Too Damn High! The Price of Foregoing the Traditional 9-5

In partnership with PlanRVA, the 2024-2025 season on Controvery History will align with the Urban Institute’s Upward Mobility Framework, using the framework’s five pillars to explore upward mobility in ways that impact every Richmond citizen with an emphasis on our everyday experiences and looking towards the future.

What can history tell us about our future? Given that our present has been profoundly influenced by the past, how can we purposefully shape the world of tomorrow? Controversy/History is a monthly community conversation series hosted at The Valentine Museum in Richmond, Virginia. This feed will include audio from each month’s event along with drop-in episodes of talks and conversations recorded during the event. We’ll feature a diverse panel of Richmond thought leaders in conversation on issues that matter most to our community's past, present, and future.