Poverty: Information Sharing Corner

	United Way of Southeast Louisiana
	Thought Leaders Volume 1.3

12/4/2015

Thought Partner Convening

Thursday, December 17
3:00-5:00 pm
United Way
2515 Canal St., New Orleans
Parking in rear of building or
corner of Canal and N. Dorgenois

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If you have any articles or research to share with the team, please email Mary Ambrose.

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Greetings Thought Partners,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, complete with family, friends, and good food. If you did, then you have much to be thankful for, however, others in our community are struggling to make ends meet. Poverty is very real for so many of our families in Southeast Louisiana; it's complex and entrenched throughout our communities.

As we work to develop bold and courageous strategies to move our community out of poverty, I'm excited to report that we have brought on FSG, Inc., a recognized leader in Collective Impact to work with us. They have launched sustainable Collective Impact strategies with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Community Center for Education Results, The Aspen Institute's Opportunity Youth Network and many others. With their knowledge and guidance, the meeting on December 17th should not only be productive, but exciting, as we press on to develop our common agenda for change.

Mary Ambrose, LMSW

Senior Vice President, Community Impact

United Way of Southeast Louisiana

Information Corner

	You Draw It: How Family Income Predicts Children's College Chances Gregor Aisch, Amanda Cox and Kevin Quealy / The New York Times How likely is it that children who grow up in very poor families go to college? How about children who grow up in very rich families? Read more.

	Sobering Truth: Black Households Lose Half Of Wealth Despite Having College Degrees John "Hennry" Harris / Financial Juneteenth In America, education has always been pushed as the great equalizer in the path for success, especially for Blacks and the Black community as a whole. Read more.

	How Can Hispanics Get Ahead in Higher Education? Gabriel Sanchez Zinny / Huffington Post It is well known that a higher education brings enormous benefits. As the U.S. Committee for Economic Developmenthas pointed out, workers who have at least a bachelor's degree earn twice as much as those with only a high school diploma. Read more.

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