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<P>THE MISSING CLASS</P>
<P>7:30 p.m., WEDNESDAY, December 5</P></B>
<P>Fifty one million—including 21 million children–live as America’s "Missing Class", a notch above the poverty line, but too high to receive government services designed for the poor. Typically, parents work long hours at low pay, are not home to help educate their children once they become adolescent and just one paycheck or divorce or un-covered serious illness away from losing everything and sliding into poverty. What are the unique problems of these families? What is it like to "live a day" in their shoes? How do these families avoid crisis but never totally lift themselves up the economic ladder?</P><I>
<P>The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America</I>, by Katherine Newman and Victor Tan Chen, examines the daily struggles of nine "missing class" families. By telling us their stories, "these families have done more to educate than any statistics or government report. It is a call to action to save America", says Sen. John Edwards in his Introduction. On December 5 at Cambridge Forum, the authors present their challenging findings.</P>
<P>Katherine Newman is Malcolm S. Forbes Class of 1941 Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton and author of eight award winning book on poverty, downward mobility and school violence. Victor Tan Chen is a Harvard doctoral candidate in sociology and social policy. He is founding editor and president of INTHEFRAY Magazine, a publication that seeks to question, inform and inspire conversation about identity and community.</P>
<P>Cambridge Forum, dedicated to promoting citizen engagement with pressing contemporary issues, is taped and edited for public radio broadcast. Edited CDs are available to the public by contacting <A href="http://www.cambridgeforum.org/"><U>www.cambridgeforum.org</U></A> or 617_495_2727. Select forums can be viewed in their entirety on demand by visiting our website at www.cambridgeforum.org and clicking on the WGBH Forum Network<FONT face=Garamond>.</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000050> </P></FONT></ZZZBODY><PRE>
Cambridge Forum
3 Church Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone/fax: 617-495-2727
email: mailto:director@cambridgeforum.org
website: http://www.cambridgeforum.org
"Bringing People together to talk again . . ."
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Cambridge Forum
3 Church Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone/fax: 617-495-2727
email: mailto:director@cambridgeforum.org
website: http://www.cambridgeforum.org
"Bringing People together to talk again . . ."
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