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Concord Reads, the non-profit community reading project of the Concord Public Library Foundation, invites all members of Blue Hampshire to join us in Concord this fall, as we read and discuss Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed .
For those of you who aren't familiar with this wonderful best-selling book, Barbara Ehrenreich is a journalist who went undercover for many months to see if she could survive as a low-income worker. What she found may not surprise you, but it certainly should appall you and spur you on to greater political engagement.
Our programming includes a general discussion of the book on September 30; a panel discussion, on October 9, which will include Janny Scott, a lead author on the award-winning New York Times series "Class Matters," and David Cay Johnston, the Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist also at the Times who heads up their tax and other economic coverage; then, on October 17, we will have another panel discussion on the relationship between employers and workers, with Gary Hirshberg from Stonyfield, Maureen Beauregard from Families in Transition, and Rosemary Heard from CATCH; and, finally, on November 8, Barbara Ehrenreich herself will join us to read from and talk about her book.
It's a great series of programs on a very important book, and we urge all NH progressives to join us in Concord this fall to show that poverty, health care, and economic issues in general are important issues for NH this primary season and beyond.
Go to our website for more details. Thanks!
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