NORTH COUNTRY POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN
BIO
The North Country Poor People’s Campaign meets virtually on the third Tuesday of each month at 6pm.
Connect With Contributor
NY State PPC email list: https://www.nysppc.org/
NY State PPC on Instagram and FB: @NYSPPC
North Country PPC on FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/northcountryppc/
Contributions
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In this article, I seek to go beyond simply presenting statistics to illustrate the scope of poverty or economic insecurity in the North Country. I want to show how the limited understanding of poverty, as a threshold defined by institutions, obscures our awareness of people’s struggles to cover their necessities and of the systemic issues causing economic insecurity. Beyond this, I explore the intersection of social class with other identities such as gender and race while also highlighting the importance of grassroots work. Overall, I hope to generate more empathy for our neighbors and encourage support for the people working to improve their communities.