To make our city whole

the long version

..."This document is designed to help us break away from old myths about why poverty exists and the capacities of the poor. It attempts to explore with a fresh eye the various ways in which poverty is experienced by different communities, and reaches across these differences toward a common agenda for action." ; "The Strategy Development Group [of the Boston Persistent Poverty Project], the majority of whose members experienced poverty first-hand, began with an examination of the question of whether poverty must so often be persistent - a legacy passed on from one generation to the next. The Group sought to examine the underlying causes of persistent poverty in an advanced technological society; to explore the impact of poverty on different population groups and racial/ethnic communities in Boston; and to develop a new framework for public debate and action."...