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            3 Articles Tagged Poverty

            Community & School Reads Adults: Current Events Community & School Reads Adults: Narrative Nonfiction First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Social Justice
            March 14 2018

            10,000 New Social Housing Units – Thanks to Matthew Desmond’s EVICTED

            Tom Barrett, Mayor of Milwaukee, read Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, which tells the story of eight impoverished families in his city who are threatened with forced eviction. Influenced by this multi-award-winning book, Barrett is launching an ambitious housing project to build or renovate 10,000 housing units in Milwaukee over the next

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            10,000 New Social Housing Units – Thanks to Matthew Desmond’s EVICTED

            Community & School Reads Adults: Current Events Community & School Reads Adults: Narrative Nonfiction First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Social Justice
            March 14 2018
            Enriques Journey TedX
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            April 10 2017

            “Solving Illegal Immigration [For Real]:” ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY Author Sonia Nazario’s Ideas for Fixing a Broken System

            In a new Ted Talk entitled “Solving Illegal Immigration [For Real],” decorated journalist and author Sonia Nazario suggests an alternative method to naturalization or heavy border policing to stem the flow of undocumented individuals into the United States. Nazario boasts a long and impressive writing career, during which she has shown immense dedication to featuring

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            Enriques Journey TedX

            “Solving Illegal Immigration [For Real]:” ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY Author Sonia Nazario’s Ideas for Fixing a Broken System

            Community & School Reads Adults: Current Events Community & School Reads Kids: Nonfiction First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Social Justice
            April 10 2017
            Community & School Reads Adults: Current Events First-Year Reading: Social Justice
            November 16 2015

            “Genius” Grant Winner Matthew Desmond on Eviction, Poverty and Profit in the American City

            By Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Crown, March 2016) I began this project because I wanted to write a different kind of book about poverty in America. Instead of focusing exclusively on poor people or poor places, I began searching for a process that involved poor and well-off

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            “Genius” Grant Winner Matthew Desmond on Eviction, Poverty and Profit in the American City

            Community & School Reads Adults: Current Events First-Year Reading: Social Justice
            November 16 2015
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