Episode Synopsis "1.2 - Reverend Theoharis & Tom Hirschl on Poverty Risk and Advocacy"

Development Sociology graduate student George Spizak convenes a conversation with Development Sociology Professor Tom Hirschl and Dr. Reverend Theoharis, Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice. They explore the overlap and interface between research on poverty risk in the United States and grassroots movements against poverty, examining the Kairos Center's "Poor People's Campaign", and tools like Professor Hirschl's "Poverty Risk Calculator". 

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