Poverty and the Humanities–Course site!
The next phase of Poverty, Promise, and Possibility, the course on Poverty and the Humanities, successfully launched on Wed. evening Oct. 27th! We have a great group and plan to get a lot done, drawing on the humanities to help us redefine and refine the definition of poverty and think through some humanities-based antipoverty programs! Course materials will be available on this site.
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And please be sure to check out the new website, at http://povertyinitiative-we.uchicago.edu/ All suggestions about the development of this site would be most welcome!
p.s.–And here is a very important website offering advice on practical steps to take to work to eliminate global poverty: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/pages/endofpoverty/howtohelp
Check out the story on WBEZ about poverty in Illinois, at http://www.wbez.org/story/ashley-gross/poverty-rates-climb-throughout-most-illinois Prof. Evelyn Brodkin is one of the featured Poverty, Promise, and Possibility faculty!
And in an important follow up to the previous message, Kathleen Rubenstein sent the following link, which should be required reading for the Poverty, Promise, and Possibility participants: http://www.heartlandalliance.org/poverty/building-a-pathway-to-dignity-work-poverty-elmination-strategy.pdf
And here is a blog that we should all be checking out! See http://www.theshriverbrief.org/ Best, Bart