One of my colleagues Josh Crawford, contributed to a book titled “Doing Right by Kids: Leveraging Social Capital and Innovation to Increase Opportunity.“

The book will be released next week, but tomorrow the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) will host what they’re calling a book event tomorrow.

AEI describes the event:

Material hardship among American children has never been lower. Yet children born to the most disadvantaged parents today are just as likely as they were in the past to become the most disadvantaged adults when they grow up.

In a new edited volume, Doing Right Kids: Leveraging Social Capital and Innovation to Increase Opportunity, leading scholars diagnose problems of unequal opportunity and describe how conservative policy can promote the American Dream by strengthening the relationships of children and adolescents and the institutions they are connected to.

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Josh Crawford, Director of Criminal Justice Initiatives at Georgia Center for Opportunity, recently appeared on Ave Maria in the Afternoon to discuss one of the nation’s most challenging public-safety environments: San Francisco’s Tenderloin District. Crawford shared insights into the newly implemented city ordinance that mandates nightly business closures in the district—a policy that, while well-intentioned, fails to address the root problems of crime and public safety. Instead, the ordinance further hampers economic opportunities for local businesses and residents.

Tune in to hear Crawford’s thoughts on the real solutions needed to bring lasting change to the Tenderloin District and improve both safety and economic opportunity.

Listen to the full interview.