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Maine Symposium on Poverty,
Economic & Food Security
In
the year 2008, in a nation with the largest economy in the
world, there are more than 37 million people living in
poverty and far more unable to make ends meet. We have the
highest child poverty rate of all industrialized nations.
Here in Maine, there are more than 130,000 people living in
poverty including more than 14 percent of all children.
Poverty
exacts a human and financial toll that has become too great
to bear. It is a condition that hinders human and community
development. It constrains budgets and stilts economic
growth. To better our communities and labor force and to
allow all Maine people the opportunity to flourish, we will
have to rethink the way we fight poverty.
Join
us at this year’s poverty symposium as we evaluate past
policies, ponder underutilized resources, and propose new
ideas for ending poverty.
Maine's
2008 symposium was held on Oct. 27 at the Augusta Civic
Center.
To
see results from the symposium workshops, click the links
below.
The
third annual Symposium will be held sometime in the fall of
2009. Check back here for updates.
Click
here for results from the 2008 Symposium.
Click here for results from the 2007 Symposium.
Contact Information:
Susan Richards
Western Maine Community Action
Mailing Address:
Susan Richards
Western Maine Community Action
PO Box 200, East Wilton, Maine 04234
E-Mail:
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