The Poverty Blogosphere II

by Leigh Graham · 2009-05-27 14:25:00 UTC
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Round I is here.

I often feel like I'm toiling away in blog isolation, carrying on about domestic poverty when global poverty is so much cooler.  But true to Change.org's mission, I'm discovering a community of domestic anti-poverty activists, and slowly uncovering our on-line presence in the process.  Here's a random collection of poverty blogs, broadly defined, as they tackle the topic from a variety of angles, just like us:

Politics & Policy

Poverty & Policy: the effort of Kathryn Baer, policy communications consultant, to "share information, foster dialogue and promote action to improve policies that affect homeless and other disadvantaged people."

Poverty, Planning & Politics: Written by a fellow urban planner, David Boston, deals with the role of planning in & the political aspects of poverty.

http://www.davidianhenderson.com/: A blog about poverty, politics and social services, written by David, a social entepreneur that builds technologies that help social service agencies help people better.

Homelessness

Invisible Homeless Kids: The blog of PiA guest blogger, activist and founder of HEAR US, Diane Nilan.

Clevelandhomeless: self-explanatory; the blog of Cleveland's Homeless Coalition.

disPlacement: a blog about housing and homeless in the U.S., written by a Boulder-based shelter manager and homeless advocate.

LA's Homeless Blog:  written by Joel John Roberts, the CEO of PATH Partners, a nonprofit organization comprised of six housing and service agencies that help communities integrate services with housing.

Social Services:

Beyond Bread: The blog of DC's Bread for the City

Hunger & Food

On Food Stamps: Julie's one month experience chronicling food stamp use.

Wasted Food: "this site examines how we squander so much food. Part blog, part call to action, Wasted Food aims to shed light on the problem of, you guessed it, wasted food." Written by Jonathan, a former volunteer at DC Central Kitchen.

Personal Blogs

Audaciousness: Nicole's personal blog on her activism in Wyoming.

These have either linked here or were recommended or promoted by Change.org members.  Please leave additional links and recs in comments!

Leigh Graham
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