Job Guarantee Now! Teach-in for Economic Rights

Job Guarantee Now! Teach-in for Economic Rights

Teach-in Schedule is as follows:

9:30-10:20: “What’s a Job Guarantee?” by Fadhel Kaboub

10:30-11:20: “Can We afford a Green New Deal? [Hint: Yes We Can!]” by Fadhel Kaboub

11:30-12:20: “Ohio-based Green Jobs to Fight Climate Change,” panel discussion with Olivia Aguilar & Fadhel Kaboub

12:30-1:30: Lunch break (Slayter Hall)

1:30-2:45: “Social Justice, Inequality, and the Job Guarantee,” panel discussion with Johan Uribe, Lesha Farias, and Allen Schwartz

3-4:15: “Embracing a Job Guarantee for Shared Prosperity & Participatory Democracy,” panel discussion with Melinda Miller, Jeremy Blake, and Stephanie Agosta

4:15-4:30: Closing remarks

Speakers:
Stephanie Agosta: Community activist, and Habitat volunteer
Olivia Aguilar: Associate professor of environmental studies at Denison University
Jeremy Blake: Councilmember at City of Newark
Lesha Farias: Community organizer at the Newark Think Tank on Poverty
Fadhel Kaboub: Associate professor of economics at Denison University
Melinda Miller: Former candidate for Ohio Senate District 31
Allen Schwartz: Community organizer at the Newark Think Tank on Poverty
Johan Uribe: Assistant professor of economics at Denison University