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Our Eyes Were Opened

- Let's talk about issues with poverty, specifically how to reach out to help people in poverty in wise and compassionate ways and, idealistically, how to work towards ending poverty.

5/1/08

Slideshow of Some Picts from the Poverty Tour

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Beth Templeton
I am the Director of Our Eyes Were Opened, an affiliate of United Ministries, a non-profit organization in Greenville, SC. Our advocacy program's mission is to sensitize people with resources to issues of poverty so they can reach out to people in wise and compassionate ways. I am an ordained Presbyterian minister and was the Director of United Ministries for 24 years. In 2007, I stepped down from the Director's seat to dedicate my work to preach, teach, and write, thus creating the Our Eyes Were Opened program.
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Books I Like

  • The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
  • Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Understanding Poverty by Dr. Ruby Payne

Links

  • United Ministries in Greenville, SC
  • Step Up Savannah
  • Nat'l Low Income Housing Coalition
 

Poverty Quiz


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QUOTES FROM PAST PARTICIPANTS

About the Poverty Simulation . . .

"The simulation dramatically demonstrates how much time and energy many families have to give just to survive from day to day. It quickly dispels the myth 'that people would do just fine if they would go out and get a job.' "

"Really felt the stress of being poor and overwhelmed."

About Understanding Poverty in the Classroom . . .

"A strength of [Understanding Poverty in the Classroom] was making us aware of other ways of living and how it may affect the children's education."