[ONLINE] – Crisis Conversations — Live from Better Life Lab

The coronavirus pandemic is upending the way we work, live, connect with one another and expect from our government, communities and each other. And it’s all happening so fast. Stress levels, anxiety and uncertainty are high. That’s why the Better Life Lab is hosting a weekly interactive conversation for people to come together, share stories and begin to make sense of what’s unfolding and what it could mean for the future of gender equity, health and how we work and live. We’ll be on Zoom, so you can connect from the comfort of wherever you are social distancing.

Join us on Friday, April 10 at 1 pm Eastern time, for a 30 minute conversation about how the coronavirus pandemic has shut down businesses and left millions of people without work. Will newly passed emergency unemployment benefits be enough? Will these jobs be coming back? And, as so many of them paid poorly and came with no benefits and often unstable schedules, do we even want them to? We’ll hear stories from the field and talk with experts about whether the coronavirus is speeding the future of work, and what that could look like.

Host:

Brigid Schulte
Director, Better Life Lab at New America

Guest:

Rachel Deutsch
Supervising attorney for worker justice at the Center for Popular Democracy