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from the Social Work Degree Center
This infographic comes from the Social Work Degree Center where you can go if you're interested in doing social work.
H2O Man
(73,333 posts)"Poverty is the worst form of violence." -- Gandhi
G_j
(40,366 posts)It is alarming to hear the Republican meme that basically, poverty creates incentive, while helping the poor creates dependency.
Which, of course, is exactly opposite of the truth.
thanks for the graphics and the link
I am going to make a copy for the non-profit where I work
it explains things better than a long class or lecture
G_j
(40,366 posts)for understanding
mopinko
(69,806 posts)developing with the high levels of stress hormone cause by poverty, is born with a brain more tuned for fight or flight than for books or music.
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