The Mechanics Driving Economic Inequality
Last spring, when the Social Justice Committee was working to identify a focus for the 2021-22 Church Year, Wy’east Member Robin Henderson advocated strongly for the idea of looking at economic inequality. This Sunday, Robin will share his passion for why it is important for everyone to understand and embrace economics to bolster all of us against the sway of political coercion and scare tactics.
Economic Inequality as an issue has become prominent everywhere (not just at our church), both in politics, national and local, and numerous religious and nonprofit organizations. In essence, our country has become more “WOKE!” to this issue. However, increasing public understanding of how an economic system actually works is important to make voters less susceptible to conservative politicians’ use of poisoned words and manipulative phrases when battling for policies necessary to reverse inequality. Robin hopes to both enlighten and interest listeners to an otherwise seemingly stuffy and tedious subject. With the broader voting public, this is especially important to resist intense right wing political manipulation.