Four reasons you should attend the 2016 Missouri Poverty Summit

MACA is a member of Missourians to End Poverty, a nonpartisan coalition of nonprofits, organizations, businesses and community members dedicated to ending poverty. Missourians to End Poverty is hosting the 2016 Missouri Poverty Summit this year on Wednesday, April 27 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel. To register for the all-day event, click here.

Four reasons you should attend the 2016 Missouri Poverty Summit:

  • + You care about poverty. More than 900,000 Missourians live in poverty. This includes more than 280,000 children. The 2016 Missouri Poverty Summit will highlight the current scope of poverty in our state. This will include the most recent data around five elements of poverty: food, education, health, housing & energy, and family & economic security. Sharing is caring, and sharing this information with your community will help raise poverty awareness and understanding in Missouri.
  • + You believe in community approaches to poverty. Missouri is a diverse state. Approaches to poverty for an urban community will look vastly different than a rural community. In the afternoon, the Poverty Summit will have a panel of speakers who will discuss their community approaches to fighting poverty. They will share best practices and lessons learned from their community initiatives.
  • + You want to learn about inter-generational poverty solutions. The Poverty Summit’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Tiffany Anderson, superintendent of the Jennings School District. Dr. Anderson recently received national media attention for her holistic approach to poverty. She focuses on removing the barriers that poverty creates for children in her school district.
  • + You want to meet other Missourians who want to end poverty. The all-day conference begins at 9:30 a.m. and will conclude at 4 p.m. It is hosted by Missourians to End Poverty, which is a nonpartisan coalition of nonprofits, businesses, organizations and individuals from around the state. You will have the opportunity to meet others passionate about addressing poverty in our state and share best practices. We hope to see you there!

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