Creating Good Jobs
Strengthening Families
Promoting Economic Security
Cutting Poverty in Half
Half in Ten Training: New Social Media Strategies to Fight Poverty
Here are resources and slides from our recent training on Pinterest and other social media strategies.
KEY RESOURCES
Interactive Map: 2010 Poverty Data by Congressional District
On September 22, the Census Bureau released 2010 state- and district-level poverty data from the American Community Survey. The Half in Ten campaign created this map which displays the data by congressional district.
New Ryan Plan Would Harm Our Most Vulnerable Citizens
The latest House Republican budget plan asks low-income and middle-class Americans to shoulder the entire burden of deficit reduction while simultaneously delivering massive tax breaks to the richest 1 percent and preserving huge giveaways to Big Oil.
Our Coalitions
- Arkansas Arkansas Half in Ten partner mobilizes advocates to fight safety net cuts ▸
- Colorado Half in Ten Partner 9to5 Advocates for Low-Income Women at the State Capitol ▸
- Minnesota Minnesota Half in Ten partner hosts successful public education event on poverty reduction ▸
- Virginia Virginia Interfaith Center Releases Report on Impact of Safety Net Cuts on Virginians ▸
Our Projects
Restoring Shared Prosperity
Starting the clock on our goal to cut poverty in half in 10 years
Road to Shared Prosperity
Personal stories about programs building the American Dream
Social Networks
New blog post from @gregkaufmann on janitors in Houston, hunger in Philly, and diabetes among children http://t.co/pMDqLU8n @coalitiononhn
#FF @CAPartnership @LAProgress @PALegalAidNet @HSC_NY @natpriorities @vainterfaith @breadfortheworld @9to5Colorado @campusprogress
MT @First_Focus: Study: More Minnesota children in poverty | Bemidji Pioneer | http://t.co/rGq6NQc5 #childpoverty @endpoverty2020