In his book evicted he writes about the families in milwaukee wisconsin as a prism to the Public Housing and antipoverty programs. He discussed his book in washington, d. C. This is an hour. I am so pleased to welcome matthew this evening to discuss his important new book which iss out and already generating a muchneeded conversation about poverty in america and the role that eviction plays in creating a downward spiral on the already economic downward edge of the facts of which hit women and children the hardest. To research this book he endorsed himself in the poorest committees in milwaukee and with such depth if sometimes reads like a novel. The reviews have been outstanding in on comparison behind another powerful work of poverty. Theyve called this and above all book adding that it will no longer be possible to have a serious discussion about poverty without having a serious discussion about housing. He is the author of several books including on the fire line which he chronicles
To do research and the relevant we just need something to scale there is none that shows you can show that other quality there is a more efficient way to do that. To help the unlucky majority end with public housing. When my friends receive the house seen voucher it is like thank you jesus. I can stay at my home and live in my community. We know they can buy their food. And that is a much bigger disincentive to work. You cannot volunteer house long enough to hold on to your job so for me that is the bottom line. The issue is the waiting list. Takes for writing this book by greg polis of my mother in the eric city in the 80s and 90s and lived in shelters. And i am looking for to reading the book still part of poverty that we rarely talk about so do you have a sense of how badly the addiction rates have changed throughout the country . And do you have a sense of whether or not childhood poverty is a field of study . Faq for sharing that that does take courage and it is a beautiful thing
Caribbean, and then he was sent to tasmania, and he had terrible asthma. Meagher was the great orator during the rebel times, mitchell was the great writer. So it was a onetwo punch. Mitchell would write in the newspaper, meagher would give speeches in front of thousands of people. They were very close. Mitchell finally comes to america as well, but he likes slavery. Something happens in him that he sees slavery as not a bad thing. He writes in his own newspaper that if you irishmen are coming to america looking for a start, get yourself a couple of slaves and come south. And so meagher and he, his other people, break with mitchell. Mitchell has three boys. Two of them were on the other side of that wall when the irish stormed marys heights. So there was not a technical irish brigade in the confederacy, but there certainly were irish who fought on the other side, including the very people who were the kids of his best friends. Also i have a scene in the book where they fight the irish
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Good afternoon and welcome to a special meeting of thursday, december 4th, of the board of supervisors. Neighborhood services and safety committee, my name is david campos and i am the chair and we are joined by Committee Vice chair, supervisor eric mar and we want to thank the clerk of the committee, derek evans as well as the following members of sfgtv staff, who are covering this meeting, jennifer low and jessy larson, with that, mr. Clerk, do we have any announcements . Thank you, mr. Chair, make sure to silence all cell phones and Electronic Device and completed speaker cards to be included in the file should be submitted by the clerk, items acted upon today will be on the december 14th, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Before we move on to the one item, i know that norman yee is excused from this meeting, could we have a motion to excuse him . So we have a motion without objection. Mr. Clerk, if you could call our one item . Item isordinance amending the healt