Student Insider's Guide

Events for Nicked and Dimed, On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

The following is a list of events held on the Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus. The list includes activities from a range of programs, such as: counseling (academic, career & transfer planning), multi-cultural/international student support and from various academic departments:

Fall 2007

Discussions:

• September 5th & 6th:   Jefferson Café  “Living Wage”  
  2:40 pm- 4:30 pm ST 256. 
  To register contact: Dr. Francine Jamin, francine.jamin@montgomerycollege.edu

Roundtable-Town Hall Meetings/ Barbara Ehrenreich at MC:

• September 27^th “Living Wage”  1-2:30 pm,  2^nd Floor of the ST by MC Munchies. Panelist: Senator Jamie Raskin,  Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher, Casa of Maryland. Moderator: Rev. Barry Lynn. Longtime lawyer, author and activist, director of Americans United and first amendment expert. Guest on Nightline, PBS News Hour, CNN's Crossfire, CBS 60 Minutes, and Fox New' s The O' Reilly Factor.
   

• October 11th Barbara Ehrenreich speaking at TP/SS  1-2 pm, location TBA
   

• October 24^th  “Health Care”  10-11:30 am,  2^nd Floor of the ST by MC Munchies.  Panelist: Members of local and national health care community.
   

• November 8^th  “Big Box vs. Mom and Pop: Employer-Employee Relations” 10-11:30 am,  2^nd Floor of the ST by MC Munchies.  Panelist: former Wal-Mart employee, members of the local business community (big box and mom and pop stores).

Moderator, November 8th: Steve Roberts, 30 year veteran and syndicated columnist with frequent appearances on Washington Week, CNN, ABC, frequent host NPR’s Diane Rehm Show and with his wife Cokie Roberts a regular columnist for the New York Daily News. 

Films:

•  “The Pursuit of Happiness” and “The Grapes of Wrath.”    Time and location: TBA