Jessica Calarco

Holding it Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net

America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding society together at the seams and fixing it when things fall apart. Holding It Together draws on five years of research with over 4,000 parents and over 400 hours of interviews with women who bear the brunt of our broken system. Holding It Together is a bold call to demand the institutional change that each of us deserves, and a warning about the perils of living without it.

Following Dr. Calarco’s talk, Dr. Cate Taylor (UCSB Sociology) will join her for a discussion of the project.