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Tour of North Carolina's poverty areas heads West

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WTW) — An effort by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP and other groups to spotlight poverty across North Carolina is hitting the road again. The third part of the tour of North Carolina's poverty-striken [...]

Posted On : May, 01 2012 | Comments : 0

Byron Williams: Bus tour must shine bright light on issue of...

Whatever one says about the 1960s, a decade characterized by cultural and political change, it must also be said that it was a decade when leadership was willing to publicly address poverty. President Lyndon Johnson introduced legislation [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Poverty tour stops in Chicago

Tavis Smiley, the syndicated talk show host who has been a vocal critic of President Barack Obama’s policies on behalf of African-Americans, will bring his national “poverty tour” to Chicago this weekend, putting the spo [...]

Posted On : Aug, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

National 'poverty tour' will highlight hardships in Obama's ...

Tavis Smiley, the syndicated talk show host who has been a vocal critic of President Barack Obama's policies on behalf of African-Americans, will bring his national "poverty tour" to Chicago this weekend, putting the spotlig [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Tourism – a Fight Against Poverty

Creating Jobs and Wealth: Poverty alleviation has become an essential condition for peace, environmental conservation and sustainable development, besides being an ethical obligation in an affluent world, where the divide be [...]

Posted On : Jul, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Kenya's slums attract poverty tourism

The Dutch tourists came well prepared for the walking safari: strong shoes and sunscreen, backpacks and bottled water. Ahead lay an afternoon visiting one of Kenya's most recognisable sights – but one that rarely features in tourist [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Poverty tours travel a fine line

Jeanne d'Arc Mukamurigo and her daughter sit on a bench in the shade of a tree, twisting stiff, skinny threads of red bamboo into place mats. Weaving isn't something she grew up doing, and place mats aren't particularly Rwandan, but she spe [...]