{"id":55981,"date":"2024-06-11T09:50:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starr1.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=55981"},"modified":"2024-06-11T12:09:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T16:09:36","slug":"innovative-approach-to-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starr.org\/2024\/innovative-approach-to-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Starr Commonwealth Hosts Transformative Community Forum on Innovative Approach to Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Starr Commonwealth, a leading organization dedicated to healing trauma and building resilience in children, families, and communities, hosted a community forum titled \u201cAn Innovative Approach to Poverty.\u201d The event, held at Starr Commonwealth\u2019s Albion campus on May 22, 2024, featured Dr. Marcella Wilson, Founder &amp; CEO of Transition to Success\u00ae (TTS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cAn Innovative Approach to Poverty\u201d Forum at Starr Commonwealth with Dr  Marcella Wilson\" width=\"712\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cp3vmkfR0vQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Wilson, with over 30 years of extensive experience in healthcare administration, nonprofit management, behavioral health, criminal justice, and public sector programming, presented a compelling vision for addressing poverty. Her approach reframes poverty as an environmentally-based medical condition rather than a character flaw. In her book, <em>Diagnosis: Poverty<\/em>, Dr. Wilson outlines a scalable, sustainable, and multigenerational response that can be implemented across health, human services, government, education, and faith-based organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forum brought together community leaders, educators, and professionals who are passionate about empowering individuals and families to become self-sufficient and economically independent. Attendees learned about evidence-based strategies and how to coordinate existing resources across sectors to combat poverty effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unable to make it to this event? Starr will be providing this opportunity again in the future. Please contact us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@starr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">info@starr.org<\/a>&nbsp;if you are interested in learning more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starr Commonwealth, a leading organization dedicated to healing trauma and building resilience in children, families, and communities, hosted a community forum titled \u201cAn Innovative Approach to Poverty.\u201d The event, held at Starr Commonwealth\u2019s Albion campus on May 22, 2024, featured Dr. Marcella Wilson, Founder &amp; CEO of Transition to Success\u00ae (TTS). 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