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March 2010: Poverty is like Swiss Cheese
If tax policy makes your eyes glaze over, help has arrived. Bread policy analyst Rachel Black demystifies the Earned Income Tax Credit -- it’s the largest anti-poverty program in the U.S., and it just happens to be administered through the tax code.
“We have to address the poverty that causes hunger,” Black says. “Tax policies that support families who work are an important way of doing this.”
Keep listening for a legislative update from Bread’s director of government relations, and music from Tiffany Thompson.
Listen in as Bread for the World organizers LaVida Davis, based in Chicago, and Robin Stephenson, in Portland, Oregon, tell us how activists in their neck of the woods are mobilizing to end hunger. “It’s about people power,” says Davis. “It’s about the work of everyday folks.”
Monica Mills, Bread’s director of government relations, updates us on the progress of foreign aid reform on Capitol Hill, and Joy Ike, a Nigerian-born singer-songwriter, gives us music for the journey with her smooth jazz sounds.
Revisit the most popular stories and music of 2009 in the year-end edition of Breadcast.
We feature a story on land ownership with interviews from Nicaragua and Habitat for Humanity and a sit down with former Bread policy analyst, Charles Uphaus (now at USAID).
AND... Music from Kimya Dawson (featured in the film JUNO), The Watoto Children's Choir from Uganda, and Palestinian musician Bashir Taha.
Ambassador Tony Hall talks about what he saw and heard at a United Nations High-Level Expert Forum on How to Feed the World in 2050 in Rome last month.
Dustin Miller of The Harvest Initiative tells us how this innovative non-profit group facilitates economic activity and financial literacy on the Crow Creek Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
AND... Music from the Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra of Fairfax Presbyterian Church in Fairfax, Virginia.
Bread for the World hosts a Faith Leaders Summit on the eve of the recent G-20 Summit, reminding world leaders that a global economic recovery must be measured by how many of the world’s poor are able to lift themselves out of poverty.
Professor John Mellor, agricultural economist and hunger expert makes a case for foreign aid reform.
AND... Music from contemporary Christian recording artist, Kurtis Sparks.
Peter Howard, Food for the Hungry's (FH) Director of Public Policy, describes the effectiveness of development as a diplomatic tool and the importance of long-term community investments.
Howard directed FH's relief response in Aceh, Indonesia, following the 2004 tsunami that killed 227,000 people.
Erin Kolodjeski talks about the campaign to reform foreign aid as Congress returns from recess. Also, music by Kimya Dawson.
Art Simon tells the amazing story of how God uses ordinary people to make extraordinary differences in the lives of hungry people.
Diana Ohlbaum explains how recent legislation makes poverty reduction a U.S. foreign policy priority. Ohlbaum, a senior staffer for the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, reflects on the impact of handwritten letters in building support for foreign aid reform.
AND... Music from the Watoto Children’s Choir from Uganda.
Listen to a conversation with David Beckmann and travel writer Rick Steves about the connections between hunger in the U.S. and abroad. "Travelers know hunger across the sea is every bit as tragic as hunger across the street," says Steves. // Did you know? One in five people in the world live on less than $1.25. Bread staffer Shawnda Hines offers some startling facts about hunger. // Also, hear music from singer-songwriter Kimberlee.
