Memphian works hard to help
women get out of poverty

The Commercial Appeal
By Jane Roberts
Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Around the world today, poverty is in the spotlight, thanks to a 1993 United Nations proclamation that set aside one day a year to look at its effects and root causes.

In Memphis, the image of poverty is very similar to the faces of the poor in every developing country and urban center in the world: It is overwhelmingly female, for one thing, and it includes countless dependent children.

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World Poverty Day rich in
local opportunities

The Commercial Appeal
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Guest Columnist: Susan Stephenson and Ruby Bright

YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE. This is an important day, but most of us in this incredibly affluent society won’t recognize its passing. This day, October 17, has been set aside to consider the other “uncomfortable” side of the economic spectrum--because today has been designated the 14th Annual World Poverty Day.

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Nikki Boertman/The Commercial Appeal
Ruby Bright, executive director of the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis, and Susan Stephenson, president, lead an effort to help women in poverty.

Stand Up Speak Out

Thank you for joining the Women's Foundation by standing up and speaking out to eliminate poverty. Over 38.8 million people, in 110 countries have broken the Guinness World Record – set last year at 23.5 million - for the largest number of people to “STAND UP AGAINST POVERTY” in 24 hours.
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Call to Action

We invite you to support the women in our community for whom every day is poverty day through a generous gift to the Women's Foundation. Investing in women yields multiple dividends: it helps women realize their potential, while benefiting the economy and society as a whole. When you help a woman, you help her family. When you help her family, you save our future. Please give generously of your resources to empower women and children.
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Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis
8 South Third St. Suite 110, Memphis, TN 38103
901.578.9346 901.578.9446 (fax)
www.wfgm.org