Tracks of Hope Gallery Exhibit
From the Book Tracks of Hope: The Forgotten Story of America's Runaway Train
and How We Can Change its Course
[book detail page] •
[online bookstore] •
[Amazon kindle e-book] •
[Mills literary salon event] •
[Interactive Presentation]
The Tracks of Hope gallery exhibit received its premiere at the Mills College Art Gallery as part of the celebration of the kickoff of the CSRB at the Graduate School of Business, in September 2008. Like the book from which it draws its inspiration, this exhibit presents its case for doing something about poverty through provocative questions set on what we might describe as pretty pictures of urban decay. Its intention is to start a discussion, leaving the viewer with a greater appreciation of the questions our poverty story involves. Combining and contrasting the text with thought-proving urban landscapes, this gallery exhibit dares to ask us to ponder these and other questions:
- Doesn't this affect rich and poor alike?
- Where does our happiness lie?
- What is the state of opportunity in our country?
"Tracks of Hope is replete with important and useful information... I especially liked the way this book is organized, beginning each section with some common beliefs about poverty, followed by clear information that convincingly undermines such beliefs."
-Prof. William Julius Wilson of Harvard U.
A thought-provoking journey through domestic poverty as seen through our storyteller's lens, we invite you to view our interactive presentation right here. In addition, we invite galleries and major corporations interested in corporate social responsibility to contact us regarding scheduling the exhibit. "It is up to us, and in our enlightened self-interest, starting right here and starting right now, to make things better," writes Speeth. As an example, "Larry Brown with the Harvard School of Public Health and several other leading researchers have determined that the total cost burden of hunger in the U.S. is about $90 billion - an amount that could be entirely eliminated by just $10-12 billion of increased spending on federal nutrition programs."
By appealing to the mind while pleasing the eyes, our Tracks of Hope Gallery Exhibit focuses on the idea that domestic poverty is not just a moral issue, but an economic one as well. The book on which it is based "is dedicated to exposing the collective price of poverty," comments David Grusky, professor of sociology at Stanford University.
If our work gets anyone down the path to questioning invalid assumptions, towards discontentment with the status quo, and towards greater involvement [see our resources page for how], we will feel it has been well worthwhile. Members of the press, CSR officers, or gallery curators, please contact our for more information.
