Poverty Initiative News Room
An archive of featured stories and media coverage of the Poverty Initiative and partner organizations. For the latest news and events go Home. Visit our Events page for a complete list of the year's events. Press Contact: Alix Webb at poverty@poverty initiative.org or (212) 280-1439.
October 29, 2009: Huffington Post: Poverty- A Discussion Among the Seven Sisters
Poverty Initiative's Onleilove Alston was a featured speaker at the 30th Annual Seven Sisters Alumnae Seminar in Stamford, CT on October 21st and spoke on the theme of "Hope in Anxious Times: Exploring New Dimensions of Poverty in America". Read the new article about this event by Martha St Jean at the Huffington Post.
October 22, 2009: The Poverty Initiative hosted a Town Hall Meeting with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing Raquel Rolnik on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at Union Theological Seminary to discuss concerns on public housing, social housing, homelessness, and the foreclosure crises in the United States.
- New York Times: Affordable? U.N. Puts a Questioning Eye on New York’s Housing
- Democracy Now with Amy Goodman: UN Investigator Probes US Housing Crisis
- The Indypendent: U.N. Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing Speaks with the Indypendent, U.N. Housing Rapporteur Kicks Off U.S. Tour in New York City
- United Nations Radio: UN housing expert talks to Hurricane Katrina survivors
- NPR's Marketplace: UN to look at U.S. housing conditions
September 9, 2009: Willie Baptist featured in campus press
A struggle for survival in doom and gloom by Becky Radolf in the Daily Campus.
August 9th - 15th, 2009: Poverty Scholars Program Leadership School in West Virginia
National Anti-Poverty Groups Convene in W.Va., Associated Press, August 6, 2009: CNBC, Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston Gazette, Forbes, Herald Dispatch (West Virginia), WSAZ TV (Charleston), WTAP TV (West Virginia), WVVA TV (West Virginia), Yahoo Finance
Organizers Gather to Fight Poverty, The Charleston Gazette, August 9, 2009
Anti-Poverty Groups in W.Va. to Discuss Strategy, August 10, 2009: WCHS-TV, WSAZ-TV
Anti-Poverty Groups Target Job Loss, Homelessness, The Associated Press, August 10, 2009: Charleston Daily Mail, Daily Press (Virginia), Examiner (Indianapolis), Forbes, Herald Star (Ohio), Philadelphia Inquirer, PressConnects (Alabama), Times Leader (Pennsylvania), Truthout, Washington Examiner
A New and Unsettling Force: Poverty Scholars Meet in West Virginia, Lisa Gray-Garcia, Examiner, August 14, 2009.
The Poverty Scholars Program, Change.org, August 15, 2009.
June 23, 2009: Poverty Initiative Supports Installation of Rev. Cathlin Baker
Poverty Initiative members, Colleen, John and Myles Wessel McCoy, Liz Theoharis, Paul Chapman, and Gayle Irvin, attended the installation service of Rev. Cathlin Baker as Senior Pastor of West Tisbury Congregational Church and helped to organize and lead a congregational retreat leading up to the installation. Read the story in the Vineyard Gazette. Read more.
April 28, 2009: Poverty Initiative Partner Evangelist Charlotte Keys featured on CBN
Charlotte Keys of Jesus People Against Pollution was interviewed by the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) on Capitol Hill Prayer Service during the Sojourners Mobilization to End Poverty. The Christian Broadcasting Network produces Pat Robertson's 700 Club.
Listen to the Interview More about the Poverty Initiative at the Mobilization to End Poverty
April 23-May 1, 2009: Domestic Workers Week of Action
Domestic Workers United (DWU) is an organization of Caribbean, Latina and African nannies,housekeepers, and elderly caregivers in New York, organizing for power, respect, fair labor standards and to help build a movement to end exploitation and oppression for all. DWU held a Week of Action from April 23 to May 1 to pass the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights! Learn what you can do to support DWU! Congregational resources with talking points and scriptural references available. Read the NY Daily News article in support of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.
April 18, 2009: United Workers Declare Baltimore Harbor Human Rights Zone
On Saturday, April 18, 2009, the United Workers (UW) and their supporters marched through Downtown Baltimore to the Inner Harbor where UW announced the first target of a new Human Rights Zone campaign. The day's events started in Carroll Park with the B-More Fair - a collaborative celebration consisting of an array of Baltimore organizations from labor to faith-based groups. The march route ended at the Inner Harbor - an area that has been developed as a tourist destination featuring numerous restaurant and bar chains and entertainment venues. At the Inner Harbor, UW announced Phillips Seafood restaurant as the first target within the Human Rights Zone. Learn more about United Workers' investigation of Phillips at the United Workers website.
March 21, 2009: Scotland's First Poverty Truth Commission
Moving testimonies from Scotland's First Truth Commission are now available on video. On March 21st, 2009, grassroots individuals and groups told the truth about poverty. Paul Chapman, founding member of the Poverty Initiative, was a lead organizer of this event, modeled after Poverty Initiative Truth Commissions. David Lunan, Moderator of the Church of Scotland hosted. Poor leaders testified to the violations of their economic human rights that are a direct result of living in poverty in the UK.
March 2009: Poverty Initiative Featured in Sojourners Magazine
The March 2009 Sojourner's Magazine cover story by Onleilove Alston highlights the Poverty Scholars Program. Also included is an interview with Charlotte Keys of Jesus People Against Pollution.
January 2005: Poverty Initiative in the New York Times
A story about the first Poverty Initiative Immersion trip: One More 'Moral Value': Fighting Poverty By John Leland, New York Times, January 30, 2005
A New and Unsettling Force: Reigniting Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign - the Poverty Initiative's newest original publication is 
