Join us September 22 for a conversation about trust, work, and poverty with Stephanie Land, author of the books Maid and Class. In her two best-selling memoirs, Land writes about cleaning houses and struggling to get by as a single mom in the Northwest. During this time she found herself both trusted and distrusted: Her clients entrusted her with the intimate details of their lives, but she was forced to demonstrate over and over again that she was eligible for the meager public assistance she received.
The conversation will take place at the Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland (3000 SE Alberta St.) at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 22.
This event kicks off our 2025–26 Consider This series, What Do We Trust?
About our guest
Stephanie Land's writing focuses on social and economic justice, as well as parenting under the poverty line. Her bestselling debut book, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, was adapted into a limited series on Netflix. The book details Land’s personal experience with poverty, relying on government assistance programs to support herself and her daughter. Maid has sold half a million copies worldwide and has been translated into thirty languages. Land’s second book, Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education, follows her senior year in college and her daughter’s first year of kindergarten, noting the parallels between the two’s experiences as they faced socioeconomic barriers to get themselves to class.
Land is a frequent speaker at colleges and national advocacy organizations, and her work has been featured in numerous outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The Atlantic. She is an arts and entertainment ambassador for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, working to build respect, recognition, and rights for more than 2.2 million nannies, housecleaners, and home care workers who do the essential work of caring for our loved ones and our homes.
Tickets
Tickets are $15 and will be available through the venue website.
To ensure that everyone who wants to attend is able to, a limited number of tickets are available for free. Use this form to request a free ticket.
Other ways to participate
Can't make it in person? Tune in from anywhere! The conversation will be streamed live, for free, on our YouTube channel, and will remain available for viewing after the program.
About the venue
Mobility access: The Alberta Rose Theatre is a wheelchair-accessible venue. Anyone who uses a wheelchair or other mobility device can reserve an accessible seat at the venue by emailing house@albertarosetheatre.com in advance of the event. Accessible bathrooms are to the right of the theater entrance.
Parking: Free parking is available in the neighborhood around the theater. Parking spaces often fill up quickly. There is one disabled person parking space less than one block away on NE 30th Ave., in front of Emmanuel Church of God in Christ United, but the space does not have a curb cut or ramp. The closest disabled person parking space with curb cuts is four blocks west, at the southwest corner of Northeast 26th Avenue and Northeast Alberta Street. A map of disabled person parking spaces is available from the Portland Bureau of Transportation.
Public transit: The TriMet Line 72 bus stops in front of the theater. Lines 70 and 17 have stops within four blocks of the venue.
Food and drink: Beverages and limited food are available for purchase and may be consumed anywhere in the theater during the event. Outside food and beverages are not permitted.
Lighting: The venue has appropriate overhead lighting before and after the conversation. During the conversation, lights are dimmed with staged lighting facing the stage. Lights in the lobby/bar remain on during the program. The auditorium does not have floor lighting in the aisles.
Sound: There will be music at a moderate volume before and after the event.
Read more about the Alberta Rose Theatre.
If you need accommodations to participate in this event, please email programs@oregonhumanities.org by September 15.
Thanks to our sponsors
Consider This is made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Oregon Cultural Trust, the Oregon State Capitol Foundation, The Standard, and Tonkon Torp LLP.
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