The Growing Divide & Prospects for Youth

Start: 06/14/2008 1:00 pm

End: 06/14/2008 4:00 pm

Presenter: Steve Schnapp, UFE

Location: YWCA, Cambridge, MA

Cost/Registration: A workshop for Unitarian Universalist youth; Presented by UUSC

Information: Steve Schnapp, sschnappfaireconomy.org

Description: For many young people, thinking about their economic future is like standing on unknown terrain without maps, signs, or even a path forward. This workshop, for high school age activists and other Unitarian Universalist youth, will demystify economic trends, and give participants a chance to explore their values and how and for whom they think the economy should work.

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