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The UCLA School of Public Affairs cordially invites you to attend a Career Services Event Getting to 50/50 How Working Couples Can Have it All featuring Sharon Meers, former managing director, Goldman Sachs and Joanna Strober, managing director, private equity, Sterling Stamos moderated by Molly Selvin School of Public Affairs Senior Fellow and assistant dean, Southwestern School of Law Thursday, February 25, Noon Public Affairs Building, Room 2355 RSVP at rsvp@spa.ucla.edu or (310) 206-8034 After interviewing hundreds of parents and employers, surveying more than a thousand working mothers, and combing through the latest government and social science research, authors Meers and Strober have discovered that kids, husbands, and wives all reap huge benefits when couples commit to share equally as breadwinners and caregivers. Mothers work without guilt, fathers bond with their kids, and children blossom with the attention of two involved parents. In this talk, they offer strategies for working mothers facing gender bias in the workplace; advice to fathers new to the homefront; and tips for finding 50/50 solutions to deal with issues of money, time, and much more.