Half in ten: from poverty to prosperity

By Don Wheeler

"Half in Ten", - a project intended to cut the poverty rate in half in ten years, recently unveiled it's new website and is actively seeking contributions. From the front page:

Half in Ten plans to reduce poverty in the United States by 50 percent within 10 years. Under the leadership of Senator John Edwards, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAPAF), the Coalition on Human Needs (CHN), and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), have joined forces on the campaign to:

(1) Elevate and sustain a focus on the situations facing the poor and middle class today

(2) Build and strengthen an effective constituency to demand legislative
action on poverty and economic mobility

(3) Advance specific legislative and
policy proposals that will deliver real benefits to struggling American families

For more information on how to reduce poverty in America, see From Poverty to Prosperity: A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half by the Center for American Progress Task Force on Poverty.

http://halfinten.org/

The Campaign To Change America continues.