Where Does Poverty Lead Today’s Children? Upcoming Speaker in Child Policy Initiative Series To Tackle This Critical Issue
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

ATLANTA – Dr. Mary Corcoran, professor of political science, public policy, social work, and women’s studies at the University of Michigan, will present Childhood Poverty and Race: Causes, Costs and Consequences as the next lecture in this year’s Child Policy Speaker Series. The series is sponsored by the Child Policy Initiative.

Dr. Corcoran will focus on the impact of childhood poverty and racial differences on economic opportunities in adult life. She will also pay particular attention to policies that diminish the effects of childhood poverty on child development and adult outcomes.

The program is scheduled for Monday, March 29, 2004, at 3:30 p.m. at 229 Aderhold Learning Center, located at 60 Luckie Street in downtown Atlanta.

Located in the Georgia Health Policy Center of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, the Child Policy Initiative works to improve the quality of child policy in Georgia through the skillful application of current research and analysis.

For more information, visit www.gsu.edu/ghpc
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• Child Policy Speaker Series, sponsored by the Child Policy Initiative at Georgia State University
• Monday, March 29, 2004 at 3:30 p.m.
• 229 Aderhold Learning Center, 60 Luckie Street in downtown Atlanta
• Dr. Mary Corcoran, childhood poverty expert at the University of Michigan, will present Childhood Poverty and Race: Causes, Costs and Consequences.

CONTACT:
Martha Nunez, Child Policy Initiative
404.463.9563
marthanu@gsu.edu