GHC Community Speaker Series brings Anya Kamenetz to speak Nov. 1
By Desire� Knight
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Staff Writer
The Georgia Highlands College Community Speaker Series continues with Anya Kamenetz on Thursday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. in the Lakeview Auditorium.
The title of her presentation is "Generation Debt," John Spranza, director of student
life, said.
Kamenetz has written for The New York Times, the Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, New York Magazine, Salon and Slate.
She has also appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, NPR, ABC Radio and Voice of America. Kamenetz, a 2002 graduate of Yale University, is currently living in Manhattan. Kamenetz is
one of the youngest columnists in the Village Voice's history, with the publication of her feature series, "Generation Debt: The New Economics of Being Young," in 2005.
According to Spranza, Kamenetz drew national attention to herself with the publication of her first book, "Generation Debt: Why Now is a Terrible Time to be Young."
Kamenetz will be speaking about financial literacy and responsibility, cost controls on higher education, investments in vocational programs, health care policies that cover young adults and credit laws that protect consumers from excessive high-interest debt.
Kamenetz discusses these issues in a way that motivates young people to both participate in politics and educate themselves on financial issues, said Spranza.
Kamenetz will also be discussing the soaring student loan and credit card debt issues people face in their 20s and 30s, stagnant earnings in an increasingly uncertain job market, international competition and the economic threat created by the baby boomers' retirement.
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