HumanDevelopment16WYB

Reflect on and answer the following questions in an essay:
 * 1) What is the poverty rate in your state? In your county? Does this surprise you?
 * 2) What are the ways that you show love and walk humbly in your life with God?
 * 3) How does CCHD show their work for justice? Why does CCHD believe it is important for local groups or communities to be involved in the issues affecting the daily lives of people living in poverty?
 * 4) What is a good example of a charitable organization in your county or state? What do they do? How are they providing charity in your community?
 * 5) What is a good example of a social justice organization in your county or state? What do they do to provide social justice to the people they server?

Notes for 1: The poverty rate for Florida is 16.5%. In Hillsborough County, the poverty rate is 19.1%. These rates don't surprise me because there's a lot of deported people from Cuba and other places.

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Notes for 3: Accoding to the USCCB website, they show their work for justice by advocating for just public policies and helping to change the social structures that contribute to suffering and injustice at home and around the world.

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Paragraph 1: There are people in this country who don't have enough money to buy clothes, food, or even a roof to live under. This is called poverty. People who get under $25,000 a year are most likely in poverty. If you really think about it, compare how much a investor gets compared to a hairstylist. A hairstylist most likely gets about $25,00 a year compared to an investor who can make millions a year. An investor sells companies and a hairstylist cuts your hair and does cool and awesome stuff with it. In our state, there are 19.1% of people living in poverty. In our county, there are 16.1% of people in poverty. This doesn't really surprise me because some people who live in our state come from Cuba and other countries and have lived in poverty for most of their life. Also, some people are unemployed in our state. 1 out of every 6 Americans are in poverty.

Paragraph 3: There are multiple ways the USCCB shows justice. They show their work for justice by advocating for just public policies and helping to change the social structures that contribute to suffering and injustice at home and all around the world. They believe that local groups/communities should be involved with issues that are happening to people in poverty right now. We shouldn't be greedy and just ignore them. We should at least try to help them out in some sort of way. They want to let the poor people that they are involved with all of this too, because they are allowed to make the decisions in their lives. In my 7th grade class last year, we were watching a video about this guy giving away free tacos to the homeless and people in poverty and some people denied the food and thats okay. We don't make the decisions for them. They're their own person and can make choices on their own and if they don't want to live in a safe home with food and water, then thats their choice.