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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This year for the First Readings program<\/a>, incoming first-year and transfer students at Brown University will read Matthew Desmond’s Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students will write and submit a response paper, which will be reviewed by their seminar leader and potentially discussed during their First Reading seminar held during orientation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This site has been created as a tool to help new students further explore<\/a> the relevant issues raised in Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City<\/em> while also becoming familiar with the resources available through the Brown University Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you think about your Fall 2018 courses, you may consider selecting from the list of related courses<\/a>. Previous First Readings selections have covered an array of topics. A list of past selections is listed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Upcoming Event: “Evicted in Providence”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

“Evicted in Providence” is a community discussion on our nation\u2019s ongoing eviction crisis and its impact in the Ocean State organized by HOPE (Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere)<\/a>, a Swearer Center Community Corps group.  The event will seek to examine the prevalence of evictions in Rhode Island from a wide array of community perspectives.  At the event, we will hear from researchers and academics studying eviction\u2019s impact in Rhode Island, officials and advocates working to address this crisis, and – perhaps most importantly – local residents who have experienced eviction and its fallout firsthand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event will be held Thursday, September 27, 2018 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in Metcalf Friedman Auditorium. Register here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photographs copyright of Matthew Desmond or Creative Commons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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