Together for Hope: Film Screening and Discussion

Together for Hope: Film Screening and Discussion

Film screening poster featuring photos of speakers
Date & Time Apr 20 2026 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location Robertson Hall
Arther Lewis Auditorium
Topics Families, Children Poverty, Inequality, Opportunity
Department Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
Speaker(s)
Kathryn Edin, William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Timothy Nelson, Lecturer in Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Eric Barreto, Associate professor of New Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary
Cora Jackson, Core Faculty, Barbara Solomon School of Social Work, Walden University
Theo Avgerinos, Director Rising Hope
Jason Coker, President Together for Hope
Audience Restricted to Princeton undergraduate and graduate students
Link Rising Hope Film Website

Join us for a screening of the film Rising Hope. Rising Hope introduces audiences to a Mississippi Delta community where hope survives, despite generational poverty. 

Open to all Princeton University and Seminary students regardless of identity.