Dr. Jenny Jones from the Clark Atlanta School of Social Welfare discusses her approach to mitigating poverty in Atlanta. (Photo: John Lystad/FSView) More than 783 million people around the world continue to live in poverty. In the United States, this number is 39.7 million , which equates to over 12 percent of the population or 1 in 8 Americans.
The war on poverty was brought to Florida State University this week when scholars, social workers and activists from around the country gathered to discuss means of combating poverty at the Turnbull Conference Center this past Friday, Mar. 1.
Ranging from professors […]
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