Challenges and Opportunities

Poverty Today

The Cabell Brand Center for Global Poverty and Resource Sustainability Studies

&The Shepherd Program at Washington and Lee University

Economic Opportunity Act Job CorpVolunteers in Service to America (VISTA)Upward BoundHead StartCommunity Action Program (CAP)

Medicare/MedicaidFood Stamp ActHousing and Urban Development (HUD)Fair Housing ActHigher Education Act

‘The world’s most ruthless killer and the greatest

cause of suffering on earth is extreme poverty.’ – WHO 1995

6 million paperclips for 6 million Jews

101,853 pounds or

51 tons of paperclips!

462. MillionAmericans

10 train cars of paperclips

697 VT stadiums full of people

The entire population of South

Africa

Defining Poverty

Measuring Poverty

Natural Resources & Poverty

Climate Change & Poverty

Technology & Poverty

Rural, Suburban, & Urban Poverty

15% of Americans live in poverty

A word on the words “Poverty” & “Poor”

Uganda is a poor country

1 in 3 Americans are affected by poverty

Buchanan is the poorest county in Virginia

25% of jobs pay wages below the poverty threshold

that poor fellow

rate

percentage

prevalence

count

Income bracket possession of “basic needs”

How often is a cattle prod needed?What is the rate of slips and falls?At minimum, are 95% rendered insensible after one shot?

Who’s your neighbor?

The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty unites nearly two dozen institutions to collaborate for an important venture in undergraduate and professional education.