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"This is a breakdown, this is a breakthrough. Let me give a list of my hungers and my struggles to you. Underage Pregnancies. Welfare. Child Support. Housing Authority. Rape Victims. Drug Dealing. High Crime Rates. Juvenile Life. This is an example of the things we go through coming up in the hood, in the streets of Philadelphia.
We need to get up and speak for our rights. If we don’t speak up, who will? Are you aware of my hunger, my struggle and my pain?"
See Whitney featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
"No matter what level, what class, everybody needs to make a living. Jobs need to be created to just give that chance. People are capable."
See Ashley featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 11/30/08.
“There are some benefits. They provide your children with vaccinations, things that they can’t get in third world countries, things that we take for granted… they can take care of me medically but the rest of me is just dangling out there, hanging on a rope...”
See Crystal featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer series, "A Portrait of Hunger."
Read Crystal's story featured in a Coalition on Human Needs report on "The Recession Generation."
Hear Crystal interviewed on WHYY Radio Times
See Crystal featured on CNN.com
See Crystal featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Come leave your world just for one week and live in my world. Tell me how you're going to make it and survive-- how emotionally you're going to keep yourself together. To day-by-day look at your kids and tell them, 'I don't have any money to take you to the store.' Or, 'We're eating Oodles of Noodles today because the food stamps didn't last.'"
Click here to see Erica's photos featured in the Martha's Vineyard Gazette.
See Erica featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
“What would you do if you were in my shoes? If you had to work two jobs to take care of your kids and it still wasn’t enough? And then the government tells you you can’t have Food Stamps to feed your kids…what would you do?”
Imani was recently featured in this Philadelphia Inquirer story. Imani has also shared her story with the Praise in the City on 103.9 WPPZ, Channel 6 Action News, the Washington Post and the Associated Press.
Click below to see Imani's testimony on the importance of the SNAP (food stamp) program. The video was made for the Coalition on Human Needs.
"The key is to prevent everybody needing welfare. The key is to get people off welfare. You don’t want this to keep being a repeated cycle. It seems like it’s a repeated cycle, and it gets worse."
Angela was featured Ebru Television, an international news agency with viewers across the globe. Click here for the video and accompanying transcript.
Angela's writing and photography were featured by Media Voices for Children and Change.org. Click here to read and see her work.
Angela gave a presentation as part of a webinar entitled, "Stories Behind the Statistics: What the 2009 Poverty and Income Data Mean for Your Family." The webcast was sponsored by the Coalition on Human Needs and the Half in Ten Campaign--click here for a summary and links to Angela's presentation.
See Angela featured as she speaks out on hunger in the Philadelphia Inquirer
See Angela featured in a story about gaps in women's wages.
See Angela featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 2/15/10.
"For those who live in poverty, to get ahead is like licking honey off a thorn. Impossible but sweet. I’m looking forward to a time when we all can be one, no matter where you’re from or the color of your skin."
See Tianna featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer and in the Washington Post.
Click below to see a video Tianna recently recorded about the importance of federal assistance programs. The video was made for the Coalition on Human Needs.
Hear Tianna on WHYY's Voices in the Family with Dan Gottlieb.
See Tianna's writing and photography featured by Media Voices for Children.
See Tianna featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer article about the launch of Sesame Street's new initiative to support low-income families in eating healthy.
“I overcome my barriers by waking up every day, taking my daughter to school, taking my other daughter to daycare. Going out there, going to school, knowing that I’m about to be something. I’m about to get a better job, or I’m about to be a better person for my kids, because I’m striving for a better me, to raise my kids in a better environment."
See Shearine featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Click below to see Shearine's testimony on the importance of the SNAP (food stamp) program. The video was made for the Coaliton on Human Needs.
"I wish people would just look at you for who you are, and not treat you like they are superior; like you’re on a different level just because you need Welfare. I’m so used to being let down. I’m so used to being disappointed. I’m so used to everything just crumbling down on me that I don’t ask for any help anymore."
See and read about Barbie's advocacy for the TANF emergency fund.
Read a Philadelphia Inquirer article that features Barbie advocating for PA's subsidized jobs program -- click here.
Barbie advocated for the Earned Income Tax Credit on 8/31/10. Click here to see a summary and video of the hearing.
Hear Barbie featured on the BBC World Business News Podcast
Click here to see Barbie's photos featured in the Martha's Vineyard Gazette.
See Barbie featured in a Washington Post article and video.
Hear Barbie interviewed on WHYY Radio Times
See Barbie in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post and in a video by the Associated Press.
See Barbie featured in the Share Our Strength blog.
Read a story that Barbie has written about her experiences entitled "Strong".
"I don’t think a human on this earth can love until they have a baby."
See Tamika featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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