Maurice Lim Miller is the founder of the Family Independence Initiative http://www.fiinet.org/, a program that uses community to change lives. Mr. Miller is a recipient of a 2012 MacArthur Award. Here are some of his thoughts on how to get results for our low-income neighbors. http://bostonglobe.com/opinion/2012/10/24/podium-poverty/JRWAlRixpfOfc0boNfPGMP/story.html
The U.S. Census released new statistics today, which find that more than 46 million Americans, 1 in 7, lived in poverty in 2011, approximately the same as 2010: http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/news_conferences/20120912_ip_newsconf.html The poverty threshold for a family of four was $22,811 in 2011. The report also found that 15.5 million children, 1 in 5 American children, live [...]
I read this NYT article and wanted to share it with you. Whether you agree with Professor Edelman's conclusions or not, the facts he presents explain why the Vermont Foodbank and food banks across the country exist, and will continue to exist. We need to set aside the "magical thinking" of the pundits, politicians and [...]
Dollar & Sense: Public Benefits for Economic Gains Hunger's true cost is astonishing. On an individual level, hunger hurts. But hunger in America has a cost far beyond the human suffering. The Center for American Progress estimated that in 2010, hunger cost our country $167.5 billion, or $542 per person -- due to the combination of lost economic [...]