Conferences

Old Assumptions, New Realities

Economic Security for Working Families in the 21st Century
Sept 10-12, 2008

A conference organized by the West Coast Poverty Center and Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy University of Washington with support from the Russell Sage Foundation and Seattle Foundation

The Old Assumptions, New Realities conference will bring together leading social policy scholars and prominent policy practitioners to examine the implications of contemporary labor market, family organization, and demographic realities for policy and for public and private financing and delivery structures.

The conference will focus in particular on issues relating to the economic security for working-aged adults and their families. Conference papers will propose new policy approaches for the 21st century and experts from different levels of government, the public and private sectors will provide cross-cutting commentaries about their institutional, fiscal and political feasibility.

Revised conference papers and commentaries will be complied into an edited volume and condensed into policy briefs to be disseminated through the West Coast Poverty Center.

Read more about Old Assumptions and their role in current social policies

WCPC Inaugural Conference - "Local Contexts and the Prospects for the Second Generation"
October 19-20, 2006

Public Keynote Address by Alejandro Portes
Professor of Sociology, Princeton University
Thursday, October 19, 5:30 p.m.
Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall

Conference poster [ PDF ]