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"provider_name": "Action Network",
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"author_name": "Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State",
"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/labor-religion-coalition-of-new-york-state-2",
"title": "Neighborhood Check-In",
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"description": "Despite New York’s great wealth, more than 3 million New Yorkers live below the federal poverty line, and millions more struggle to make ends meet. In Allegany County, 16 percent of residents are poor and almost a third earn less than the cost of living. In all, more than 8,600 households - almost half the county - are struggling to meet their basic needs. Why is this? How are individuals, families and our community impacted, and what is being done to respond? How can we create a more just community in which all our neighbors can thrive? Join us on Thursday, June 1 for a Neighborhood Check-In, where people directly impacted by poverty, direct service providers, advocates, faith leaders, and policy experts will reflect on these questions. To attend, RSVP using the form below and indicate whether you are interested in sharing your story or insight. If you can't attend, but would like to submit written testimony, email neighborhood.check.in@gmail.com. We are looking for testimony from people directly impacted by poverty and related injustices, direct service providers, advocates, faith or other community leaders, and academics or other experts, which addresses any of the following: How poverty and related injustices impact you, your family, and/or the community at large. The leadership, organizing, resistance and resilience that already exist in directly impacted communities. Your values and vision for a just community. This event is part of the Truth Commission on Poverty in New York State being held across New York in 2017 and is part of a national Truth Commission on the Right Not to Be Poor, organized as part of the Call for a New Poor People’s Campaign.",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/events/buffalo-truth-commission-on-poverty"
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