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CAASTLC
salutes partnerships at
2006 Annual Dinner Meeting
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CAASTLC
attends "No Room for Poverty" Rally
in Washington, D.C.
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On
Friday afternoon, September 3, 2004, members of CAASTLC's
staff and Leadership Development Program boarded a long
white bus and started the trip to Washington DC. to attend
the national "No Room For Poverty" Rally. On board were
members from Central Missouri Counties' Human Development
Corporation ("CMCHDC") who extended a warm welcome to
the CAASTLC group. As the participants' discussed the
Rally, a battle cry went up that "We're tired and we're
not going to take any more"!
 The
delegation arrived in Washington the morning of Saturday,
the 4th, with the Rally being held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00
noon on the Ellipse between the White House and the Washington
Monument. A young minister from the inner-city expressed
how Community Action must reach out to youth who feel
trapped in the hopelessness and despair of poverty to
let them know we care and that there is hope for a better
tomorrow. Another speaker recognized how ironic it has
been that low-income families have time and time again
been the first to stand and fight to maintain our liberties
while at the same time being denied access to achieving
the American Dream.
 The
Missouri delegation received a good deal of attention
for displaying their "No Room for Poverty" signs. On several
occasions speakers at the Rally asked for a response from
the Missouri delegation, which was standing in the front
of the crowd proudly displaying their boldly printed signs.
On the bus ride back to Missouri, the delegation discussed
how they felt recommitted to the challenge ahead and that
they had made a statement not to be ignored, which was
that "there is no room for poverty in the United States
of America." They pledged to go back to their respective
agencies to continue to work on helping people become
self-sufficient and use their voting power as a tool to
continue to wage the "War on Poverty." |
A
Community Action Agency providing low-income people
with emergency and crisis intervention services.
Helping
the poor to become self-sufficient.
An
Equal Opportunity Employer and Fair Housing Services Provider
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