Past Event
Juan González at the University of Richmond
Richmond, VA
January 31, 2018 | Wednesday | 5:00 pm
Robins School of Business
Ukrop Auditorium
28 Westhampton Way
Richmond, VA 23173
(
see map )
Join Juan González, co-host of Democracy Now and author of
RECLAIMING GOTHAM: Bill de Blasio and the Movement to End America’s Tale of Two Cities, at the University of Richmond for a talk titled, “Paradise Lost: Puerto Rico’s Descent into Economic Collapse and Climate Devastation and Prospects for its Recovery.”
During the talk, Juan will address questions such as: What caused the island to descend into the biggest financial bankruptcy of any local government in U.S. history? Why did Hurricane María produce unprecedented collapses of power and water systems, loss of life and massive flight to the mainland?
Tickets
This event is free and open to the public.
