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Re:Think Poverty Summit March 1-2
Posted by Carol Coletta on February 16, 2010 | News
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Help Your Community Reduce Poverty and Achieve the Opportunity Dividend
Tackling the issue of poverty may just be one of the toughest, yet most important, challenges for cities today.
The Opportunity Dividend analysis shows that if we reduce poverty by one percentage point in each of the top 51 metro areas, the nation would realize $13 billion in annual savings (and this doesn’t include the education and income benefits that would likely lead to and result from reductions in poverty).
In partnership with United Way for Southeastern Michigan, CEOs for Cities is convening poverty experts from throughout the nation to present their best recommendations on how to achieve the Opportunity Dividend with local action.
Join us to hear their strategies for reducing poverty, and together we will identify the key ideas that leaders can put into action to reduce poverty in our cities now.
The Opportunity Dividend Summit will be held March 1-2, 2010 in Detroit, MI with the support of…