Community Voices: "Reflections on Janesville: An American Story" with Author Amy Goldstein
Venue: Colonial Hall (Squires - VT), Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Monday, February 19, 2018
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
Community Voices presents "Reflections on Janesville: An American Story" with Author Amy Goldstein on Monday, February 19, 2018 at Colonial Hall located within the Squires Student Center at Virginia Tech.

Award-winning Washington Post reporter Amy Goldstein spent years getting to know Janesville, Wisconsin, where the nation’s oldest operating General Motors plant shut down in 2008 in the midst of the Great Recession. She wove the stories of the small city and its people together in "Janesville: An American Story". The book explores what happens to workers, families, businesses, schools, and a proud community when the leading employers and the good industrial jobs they provide disappear.

Goldstein will discuss her book and the lessons it offers about economic pain and community resilience.

Goldstein will be available to sign books after the event.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Community Voices is an interdisciplinary group of Virginia Tech graduate students and faculty, as well as community representatives, interested in exploring innovative approaches to community building and engagement. The group, affiliated with the School of Public and International Affairs' Institute for Policy and Governance, organizes a series of public talks and roundtable discussions by leaders from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors who share their insights and experiences helping communities shape their futures.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/k6MNGmk.jpg.

For more information, visit: https://communityvoices.info/ or https://www.facebook.com/communityvoicesvirginiatech/.

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