Kickoff Friday for Voices Project to deepen community understanding of poverty

As part of the Voices Project, an estimated 500 Grant County residents will lend their voices to a shared topic: poverty.
The project, an endeavor of the Community Foundation of Grant County, will take place this Friday and Saturday, starting with a kickoff at 8 a.m. tomorrow at the Tree of Life Atrium, 1500 S. Western Ave.
The Voices Project is a team effort within our community to connect with people who are most affected by poverty so that we all might deepen our understanding of it and work together toward solutions.
Facilitators will lead groups of approximately 10 individuals in guided conversations about poverty and the impact it has on individual lives, and the community as a whole. Participants will sit, talk, and break bread together.
The project lasts until 1 p.m. Saturday. The 27-hour time period represents the 27% of children in Grant County living in poverty.
Voices conversations will take place at churches, schools, businesses, neighborhood associations, parks and homes. Grant County has the unfortunate distinction of being the highest in child poverty in the state of Indiana. Families in poverty often live lives that are very separated from those who do not live in poverty. Those in poverty often do not find themselves around community planning tables. We’d like to change that.
Voices is a community leadership initiative led by the Community Foundation of Grant County. The Voices Project is one segment of the work of the Foundation’s Community Leadership Planning Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. This grant will deepen the Foundations understanding of the challenges facing Grant County due to our high rate of child poverty, provide the opportunity to convene key local solution-oriented stakeholders, and both the time and funding to further explore how we can effectively play a leadership role in implementing initiatives—all strategies that enhance the quality of life in Grant County.
Earlier this year, Lilly Endowment Inc. challenged 94 community foundations across the State of Indiana to become stronger community leaders. This grant will better position Indiana foundations to serve their communities and lead the charge to prioritize the issues they are best positioned to address.
For additional information, contact the Community Foundation of Grant County at 765-662-0065 or by visiting www.GiveToGrant.org.

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