Social Policy Book Group

The Social Policy Book Group is comprised of students, faculty and staff who are passionate about the intersection of social justice and policy. The group meets several times per semester to discuss a book that raises important questions about both of these topics, with an emphasis on examining the policy implications of the book.

For the Fall 2016 Semester, the group will be reading Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond.  This widely-acclaimed work follows eight families in Milwaukee who among the growing number of low-income American households who face extreme challenges in meeting one of life’s most basic needs of having a safe, decent place to call home.  In doing so, it challenges readers to think about how we ought to understand poverty and our responses to it.

Group meetings will take place on the following dates:

• Wednesday, September 28
• Wednesday, October 26
• Wednesday, November 30
• Wednesday, December 14

All meetings will take place from 6 pm – 7:30 pm in the Conant Lounge at the BU School of Social Work.  All are welcome.

Please complete the form below if you are interested in learning more about the Social Policy Book Group

*we have a few copies of the book on hand. If you are interested in the book group, but worried about the cost of the book, please reach out (confidentially) to either Dan Miller (dpmiller@bu.edu) or Tom Byrne (tbyrne@bu.edu), and we can arrange to get you a copy.