My life (Story #98)

Many of them have worked for decades examining poverty-related issues—from hiring discrimination to segregation in housing and education, criminal justice reform to immigration, deep poverty to homelessness. Even though they had devoted their lives to fighting poverty, some of the participants asked whether their work made any difference at all.

About This Story

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

About the Storyteller

  • Community: Boynton Beach
  • 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? They did the best they could in the situation
  • My story relates to: --
  • Why did things happen in the story I told? --
  • The lesson in your story is: --
  • In my story, problems are solved by: --
  • 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: --

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