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Connections: An update on the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative

The Rochester Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative (RMAPI) was launched in early 2015 with the goal of reducing the percentage of people in poverty by 50 percent by 2030. Critics are calling for faster results and more transparency. Is that fair? RMAPI officials say the public misunderstands a number of subjects related to the initiative. We discuss what RMAPI is, what it is not, and its progress to date.  Our guests:

  • Leonard Brock, director of the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative
  • Marvin McMickle, president of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and member of RMAPI’s Steering Committee
  • Daan Braveman, president of Nazareth College and member of RMAPI’s Steering Committee
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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