Teacher Notes:
It was not easy for me teaching in the
East New York section of Brooklyn for 32
years as I had to battle against poverty, homelessness and violence.East New York has a population around 90,000. Over
half the population lives below the poverty line and receives public
assistance.
CLASP: Center for Law and Social Policy
(law and policy affecting the poor)
Center on Urban Poverty
and Social Change
CROP: Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (International Social Science Council)
NCCP: National Center for Children
in Poverty
National Center for Law and
Economic Justice
CFFPP: Center on Fathers,
Families, and Public Policy
