Living Broke in Boom Times

Community Appeal
Poverty has been called the greatest weapon of mass destruction. Learn how poverty is a solvable problem and your community can help.

Call to Action
Living Broke in Boom Times can teach your community how to organize to end poverty and be a part of the movement.

Resources
•For education and facilitation materials to use Living Broke in Boom Times as a teaching tool click here.

Bookmark this Organization
Auburn recommends The Poverty Initiative as a resource to movement building to end poverty in a local community.

Synopsis
Living Broke in Boom Times, 2007
The epic movement of poor Americans organizing to end poverty is documented in a decade-long journey by the filmmakers. Living Broke in Boom Times has condensed three groundbreaking documentary films spanning a decade into segments of ideal length for classroom use, with new wrap-around commentary from key activists who led the movement. Cheri Honkala, Willie Baptist and Liz Theoharis discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the organizing, and the lessons learned from hard-won experience.

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Documentary: A scene from Living Broke in Boom Times

Ending poverty is at the heart of every faith tradition. This documentary offers concrete tools to end poverty and tells the story of people who are organizing and make a difference. Click here to learn how to bring this documentary to your community.