Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich always considered teaching his true calling. As he faces his final class, he wrestles with the dual realities of his own aging and his students inheriting a world out of balance.
LOCATION: Carlisle Regional Performing Arts Theatre, 40 W. High Street, Carlisle PA 17013 (parking on street or at the Pomfret St. garage, 34 W. Pomfret St. Only $1.50 flat fee after 5 p.m., cash.)
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 17. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. Screening at 6 p.m. with cash bar and complimentary hors d’oeuvres after, in the lobby, with action tables staffed by community organizations.
Cost: Free to the public, with donations kindly accepted.
Sponsored by: Cumberland Valley Rising, Capital Region Stands Up, and PA 10th District Network.
The Last Class is a nuanced and deeply personal portrait of master educator Robert Reich teaching his final course and reflecting on a period of immense transformation, personally and globally. It is a love letter to education.
Drawing on his lifetime in politics, he uses his class, “Wealth and Poverty,” to offer us all a deeper look at why inequalities of income and wealth have widened significantly since the late 1970s, and why this poses dangerous risks to our society. One thousand students fill the biggest lecture hall on the UC Berkeley campus, the last class to receive Reich’s wisdom and exhortations not to accept that the world has to stay the way it is. His belief in the next generation’s ability to take on the fight is inspiring.
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