Building an America that Works for Working Families > Roosevelt Home > Roosevelt Challenges > Working Families Challenge
Historically, work was the pillar upon which family life rested. In recent years, however, with more single parent or two breadwinner households, longer hours, and declining minimum wages, work has become a tougher impediment to family life. Family-friendly fringe benefits -- health insurance, company retirement plans -- have been cut back and job security has eroded. And even as volatility has increased there are attempts to reduce social insurance, as the household is being asked to bear a larger share of the risks in our economy. The point of the American economy is to support the American family, but instead we find our families being sacrificed to our economy -- a squeeze in which jobs demand more of a family's resources and provide fewer of a family's needs. The Roosevelt Institution is committed to advancing policies that will make the economy once again support working families. This national steering committee is for people at each chapter who are coordinating that school's involvement in the working families challenge. Please join if you'd like to be involved (more info on steering committees). Suzanne Kahn is the policy coordinator for this challenge. Group members:
Suzanne Kahn
Greg Allen
Nick R Bradley
Jonathan K Cardinal
Warren S Carter
Kevin K Chang
Alex P Condra
John Cutler
Sean P Doherty
Eva H DuGoff
Tarsi V Dunlop
Stephen P Durham
Lauren P Elliott
Ted Fertik
Hallie B Fox
Kathryn M Frank
Gregory Geusic
Sahil S Gujral
Michael K Hernandez
Jared Irmas
Olivia A Katz
Kalina S King
Jacob L Koch
Emily Lacy
Sylvia Lee
Brian Levy
Gregory Lipstein
Mark H Madsen
Zach Marks
Stephen Meli
Sarah A Moussa
Laurel E Murphy
Sarah B Myers
Carl Nadler
Angela Nagy
Robert A Nelb
Sarah E Pace
David W Richardson
Jacob D Shelly
Spencer Sherman
Kristen D Spires
Syd L Terry III
Kedron J Touvell
Teal L Willingham
kimberly j lowe
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