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| 9/19/2008 | What’s a Poverty Commission to Do about a Recession? |  |  | | This audio conference will offer concrete ideas for immediate actions states can take to address the high costs of food and fuel and the loss of jobs that are causing more to struggle to make ends meet and pushing more and more families towards poverty.
Guests:
Greg Landsman, Ohio Anti-Poverty Task Force
Maurice Emsellem, National Employment Law Project
Jim Weill, Food Research and Action Center
Charlie Harak, National Consumer Law Center
| | | | 7/30/2008 | First hand-facts: visits, tours, testimony and more | | | | In Minnesota, the Legislative Commission to End Poverty has spent two years trying to understand the nature, causes, and consequences for the state and for the individuals who struggle to make ends meet in today’s economy. The commission’s next task is to make recommendations. What role do first-hand facts–getting out around the state–have? How can advocacy organizations work collaboratively with a commission to zero-in on the most pressing problems? How can policymakers best hear from those experiencing low incomes? And, how does a commission keep getting first-hand insights after it makes recommendations?
Guests:
Morrie Lanning, Minnesota’s Legislative Commission to End Poverty
Deborah Schlick, Affirmative Options Coalition
Jessica Larsen, Circles of Support,Grand Rapids
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