Poverty means more than “the condition or quality of being poor; need; indigence; lack of means of subsistence.” It also means “deficiency in necessary properties or desirable qualities, or in a specific quality, etc.” (Webster’s New Twentieth Century Dictionary). Being impoverished, then, is more than lacking financial means. Poverty is an overall condition of inadequacy, lacking, and scarcity. It is destitution and deficiency of economic, political, and social resources. As such, millions of people in this country are impoverished socially, politically, and economically. This broader perspective reflects the true dimensions of poverty.

Facing Poverty was a PowerPoint presentation collaboration prepared earlier this year by the City of Champaign Township Supervisor, Linda Abernathy and her Adminstrative Assistant D’ Anne Winston.

Click the link below to view the Powerpoint Presentation:

Facing Poverty: A Closer Look at the Nov. 4, 2008 Referendum