Kate Lee, Director of Education and Workforce, South Bend Regional Chamber of Commerce will lead our discussion of Tightrope, an examination of America's overlooked and left-behind working class.
Please join us for this virtual discussion, the 4th in our bi-monthly series addressing how our community and society can work toward true inclusion. Register using the button to the left in order to receive the Zoom link via email.
In Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, authors Kristof and WuDunn turn a compassionate lens on the failed state of working-class American communities and seeks to counteract the “cruel narrative that working-class struggle is about bad choices, laziness, and vices.” Threaded throughout are policy suggestions emphasizing the importance of early childhood education, universal health coverage, fair tax rates, commonsense drug policy, affordable housing, and strong worker protections. Kristof and WuDunn avoid pity while creating empathy for their subjects, and effectively advocate for a “morality of grace” to which readers should hold policy makers accountable. This essential, clear-eyed account provides worthy solutions to some of America’s most complex socioeconomic problems.
Our special guest and community partner is Kate Lee, Director of Education and Workforce, South Bend Regional Chamber of Commerce. Kate leads the Chamber's efforts to build an inclusive industry-education ecosystem, working to establish and strengthen relationships between businesses, educators, students, and community organizations. Kate serves on the Indiana Chamber’s Institute for Workforce Excellence Advisory Council, the Indiana Talent Network guiding team, and the South Bend|Elkhart Regional Partnership Education & Workforce Committee; is co-founder of Ready to Grow St. Joe; completed the ACCE Fellowship for Education Attainment; and participates in several regional and state-level working groups focused on connecting people to pathways and building their skills to meet personal goals and workforce needs.
Relevant Reads: The Journey to Inclusion series is a joint partnership between the St. Joseph County Public Library, the University of Notre Dame, Brain Lair Books and a variety of community partners.
Registration required.
Features: numerous public meeting rooms, public computers, wireless laptops and iPads for in-house use and vending area.
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