Poverty is a hot topic of late in southeast Kansas — Thrive Allen County, Project 17 and Kansas Leadership Center’s Leadership and Faith Initiatives are all working to curb Allen County’s 56 percent poverty rate in different ways. When solving any problem, being well versed in the subject can only increase the odds of success. Poverty is no different.
Communities struggling with poverty not only need to review statistics and socioeconomic data, but also learn about the culture, said Georgia Masterson of Social and Rehabilitative Service’s east region.
Masterson and fellow SRS agent Anita Cooper shed some light on the thought processes and perceptions the middle class and wealthy have about the poor during two Bridges Out of Poverty workshop sessions.
