Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life

In 1838, amid serious financial trouble, Georgetown University sold 272 slaves—including pregnant women and 2-year-old children—to plantations in Louisiana. In recent months, the Jesuit institution’s historical participation in slavery has been the source of intense discussion.

Today the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life will host a Dialogue entitled "Left Behind: Working Class Families and Communities." Tyler Bridge, a Georgetown senior studying government and German, offers a personal perspective on how his hometown struggles to find dignity of work and to preserve the rights of workers put forth in Catholic social teaching.