[Themaintainers] Virtual Roundtable, Thursday August 6 - "Social Care: Maintaining Each Other"

[Andrew Russell]

Dear Fellow Maintainers,
Please join us Thursday, August 6 @ 9amPDT/12pm EDT/5pm BST for a virtual roundtable on the subject of “Social Care: Maintaining Each Other.” The discussion will focus on social care and what maintainers can learn from more formal care relationships. We will explore various dimensions of social care, such as paid and unpaid assistance for children, adults, and the elderly. We will explore how these relationships are valued and measured (or if they can be measured at all), and if the language and structures we use for this essential activity are useful or obstructive. With so much maintenance activity falling outside of market-based interactions, how can we classify this essential human experience, of caregiving and being cared for? 
Our speakers are three experts on social care in the United Kingdom and United States. 
Jamie Hale <http://www.jamiehale.co.uk/> is a disabled poet, essayist, and researcher and journalist in health and social care policy, as well as chair of Lewisham Disabled People's Commission, carrying out research into the position of disabled people in the borough. As someone who manages their own care package, they've learned to become an expert in everything from employment law to HR and advice. They are passionate about funding social care based on self-determined outcomes, rather than budgetary constraints.

Stephanie Hoopes <https://www.unitedforalice.org/alice-team>, PhD, is the National Director of United For ALICE, an innovation center around Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE) households working with United Ways across the country to inform policy and promote positive change (UnitedForALICE.org <http://unitedforalice.org/>). Dr. Hoopes’ research has garnered both state and national media attention. Dr. Hoopes has a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College.  In her hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, Dr. Hoopes serves on the board of the Woodlawn Trustees, the Delaware Art Museum, and the Kennett Pike Association. 

Lydia Nicholas <http://lydianicholas.com/> is an anthropologist whose research and writing centres on health, care, data, culture and the places where these issues intersect. She uses creative participatory methods to develop visions of better care futures and support policy change to bring those about. She was a senior researcher at Nesta, Programme Manager at Doteveryone, and now consults for organisations including Health Foundation and Open Society Foundation. When not in foresight and policy she also performs stand-up comedy and podcasts, exploring the stranger sides of science & culture.

This discussion is part of a virtual event series on society’s maintainers and their critical role in the health and functioning of our world. The webinar is jointly hosted by the Festival of Maintenance <https://festivalofmaintenance.org.uk/> and The Maintainers <http://themaintainers.org/>. You can view a recording <https://themaintainers.org/gig-economy> of the first episode in the series, entitled The Gig Economy: A Precarious Form of Maintenance.

To register, please visit https://ti.to/festival-of-maintenance/social-care-2020 <https://ti.to/festival-of-maintenance/social-care-2020>. 
This roundtable will be recorded and made available on the Maintainers website after the event. 
We ask that all attendees review the Festival of Maintenance Code of Conduct <https://festivalofmaintenance.org.uk/code-of-conduct/> and the Maintainers Code of Conduct <http://themaintainers.org/miii-code-of-conduct> prior to joining the Zoom.
Thank you for your time and consideration, and we look forward to seeing you soon!

On behalf of Festival of Maintenance and The Maintainers,
Laura James
Naomi Turner
Jackie Pease
Andrew Russell
Lee Vinsel
Jessica Meyerson


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