As gentrification and economic development rapidly change neighborhoods across the District of Columbia, thousands of low income households are being pushed to the margins.  Through a radical vision of community service and an extensive volunteer network, “We Are Family” brings groceries and provides basic assistance to 600 low income seniors in Columbia Heights and the North Capitol area each month.  Please join its co-director, Mark Anderson, and American University Professor of Sociology Michael Bader, for a discussion about the innovative methods used by scholars to study urban poverty – and the creative activism by community organizations addressing it.