How Poverty Taxes the Brain

Periodically, I get emails from various websites that collect information on college degree programs - I get the ones focused on psychology issues because of this blog's focus. The one below is from a social work degree programs site - but the graphic they have created (for Poverty Awareness Month) is excellent, so I am sharing it here.



Source: SocialWorkDegreeCenter.comt

Sources:

• http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6149/976.abstract
• http://m.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/08/how-poverty-taxes-brain/6716/
• 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplements from the Current Population Survey, U.S. Census Bureau, 2011. 
• Urban Institute, Transitioning In and Out of Poverty, 2007. 
• Income, Earnings, and Poverty data from the 2010 American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau, 2011. 
• National Center for Children in Poverty, Budgeting for Basic Needs, March 2009
• Income, Earnings, and Poverty data from the 2010 American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau, 2011.
• http://www.bread.org/hunger/us/facts.html
• http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb13-165.html
• http://www.cssp.org/media-center/press-releases/cssp-statement-on-new-poverty-data-the-need-for-equitable-policy-change
• http://policyforresults.blogspot.com/
• http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/498/
• http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/08/30/2555601/living-poverty-effect-brain-constantly-pulling-nighters/
• http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2013/10/11/global-wealth-rises-as-gap-between-rich-and-poor-grows/

Generation WE: The Movement Begins . . . (or began)

This video was quite moving . . . I actually got goosebumps. I found it at KarmaTube - "a project of ServiceSpace, an all-volunteer run organization. Our aim is to enable individuals to contribute in meaningful ways to the world around them. Together, we hope to "be the change we wish to see in the world." This isn't a new movement - it started with the 2008 election cycle. So I wonder how active they still are - if they are?

For more information, check out Generation WE.

Video from KarmaTube

Generation WE: The Movement Begins...

"We, the youth of the United States, believe our birthright has been betrayed," declares the Millennial Generation, the largest generation in American history, to date. They inherit a country in decline and a broken political system. Still, America's young people declares a manifesto of hope - to restore the American dream.

• Learn more about how the Millenials are emerging as a powerful political and social force.
• Think American youth have inherited their parents' politics?  Guess again. Understand the change underway.
• Be a responsible member of society: study the issues and vote in every election.

Generation We - the Millennials - has arrived. They have emerged as a powerful political and social force. Their huge numbers and progressive attitudes are already changing America. And the world.

The book is free to download as a PDF.