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I walked into the doors of the Cone Health Regional Center for Infectious Disease in Greensboro, North Carolina basically clueless. I...

“The biggest hurdle for these families was finding affordable, high quality food without jumping through enormous obstacles” writes...

“Medical treatment is not enough; we must also consider how to relieve a patient’s psychosocial situation to improve and sustain their...

The idea of the began with Reverend Ralph W. Beiting, a Roman Catholic priest born and raised in northern Kentucky. He was the oldest of...

The connection between intimate partner violence (IPV) and poverty isn’t obvious. In fact, it took me the majority of the summer to...

(LIFT is a national anti-poverty non-profit devoted to empowering families to break the cycle of poverty. This summer I was a Community...

“The Patch taught me that every effort to fight poverty successfully should promote holistic development, trust, and new experiences”...

I interned this summer with the Kanawha County Extension Office in West Virginia. I worked with the 4-H Positive Youth Development...

The office of the Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) is in the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, and their clients are in the elevators,...

“We, those of us with privilege, must take this challenge to define our roles, but we must keep our eyes and ears open” writes Iglitzin....

“I want to be able to empower persons who may have given up and strengthen their neighborhoods where poverty is rampant.” – Lindsey Allen...