Beyond Silos: An Inter-Institutional Framework for Understanding Poverty and Advancing Social Change

Open to the public.

The Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person and virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation.

Kess Ballentine is an assistant professor at Wayne State University School of Social Work and a research affiliate with Labor@Wayne, Detroit PEER, and the Center for Gender and Sexuality. Drawing on professional experience in child welfare, labor organizing, and social services, her community-engaged research examines how labor policy and working conditions shape the well-being of low-wage workers and their families. Her work on job quality, unionization, and workplace policy has informed municipal policy in Detroit, been featured in national media, and been published in leading journals, including Health Affairs and Social Services Review.

Also available on Livestream!