Poverty 101

EVENT INFO:

Host: Real Life Community Church, Portage, IN

Cost: $12/participant (includes box lunch)

Poverty 101

Join us for an eye-opening event at Real Life Community Church where we will delve into the complexities of poverty. This unique training helps challenge stereotypes about poverty and ultimately gives you a better understanding of the poverty mindset. If we are going to break the cycle of poverty in the lives of our neighbors, then we need to make sure we understand as much as we can about poverty. Tim Streett has lived and worked in impoverished communities for 30 years in cities including Boston and Chicago. He spent 17 years as a resident of the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood in Indianapolis. He serves as the Assistant Director of Shepherd Community Center. His primary role at Shepherd is to provide continuing education to staff, volunteers and partner churches through Shepherd’s educational outreach. Tim utilizes his thirty years of experience combined with a formal education in sociology and theology to teach about issues of poverty, urban development, and urban ministry. Some causes of poverty are systemic, and others are situational, but all restrict people’s ability to navigate life. Breaking down our preconceived notions and cultural blind-spots is key to achieving real impact in the lives of neighbors living in generational poverty.

LEARN ABOUT THE TEN ASSETS ESSENTIAL FOR BREAKING GENERATIONAL POVERTY!

Shepherd Community Center is a faith-based, nonprofit organization established in 1985 with a simple but staggering mission: to break the cycle of poverty on the near Eastside of Indianapolis through a Continuum of Care that meets the physical, emotional, spiritual, and academic needs of our neighbors from cradle to career – and beyond. Located centrally within the community it serves, Shepherd offers programs for children, teens, adults, and families. Our primary tools? Education and love.

Info: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR of SHEPHERD COMMUNITY CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS
A scholar with a passion for poverty alleviation, Tim helped to build Shepherd’s unique 10 Assets format for breaking the cycle of poverty. He provides valuable philosophical and strategic direction for Shepherd’s programs.

Host or Publisher Real Life Community Church