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How might we restore vibrancy in cities and regions facing economic decline?

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Citizen of Detroit Ready to Fight Poverty

Here are 3 stories from Detroit. I'm sorry for this post, it's really hard to watch, but these emotional speeches make us see the problem differently.

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Many young (up to 25 years old) people have never had a job in their life.
When you put many unemployed people on the street crime goes up.
"Real estate language" was invented not for people.
There is no special education in schools for disabled students.

These videos are part of Smiley & West project.

Smiley & West take to the road on a 15-city nationwide tour to highlight an invisible issue in Washington's halls of power - poverty in America. The Great Recession has left 1 in 7 Americans living in poverty with unemployment in many communities still on the rise. The war on poverty is the greatest policy failure in our society. Smiley & West will share the stories of real Americans, free of punditry and spin, in the hopes of changing government policy in the direction of justice and equality.

http://www.povertytour.smileyandwest.com/follow-the-tour/

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