Better Tomorrow Speaker Series - Matthew Desmond

Please join us for an in-person lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.

Defending Home:

How to Protect Renters & Fight Poverty Beyond the Pandemic

Thursday, March 24, 2022

6:30 p.m.

Mae Zenke Orvis Auditorium

UH Mānoa campus*

2411 Dole St.

Honolulu, HI 96822

Paid parking is available in the Lower Campus Parking Structure or in the Music Complex lot. For more information please CLICK HERE

Matthew Desmond is the author of four books, including Evicted, which won the Pulitzer and the National Book Critics Circle Award. An expert on inequality, housing, and public policy, he is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and a MacArthur “Genius” fellow. Desmond directs The Eviction Lab, which tracks housing and eviction patterns in cities across the country.

For more information, please contact us at btss@hawaii.edu

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series is a joint venture of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation, Kamehameha Schools, and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

The series is also sponsored by the College of Social Sciences, Scholars Strategy Network, and the William S. Richardson School of Law.

Co-sponsors of this event include: ACLU Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival, Kahala Hotel and Resort, Matsunaga Institute for Peace, Department of Sociology, UH Alumni Relations, and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning.

You can also access past presentations by subscribing to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or you can simply play from our website.

For more information on the speakers, upcoming events or to register for notifications, visit the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series website