The Closing of the American Heart: Why young adults are steering clear of marriage and family and what we can do..
Fri, Sep 27
|Rowling Hall 4.408
In this talk, Dr. Wilcox will discuss the anti-family messages and policies that have weakened marriage, which he summarizes in his recent book, "Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy The Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization," and remedies to the decline of marriage and family life.
Time & Location
Sep 27, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Rowling Hall 4.408, 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78712
About The Event
About this event:
In this talk, Dr. Wilcox will discuss the anti-family messages and policies that have weakened marriage, which he summarizes in his recent book, "Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy The Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization," and remedies to the decline of marriage and family life. This event is co-sponsored with the Salem Center at UT Austin.
About the speaker:
Brad Wilcox is Professor of Sociology and Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, Future of Freedom Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The author of Get Married: Why Americans Should Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization (Harper Collins, 2024), Wilcox, studies marriage, fatherhood, and the impact of strong and stable families on men, women, and children.
