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Circle Leaders are at the heart of Circles USA’s work building community to end poverty…so we knew that centering our 2023 Leadership Conference around the voices of those with lived experiences of poverty Circle Leaders described how the Circles experience has changed their knowledge and perspective of poverty Tim Rodgers | Circles West Orange, FL “Circles is about overcoming poverty, and although I have not fully , see me today for the woman I have become, no longer living below the poverty guidelines.”

Lynette Fields (Executive Director, Poverty Solutions Group , Wintergarden, FL) and Janis Albergotti Lynette and Janis’s session was aptly titled “Circles USA: Building Community To End Poverty.” We believe strongly that responsibility for both poverty and prosperity rests not only in the hands of underlying foundation of the Circles model – engage people and organizations in the community to end poverty Since that time, Circles has worked to address poverty by increasing the capacity of communities.

and progress at CUSA as we continually deepen and enhance our mission of building community to end poverty When I was experiencing poverty as a single mom, all of the many financial literacy classes, blogs, and In Circles, we are supporting individuals and families as they leave poverty behind permanently . Circles also focuses on removing the actual barriers that keep people in poverty. One of those is the idea that financial literacy alone is enough to get someone out of poverty.

and progress at CUSA as we continually deepen and enhance our mission of building community to end poverty This training offers tools for a major mindset shift: from telling people in poverty what they need to Circles USA’s work is building community to end poverty, because we recognize that community  is the primary ingredient for upward mobility—and imperative for leaving poverty behind permanently. In my twenties, I experienced poverty as a single mother doing her best to make ends meet.

and progress at CUSA as we continually deepen and enhance our mission of building community to end poverty We are building community to end poverty, and the science backs us up. You have tons of data  proving that strong, positive relationships help break the cycle of poverty." truly equitable, diverse communities, the more we reduce poverty. And that is how we end poverty: together .

that building community is the surest way to support families working to get out, and stay out, of poverty better coordinate safety-net programs and pilot new self-sufficiency programs to help people out of poverty “[I]n my early job experience serving people struggling in poverty, I realized how often people seemed Miller’s collaborations with poverty alleviation specialists in higher ed and nonprofits—notably Stephen , people in poverty begin to access broader networks to support their own self-sufficiency, and social

Full Report:   Circles USA Mid-Year 2016 Impact Report WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO END POVERTY? and communities across the United States, we have identified high-impact strategies necessary to end poverty

The National Disability Institute writes in Financial Inequality: Disability, Race and Poverty in America that,  …[w]hile disability and poverty have an interactive effect, our social service system treats Thus, people with disabilities attempting to avoid poverty often face difficult choices. Poverty, the study further establishes, actually causes disability. Children living in poverty “are more likely to have asthma, chronic illness, environmental trauma such

Moving out of poverty does take some extraordinary acts of nerve (and, yes, even rebellion) to defy “ the feminization of poverty” that exists here and throughout the world. Entertainers Oprah Winfrey and Dolly Parton have grappled with poverty; as have Civil Rights icons Fannie Trailblazing Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote about the impact of childhood poverty in her The 2020 Census revealed that more women experience poverty than men.

shape the language, direction, and collective spirit of CUSA’s mission of building community to end poverty Despite meaningful advancements in many aspects of gender equality, data reminds us that poverty still This discrepancy is even greater for women of color. [ Source ] U.S. poverty rates are also significantly Source ] Projects like the Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund’s “Legal Momentum” examine anti-poverty Currently, 35 percent of single women with children live and raise their families in poverty.” [ Source

with a panel conversation that confronts head-on this complex, painful, often invisible problem in poverty We all know the stories: people fighting their way out of poverty, guiding their lives and families toward Lynette Fields  is the Executive Director of Poverty Solutions Group (PSG) that serves three counties PSG is a  collaborative organization committed to sustainable poverty reduction. We can’t talk about poverty alleviation without talking about fairness.

Through Circles USA, Chapters and Poverty Reduction Labs are advancing systemic change on key issues. This is the Big View – and it creates a foundation to develop and promote a shared anti-poverty agenda opportunity to scale-up Big View efforts across the country and raise visibility for our mission of ending poverty