The Closing of the American Heart: Why are young adults steering clear of marriage and family, and what can we do to revive the fortunes of the family?

Friday, September 27 at 12:00 p.m.

Austin Institute

Rowling Hall 4.408, 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Austin, TX 78712

In this talk, Dr. Brad Wilcox will discuss the anti-family messages and policies that have weakened marriage, which he summarizes in his recent book, “Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy The Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization,” and remedies to the decline of marriage and family life.

Dr. Wilcox is Professor of Sociology and Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, Future of Freedom Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The author of Get Married: Why Americans Should Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization (Harper Collins, 2024), Wilcox, studies marriage, fatherhood, and the impact of strong and stable families on men, women, and children.