Join the Harvard Club of Boston for an exclusive fireside chat between award-winning author and Harvard Kennedy School doctoral candidate, Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, and HCB Board Member and President of Give Black Alliance, Bithiah Carter exu'01, as they discuss Opoku-Agyeman's new book, The Double Tax. The conversation will answer the questions about why it is so expensive to be a woman in America? But not only the costs that define a woman's entire life, but those across racial lines.
In The Double Tax, Harvard researcher Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman summarizes the disparities that women face as they navigate life's biggest moments. Not only do the numbers reveal that women incur higher costs than men, but also that Black and white women lead vastly different lives, marked by dramatic gaps in job opportunities, salaries, housing costs, childcare access, and generational wealth. She coins this gap as the "double tax," the compounded cost of racism and sexism.
Appetizers and Cash Bar will be available. Books will be available for purchase through Eventbrite or at the event. Registration is required.
Timeline:
6:00pm – Member and Guest Arrival
6:45pm – Fireside chat with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and HCB Board Member, Bithiah Carter exu'01
7:40pm – Live Q+A
7:50pm – Continued networking and book signing with Anna
8:30pm – Event Concludes
