The First 100 Days: The Fragile Social Safety Net -  Moderated by Felicia Wong

The First 100 Days: The Fragile Social Safety Net – Moderated by Felicia Wong


Monday, April 3, 6:30 pm
The First 100 Days:
The Fragile Social Safety Net

Moderated by Felicia Wong

Pledging to “repeal and replace” Obamacare, President Trump took office with leaders in Congress intent on privatizing or dismantling many social programs. Is our safety net in danger, and how will millions of Americans who rely on it be affected? Felicia Wong, president and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute, hosts a panel of leading thinkers and analysts.

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PANELISTS:

Mary T. Bassett, commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; former program director at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Sheldon Danziger, president of the Russell Sage Foundation, former professor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and director of the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan.

Janet Gornick, Graduate Center professor of political science and sociology and director of the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality.

Michael R. Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, who has written for the New York Times, National Review, the Weekly Standard, and other outlets.

Part of the series “The First 100 Days.” Presented with the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality and the Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC).