Name: The story we tell about poverty isn't true
Uploaded: 2015-09-15T15:24:12Z
Duration: 15 min 7 s
Description: As a global community, we all want to end poverty. Mia Birdsong suggests a great place to start: Let's honor the skills, drive and initiative that poor people bring to the struggle every day. She asks us to look again at people in poverty: They may be broke — but they're not broken.

As a global community, we all want to end poverty. Mia Birdsong suggests a great place to start: Let's honor the skills, drive and initiative that poor people bring to the struggle every day. She asks us to look again at people in poverty: They may be broke — but they're not broken.

Mia Birdsong: The story we tell about poverty isn't true

The story we tell about poverty isn't true

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