Bringing Basic Income to Chicago with Ameya Pawar

10/19
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Room F
1111 East 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Open to the public
Presenting student organizations: Human Rights Law Society

Please join the American Constitution Society on Friday, October 19 at 12:15pm in Room F for a conversation with Alderman Ameya Pawar and Professor Daniel Hemel.

Ameya Pawar is alderman for the 47th Ward of the City of Chicago and the first Asian-American member of the Chicago City Council. In 2018, Alderman Pawar introduced legislation to pilot Universal Basic Income in the City of Chicago. Alderman Pawar was named chair of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Resilient Families Task Force which will explore a universal basic income pilot, modernization of the earned income tax credit, and other policies. Alderman Pawar is one of eight University of Chicago Institute of Politics Pritzker Fellows for the Fall Quarter 2018.

Professor Daniel Hemel is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Law School. His research focuses on taxation, nonprofit organizations, administrative law, and federal courts. Professor Hemel served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Elena Kagan on the US Supreme Court, Judge Michael Boudin on the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and Judge Sri Srinivasan on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Professor Hemel also served as visiting counsel at the Joint Committee on Taxation.

With cosponsorship from the Human Rights Law Society.