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Poverty in Philadelphia

Poverty in Philadelphia . The Universal declaration of human rights. Article 1 All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights . They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood .

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Poverty in Philadelphia

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  1. Poverty in Philadelphia

  2. The Universal declaration of human rights • Article 1 • All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. • This relates to poverty because, people who are impoverished are robbed of their dignity. They have nothing while we continue to flourish and buy things we want, when they cant buy the things they need. • That is not in the spirit of brotherhood

  3. The Universal declaration of human rights • Article 5 • No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. • For example living out of a car or box and having nothing to your name is very degrading. Especially because you cant not help that fact that you are poor. • When you are poor torture can be simple as simple as paying the same taxes as people who are in middle class.

  4. The Universal declaration of human rights • Article 21 • (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. • (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. • (3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures. • People who are poverty do not have the time or money to vote because they have no means of transportation. There are other things occupying there time like balancing the jobs they have or getting a job they need. They feel cheated by the system.

  5. Robert Fairbanks • Robert Fairbanks is a professor at the University of Philadelphia. • He tells us about how 60,000 row homes were abandon and 30,000 were converted for addicts and alcoholics. • This was in the slums of Kensington Philadelphia. • He tells us from a secondary point of view. • My findings were that poverty could slowly be helped if we have more cities like Philadelphia.

  6. Makia Harper • Makia Harper was a professor and anthropologist at Drexel University. • She started the Witness to hunger program • Picked 40 women to interview and study • To her surprise she found that what they go through was awful. • She tells us from a secondary point of view from these women • You don’t know what other go through until you have seen itor lived it.

  7. Lisa Levenstein • Lisa Levenstein is a professor at the University of North Carolina. • She has been involved with poverty and women’s health since 1994 • These women say they are no different from any of us they have the same wants and needs. It takes a lot for these people to survive poverty. • She has a secondary view point. • I think that discrimination against your gender and race is wrong especially in the point of poverty.

  8. Poverty in Philly today

  9. Vital speeches of the day • Our Team Offers You Challenge and Struggle and a Good Night's Sleep is a speech written into the “Vital speeches of the day” • This is a magazine from NY. • It was made to the graduating class of 2012 at the University of Pennsylvania. • It is tough on these kids coming out of college and not knowing if one day they will end up in poverty with nothing. • It was a secondary source.

  10. Hungry children are: • 60% more likely to miss school.  • 50% more likely to repeat a grade.  • Twice as likely to be suspended from school. • Twice as likely to require special education. "Fact Sheet: Hunger in Philadelphia | Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger." Fact Sheet: Hunger in Philadelphia | Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.

  11. Why Poverty Together we can beat Poverty

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