Angela Garbes is the author of Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change, a reflection on the state of caregiving in America that The New Yorker called “a landmark and a lightning storm." A community advocate for reproductive justice, working families, and equity and inclusion, Garbes writes on the value of domestic work and the essential labor of mothering, considering the invisible economic engine historically driven by — and demanded of — women of color. Her book will frame her presentation for the Chautauqua Lecture Series, as Garbes explores the ways COVID-19 shed fresh light on a systemic care crisis — and questions how we might demand more from American family life.

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