152. Constructing a New Social Compact Event w/ Dr. James C. Benton - Race & Economic Empowerment Project

<p>Dr. James C. Benton is the Director of the <a href='https://lwp.georgetown.edu/our-staff/ki-welcomes-james-c-benton-as-director-of-the-race-and-economic-empowerment-project/'>Race and Economic Empowerment Project</a> at the <a href='https://lwp.georgetown.edu/'>Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor</a> at Georgetown University.  </p> <p>We will be discussing a<a href='https://lwp.georgetown.edu/virtual-gathering-constructing-a-new-social-compact-a-public-forum-on-empowering-the-post-pandemic-working-class/'> multi-day virtual conference</a> open to the public scheduled for this Wednesday, April 28 to Saturday, May 1st called Constructing a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Empowering the Post-Pandemic Working Class. </p> <p>Sign up <a href='https://www.eventbrite.com/e/constructing-a-new-social-compact-tickets-138682802997'>here</a>: <a href='https://lwp.georgetown.edu/virtual-gathering-constructing-a-new-social-compact-a-public-forum-on-empowering-the-post-pandemic-working-class/'>https://lwp.georgetown.edu/virtual-gathering-constructing-a-new-social-compact-a-public-forum-on-empowering-the-post-pandemic-working-class/</a>  </p> <p>James is a U.S. historian who studies labor history and the ways in which organized labor has been affected by trade policy, economic change, and industrial decline from the New Deal to the present. He earned a Ph.D. in United States history and a masters’ degrees in history and liberal studies from Georgetown University, and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.</p> <p>In this conversation, we discuss:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">The Kalmanovitz Initiative at Georgetown and the Race and Economic Empowerment Project;</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">The Constructing a New Social Compact Event why people should tune into the conference and what he hopes to achieve following the conference;</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">His forthcoming book published by Illinois Press called Fraying Fabr