Seeing Poverty
What do you think it means to live in poverty?
In this video, you will hear from an author who has followed the life of a girl and now a young woman in New York City who has faced challenges with having the resources she and her family needs.
What do you learn from the journalist’s message? What do you learn from the images the video shares of the girl’s life?
Some might say that they have much more than others who are living in more intense poverty. Does that matter? What are the basics everyone should have?
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Journalist Andrea Elliott’s Brief But Spectacular take on seeing the unseen by PBS NewsHour on YouTube (4:13)
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