INQ-300 | Community Solutions to Poverty

Full Title: Community Solutions to Poverty

Topic Description:

To obtain a better understanding of poverty, students review recent empirical findings and volunteer in a local community agency that addresses the social and economic consequences of being poor. Agencies include those that assist with food and housing insecurity as well as the need for low-cost after-school care. Additional readings address these questions: What are the strategies of organizations that have an impact on their community and what makes for a successful innovative nonprofit? Students work in groups to write a proposal that seeks to improve an existing program or create new organization or social policy that helps to alleviate the hardships of poverty.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: October 2022