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Artvoice Weekly Edition » Issue v11n10 (03/08/2012) » Section: Week in Review


A Poverty Plan

by George Sax
“The poor you have always with you,” the New Testament tells us (at Matthew 26:11), but for the more than 150 people who gathered in a meeting room of Buffalo’s Olmsted Center for Sight on Main Street last Friday, this admonition was definitely not the theme of their discussions. The attendees, representing 75 area anti-poverty groups, were intent on examining various potential strategies and programs to combat poverty in Western New York.

Scorecard: The Week's Winners and Losers

by Zachary Burns




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