My community (Story #387)

In 2011, child poverty reached record high levels, with 16.7 million children living in food insecure households, about 35% more than 2007 levels.A 2013 UNICEF report ranked the U.S. as having the second highest relative child poverty rates in the developed world.According to a 2016 study by the Urban Institute, teenagers in low income communities are often forced to join gangs, save school lunches, sell drugs or exchange sexual favors because they cannot afford food.

About This Story

Project: We Are Here
Date submitted: 2018-09-19 00:00:00
Emotional tone: Positive
Who should know about this? Everyone

About the Storyteller

Community: Lake Worth
Age: Over 61
Gender: Male

How the Storyteller Interpreted Their Story

Note: Responses which fell closer to the middle (between two or three options) are shown as two dashes.

In your story, why did people act the way they did? --
My story relates to: Here and now
Why did things happen in the story I told? The way people were brought up
The lesson in your story is: Take the good, lose the bad
In my story, problems are solved by: Members of the community
My story teaches us to: Always look to traditions of the past
My story teaches us that: --
My story teaches us that: The community is vulnerable
My story teaches us that: NA

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