Letter to the Editor: Houston High students say ‘fight poverty with policy’
Volunteers (in a file photo) assemble food baskets for the needy at Pursuit of God Church in Frayser. Letter writers Jude Downing and Sophia Overstreet say such projects are “Band-Aids” for the real problem of the city’s crippling poverty. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
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“Privilege ‘is not something we deserve, or are worthy of, and it is certainly not an excuse to turn a blind eye to the vastly different circumstances that one in five Memphians live under,” letter writers Jude Downing and Sophia Overstreet say.
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