1. Challenges and Opportunities
The Cabell Brand Center for Global Poverty and Resource Sustainability Studies
&
The Shepherd Program at Washington and Lee University

2. EconomicOpportunityAct
Job Corp
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
Upward Bound
Head Start
Community Action Program (CAP)
Medicare/Medicaid
Food Stamp Act
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Fair HousingAct
Higher Education Act

4. ‘The world’s most ruthless
killer and the greatest cause
of suffering on earth is
extreme poverty.’ – WHO 1995

5. 6 million paperclips for 6 million Jews
101,853 pounds
or
51 tons of paperclips!
462. Million
Americans

6. 10 train cars of
paperclips
697VT stadiums full of
people
The entire population of
South Africa

7. Defining Poverty
Measuring Poverty
Natural Resources & Poverty
Climate Change & Poverty
Technology & Poverty
Rural, Suburban, & Urban Poverty

8. 15% of Americans live in poverty
A word on the words “Poverty” & “Poor”
Uganda is a poor country
1 in 3 Americans are affected by poverty
Buchanan is the poorest county in Virginia
25% of jobs pay wages below the poverty threshold
that poor fellow
rate
percentage
prevalence
count
Income bracket possession of “basic needs”

9. How often is a cattle prod needed?
What is the rate of slips and falls?
At minimum, are 95% rendered
insensible after one shot?

11. Who’s your neighbor?

17. The Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty unites nearly two dozen
institutions to collaborate for an important venture in undergraduate and
professional education.