In the US, recent decades have witnessed unprecedented declines in male participation in both the workforce and in higher education, coupled with disproportionate drops in men’s mental health and spikes in suicide rates. The data begs the question: What went wrong? What factors are causing many American men to withdraw from social, civic, and economic life? And what can individual men—and women—of all backgrounds do to combat these concerning trends? This panel of diverse perspectives will address these developments, the way we think and talk about masculinity, and how we can better foster and support men. 

Moderator

Nicholas Kristof

Columnist, The New York Times

Speakers

Alexis Ohanian

Founder, Seven Seven Six; Co-Founder and Former Executive Chairman, Reddit

Richard V. Reeves

John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair and Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution; Author, "Of Boys and Men"

Yolo Akili Robinson

Founder and Executive Director, Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective

Eve Rodsky

New York Times Bestselling Author of Fair Play and Find Your Unicorn Space

Tim Ryan

Chief Global Business Development Officer, Zoetic Global; Former Representative of Ohio, US House of Representatives