Joining panel on poverty, Obama cites ‘transformative power’ that faith groups have
The African-American leader who grew up without a father and started his work life as a community organizer had plenty to say about poverty in our “winner take all” economy.
President Obama spoke May 12 of “ladders of opportunity” once denied to blacks and now being dismantled for poor whites as their difficult lives get that much more difficult: “It’s hard being poor. It’s time-consuming. It’s stressful.”
Obama joined voices from the left and right in a panel discussion, part of a three-day symposium at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on combating poverty. The audience of 700 included 120 Catholic and evangelical leaders.
