Author, journalist Barbara Ehrenreich to speak at housing coalition event
3/17/2016, 11:40 p.m.
The Richmond-based Better Housing Coalition is hosting an event 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24, at the University of Richmond’s Jepson Alumni Center to explore “the real-world challenges lower-income families face every day in finding decent housing, good jobs, healthy foods and effective transportation.”
Award-winning journalist and best-selling author Barbara Ehrenreich will discuss her 2001 novel, “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” where she went undercover to take on a series of minimum-wage jobs.
A question-and-answer session will follow, moderated by Dr. Laura Browder, the university’s Tyler and Alice Haynes Professor of American Studies.
Tickets are $45. Registration to attend the event, which also includes a book signing and reception, ends Monday, March 21.
For more information, call (804) 644-0546 or go online to www.betterhousingcoalition.org.
