and lower-income workers are stagnating. can create economic disparity and hardship, which makes this location an especially relevant setting for a roundtable discussion about ways to help resolve the in America.
鈥淭he Lender Conversation: Interrogating the Racial Wealth Gap,鈥 is planned for Monday, Oct. 30, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the , with a reception to follow. Guests are asked to the public event, which is sponsored by the and .
Panelists include researchers from and other academic institutions who will discuss how housing availability and costs, transportation and labor issues exacerbate the . They will also offer solutions to help offset its negative economic effects.
The event is among several community-based academic gatherings and interdisciplinary research initiatives supported by a three-year, $2.7 million grant from MetLife Foundation, allowing Lender Center researchers to examine the racial wealth gap鈥檚 various dimensions.
Syracuse University panelists include , associate dean for faculty research and professor in the ; associate professor of food studies in the ; , associate provost for strategic initiatives and Lender Center for Social Justice co-founder; and Lender Center postdoctoral fellow.
Joining them are聽 assistant professor of public administration and policy at American University, and , assistant professor of landscape architecture at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Lender Center interim director and co-founder and , the center鈥檚 senior faculty research associate, are coordinating roundtable arrangements.
We spoke with Haddix to learn more about the event and how Lender Center research efforts and community-building activities are generating new ideas about the economic and opportunity gap.
