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Jason DeParle, New York Times senior writer, two-time Pulitzer nominee and author will discuss his new book, American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare (Viking 2004).

This event is co-sponsored by the PSU Graduate School of Social Work (www.ssw.pdx.edu), The Oregon Center for Public Policy (www.ocpp.org), and the Oregon Progress Forum (www.oregonprogressforum.org/).

When:
Wednesday, November 10, 2004, 5–6:45 p.m.

Where:
Smith Memorial Student Union (1825 SW Broadway, Portland), room 236.

Cost:
The event is free and open to the pubic, but space is limited; contact George Beard (gbeard@pdx.edu) to reserve a seat.

Contact:
Mac Prichard, Reclaiming Futures/Graduate School of Social Work, 503-725-8921.

Background:
Four years after President Bill Clinton’s vow to “end welfare as we know it,” Congress translated a catchy slogan into a law that sent nine million women and children streaming from the rolls. Did it work? In his definitive book on this unprecedented upheaval in social policy, New York Times senior writer Jason DeParle follows three women in one extended family to a set of surprising answers.