| The
Bible speaks about poverty: Proverbs 10:15
– 15 The wealth of the rich is
their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
Poverty datebook for today:
"National Day of Action,"
on the Capitol Mall and at the Department of Health and Human Services, beginning at 1
p.m., Washington, DC, sponsored by The National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support
Bread for the
World Institute in Washington, DC, hosts a March 5-7 conference on biotechnology and
hunger in Africa, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
Info: David Beckmann, (202) 639-9400 or mailto:dbeckmann@bread.org
Good works that 'work':
The Good News
Mountaineer Garage, serving low-income people in West Virginia, is literally
putting wheels under a great idea that addresses transportation problems as a barrier to
employment. The West Virginia Council of Churches has partnered with the state
Department of Health and Human Resources (WV DHHR) and other organizations to provide
donated vehicles to low-income people who otherwise could not get to a job. Recipients
obtain the vehicles for the cost of repairs. |
Poverty
by the numbers: 
A full-time worker receiving today’s minimum wage of $5.15 earns only
about 80 percent of the poverty line for a family of three. (National Jobs for All Coalition)
Preaching about poverty:
"Poverty:
Inside and Out." The Rev. Robert McCluskey, Swedenborgian Church. |
