Update 2/17/16: Video of the event is available in full from CSPAN.

On Friday, February 12, Sara McLanahan (Princeton University), chair of the RSF board of trustees, and Andrew Cherlin (Johns Hopkins University), co-author of the RSF book The Long Shadow: Family Background, Disadvantaged Urban Youth, and the Transition to Adulthood, will participate in a panel discussion hosted by the American Academy of Political and Social Science and the Annie E. Casey Foundation on the changing nature of American working class families.

The panel will explore how changes to family structures and marriage dynamics at a time of rising inequality and stunted social mobility have led to the decline of low-income children’s well-being. They will also evaluate the extent to which current policies have promoted healthy outcomes for children. Other panelists include Ron Haskins (Brookings Institution), Robert Putnam (Harvard University), and Michael Gerson (The Washington Post).

The event will take place at 10:30am EST on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. and is free and open to the public.

Click here to register for the event.