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46 million people in America. They all live in poverty (two feet of love in action). Florida has a poverty rate that's above 20%. Our county, Tampa, has a rate of 19-21% (interactive poverty map). This doesn't really surprise me for a few reasons. I always see homeless people walking on the street side right by my school. They sometimes are holding up signs asking for money or simply sitting on the bus bench with whatever they have with them or on them. I even see dogs with a few of them. If there's this many people just on one street in one county, then there's definitely millions of people like them, everywhere else in America. I really hope that these organizations like CCHD can help these people.
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This organization does a lot of things for a lot of different people. They address the root causes of the problems and help out the people who were affected by it. CCHD has organizations that clothe the naked, feed the hungry, and care for the sick (catholic campaign for human development). They think this is important because they want people to realize that when they are wasting money on little things they don't need, they could have given that money to someone who really needed it to get a job or even just to get dinner. CCHD has locations all over the U.S. and they have a lot of different people run the organizations (beliefs and teachings). So next time you want to buy the newest Iphone or accessory, just think about all the people who live in poverty that could actually put it to good use.

Metropolitan Ministries help a lot of people get back on their feet. They give them new clothes, a place to sleep, 3 meals a day, and help them find interviews/jobs/schools. They want to get people off the streets and into homes so they can slowly but surely lessen the rate of poverty. Metro min. is funded by all the donations people give them and their president and chief executive officer is Tim Marks (we are metropolitan ministries). They have locations in Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, and Pinellas. Their mission is to care for the homeless or people becoming homeless, and they want to alleviate suffering, promote dignity, and instill self-sufficiency. Metropolitan Ministries is my absolute favorite charitable organization and I'm glad I got to help out all those people.

Hillsborough Organization for Progress and Equality. It's a social justice organization that holds the officials accountable to improve the community (hillsborough organization for progress and equality). So far H.O.P.E. has increased access to healthcare, education reform, and improved services for the homeless. Their mission is to promote justice, fairness, and the dignity of the people by engaging/training people to responsibly and successfully act together. H.O.P.E. is governed by a board of appointed member organization representatives and its elected corporate officers. They are funded in three ways - membership dues from member organizations; investments from individuals, small corporations; and grants. I have never been there but from hat I have read on their website, I think it's one of the best social justice organizations in the U.S.

I show love and walk humbly in my life with God in many ways. One is I will sometimes give food or water to the homeless or help out people becoming homeless. Another is I pray for everyone that doesn't have a home or enough money to feed their family. I also volunteer at organizations like the ones above to help decrease our poverty rate. Reading all this has really made me reconsider some things I selfishly did or say. After this research I'm definitely going to be helping out more to decrease the poverty rate as much as I can and I hope you do too.


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"Catholic Campaign for Human Development." //Catholic Campaign for Human Development //. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2014. [|].
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"Hillsborough Organization For Progress And Equality." //Hillsborough Organization for Progress and Equality //. H.O.P.E., n.d. Web. 09 Oct. 2014. [|].


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"Interactive Poverty Map | State and County Level Poverty Information."Poverty USA. CCHD, n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2014.[| ].
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<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Two Feet of Love in Action." //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Two Feet of Love in Action //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2014. []
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<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"We Are Metropolitan Ministries!" //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Metropolitan Ministries //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Metropolitan Ministries, n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2014.[| <http://www.metromin.org/>].
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