Faith and Business panel to consider unemployment in Baltimore If work defines us, affirms personal and familial dignity and contributes to the good of the community as a whole, what’s the flip side of that equation? What impact does unemployment have on the individual and society? That question serves as the focus of "Public Policy, Male Identity and Unemployment in Baltimore," a panel discussion that kicks of this year’s Faith and Business lecture series. The event takes place on Monday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. in the 4th Floor Program Room. The panel discussion will feature a question-and-answer session that examines the challenges for the unemployed in Baltimore, the public and private initiatives undertaken to address the problem, and the insights provided by Catholic Social Thought doctrines on resolving these issues. Panelists will include: Joe Jones, Head of the Center for Fathers, Families and Workforce, an organization whose professional and civic endeavors influence policy direction nationwide; Henry Holzer, Professor at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, an economist whose research has focused on the labor market problems of low-wage workers and other disadvantaged groups. He is also the author of several books, including 2006’s Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young Men: Improving Schooling and Employment Outcomes; and Graham McAleer, Associated Professor of Philosophy at Loyola and co-chair of the College’s Catholic Social Thought Committee. McAleer’s current research includes the philosophico-theological teachings of Pope John Paul II with regard to the dignity of the human person, the dignity of work and the dignity of the human body. Stephen Miles, Theology, will serve as a moderator. The panel is co-sponsored by Faith and Business: A Two-Way Street, the Loyola Catholic Studies Program and the Catholic Social Thought Committee and is designed to complement the on-going Catholic Social Thought discussion series on On Human Work by Pope John Paul II.