Ways & Means S5E3: How Afterschool Programs Can Empower Parents

'In this episode of Ways & Means research into how government-funded afterschool programs for poor families are empowering politically motivated parents. Duke/Sanford faculty Carolyn Barnes spent two years researching three different afterschool programs in Chicago. She argues that when afterschool programs are designed in a  certain way they can actually help mobilize families to become more involved in their communities.  Barnes is the author of State of Empowerment: Low-Income Families and the New Welfare State .' -- Sanford School @ Duke