Jason DeParle, senior writer at The New York Times and a frequent contributor to The New York Times Magazine, will speak at St.John’s University April 4.He will speak at St. John’s University April 4, 2006
For those who cannot attend it might be worthwhile to visit his website.
He is drawing quite a bit of attention to the understanding of poverty in the US. His work has been praied by people like Helen Prejean, major newspaper reviewers and academics.
“No matter what your public policy interest, American Dream is brimming with real-world examples of the way real lives are affected by the issues that many of us only discuss in philosophical terms.”
A graduate of Duke University, DeParle won a George Polk Award in 1999 for his reporting on the welfare system and was a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His book, American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Drive to End Welfare was selected as a New York Times notable book for the year 2004.
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