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This is a forum to discuss POVERTY in a constructive way. Please share your opinions, and links to other resources, to help us figure out this important "hot button" issue.
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momof3
You GO MAMA! Love that you were inspired to make a difference and you are doing it...the most important thing you are doing, though, is being such a great example to your children. I'm very proud to be an O-MAMA with you. Thank you.
(from GOOOOAAALLLL!: O-MAMA Interviews Global Soccer Mom Fighting Poverty & AIDS)on 03/21/11Share your opinion
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According to the 2009 U.S. census data reported by the Associated Press, about one in seven Americans now lives below the poverty line. That’s about 15% of the population, up from 13.2% in 2008. This number is the largest one-year hike in number of poor since 1959. President Obama responded in a press conference by saying, “The most important anti-poverty effort is growing the economy and...
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A Letter From Shirley Sherrod, distributed by the NAACP:
Back in March, I delivered a speech to an NAACP Freedom Fund banquet in my home state of Georgia. I drew on my personal life story to urge poor people, white and black, to pull together and overcome racial divisions. We have to understand that our struggle is against poverty and against those who are blocking our path out of poverty.
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Check out this Newsweek article on how direct sales companies like Tupperware and Avon are helping women out of poverty throughout the world.
MOMism: "It takes a village."
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