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diverse faces and topics
First Tuesdays
Drawing from Institute researchers and area experts, these lunchtime public policy events offer authoritative analysis and audience Q&A Monthly, October through June

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Thursday's Child

Spotlighting the daunting pathways through childhood, along with the public programs and policies meant to ease the journey.
Co-sponsored by the Urban Institute and the University of Chicago Chapin Hall Center for Children.  Monthly, October through June

 

Recent Events


Preserving Public Housing: Issues and Options
Session III: Financing Public Housing Preservation
July 28, 2010

Preserving Public Housing: Issues and Options
Session II: Housing Choice and Tenant Mobility
July 26, 2010

Building Local Civic & Nonprofit Capacity
July 19, 2010

Failure: Public Policy’s Stepladder to Success
July 16, 2010

The Big Balance: Raising the Retirement Age while Protecting Those Who Cannot Work
The Future of Social Security, July 14, 2010

Preserving Public Housing: Issues and Options
Section I: Residents' Rights and Participation

July 13, 2010

A 21st Century Government: What Should It Be?
Versus debate, June 25, 2010

The Social Side of Social Security: Can Benefit Adequacy and Equity Be Improved?
The Future of Social Security, June 16, 2010

Pounding the Pavement, Hitting the Books: The Black-White Divide after High School
First Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Securing Social Security: Does It Need to Be Fixed Now?
The Future of Social Security, May 19, 2010

The Big Disconnect: Spending Policies, School Priorities, and Student Achievement
First Tuesdays, May 4, 2010

Promise and Pitfalls: Creating a World-Class Teaching Profession
CALDER, April 19, 2010

Runaway and Homeless Youth: Prevalence, Programs, and Policy
Thursday's Child, April 8, 2010

Tax Complexity: Can Technology Make Us Free?
Tax Policy Center forum, April 8, 2010

Double Trouble: Metro Areas Wracked by Housing and Job Shocks
First Tuesdays, April 6, 2010

The Next Challenge for Public Housing: Serving Its Most Vulnerable Families
Thursday's Child, March 11, 2010

The Second Awkward Age: Life at 55 and Beyond
March 4, 2010

Desperately Seeking Revenue
First Tuesdays, March 2, 2010

Trillions of Reasons to Get Serious About Our Fiscal Future
February 25, 2010

Facing Our Future: Children in the Aftermath of Immigration Enforcement
First Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Does the Economy Need—and Can We Afford—Another Jolt of Stimulus?
Versus, January 29, 2010

Conference: Reducing Poverty and Economic Distress after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
January 15, 2010

Train Wreck: A Conference on America's Looming Fiscal Crisis
Tax Policy Center forum, January 15, 2010

Budgeting, the Next Generation: Federal and State Investments in Children after ARRA
Thursday's Child, January 14, 2010

Deciphering the Conflicting Values Shaping the U.S. Social Safety Net
First Tuesday, January 5, 2010

The Higher Cost of Being Gay
Tax Policy Center forum, December 17, 2009

Safety, Permanence, and Well-Being:
12 Years of the Adoption and Safe Families Act
December 14, 2009

Principal Effectiveness and Leadership in an Era of Accountability: What Research Says
3rd Annual CALDER Conference, December 11, 2009

The Foreclosure Crisis and the Impact on Our Community
December 2, 2009

The $750 Billion Question:
Does Our Government Promote Economic Mobility?
First Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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