Building Economies from the Bottom Up: (Mis)representations of Poverty in the Rural American Northwest

The September issue of the Poverty Research Flash highlights research by West Coast Poverty Center Faculty Affiliate Victoria Lawson and colleagues Lucy Jarosz and Anne Bonds in which they interview community leaders in three persistently poor rural counties in Idaho and Montana to investigate how these leaders understand the causes of poverty in their areas and how to best pursue economic development.

This and other Poverty Research Flashes are available on the WCPC Publication page.

WCPC 2009-2010 Seminar Series

The West Coast Poverty Center Seminar Series on Poverty and Public Policy will resume next month. The WCPC Seminar Series brings prominent national and local faculty to the UW campus to present their cutting-edge research on poverty and public policy. Approximately five seminars are offered each quarter and are open to faculty and graduate students from all disciplines and members of the public who are interested in research on issues of poverty and inequality and related public policies.

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Numbers of poor, uninsured likely rising; more than 38.8 million believed to be in poverty

By Hope Yen (AP), August 19, 2009, Star Tribune Read the article

The Center for Law and Social Policy is Organizing a Twitter Campaign about the Release of the 2008 Census Poverty Data

Spotlight on Poverty is coordinating a campaign on Twitter.com to raise awareness about the release of the Current Population Survey poverty data on September 10th. Stay tuned to SpotlightonPoverty.org for more details in the coming days or email josh@thehatchergroup.com if you would like more information