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    POVERTY 101

    Kelsie Lawrence
    Prosperity Initiative Community Liaison
    Kelsie.Lawrence@cssrapidcity.com
    605.348.6086
    Historical Perspectives On Poverty
     Poverty is a crime

     Worthy poor and unworthy poor

     Poverty is a character flaw -- Oscar Lewis Culture of


    Poverty Theory

     Current model used to address poverty: Eligibility model


    Donna Beegle's Definition of Poverty
    Generational Poverty

    Working-Class Poverty

    Immigrant Poverty

    Situational Poverty
    Media
    Our #1 Teacher of Poverty

     How are people in poverty portrayed in the media?

     Labels used to describe people and their lives.

     Focus of news stories about people in poverty


     Example : “There are no hungry children in the
    US!”
    Lets Talk Stereotypes
    Stereotypes
     People get rich from having babies on welfare

     People do not want to work

     Big screen TVs, Nikes, and cell phones

     Smoking, drinking, drugs cause poverty


    What Does Poverty Teach?
     No one cares about me.
     I am alone.
     I don't belong.
     I am not wanted.
     I have nothing to offer.
     I am not smart.
     I am in a war zone and need to survive.
     I have no control and neither do the adults in my world.
    Print Culture vs. Oral Culture
     Print Culture:  Oral Culture
    ◦ Linear thought process. ◦ Communicate in spontaneous
    and circular style.
    ◦ Repeat often to help with
    ◦ Communicate in turn-taking.
    knowledge retention.
    ◦ See interrupting as adding to
    ◦ Seek knowledge through reading. other’s knowledge base.
    ◦ Take info. personally, rely heavily
    ◦ Show few facial expressions and on non-verbal and feelings.
    restrained gestures. ◦ Discard unused knowledge from
    short term to focus on
    immediate needs.
    ◦ Comfortable with delayed ◦ Present orientation”-as soon as
    gratification concepts. they say a word, it is gone.
    ◦ Seek info. through relationships.
    ◦ Use abstract thought process. ◦ Self-disclosure to build
    relationships.
    ◦ Physical touch is part of learning
    ◦ Ability to shut out distractions,
    and communicating.
    focus and prioritize time.
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