Stephanie Hoopes, Peter Kilde, Marc Perry, Dalitso Sulamoyo: "Poverty Blind" | Reality Roundtable #7
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Nate Hagens
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🗓️ 10 December 2023
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
On this Reality Roundtable, Nate is joined by four professionals with decades of experience working with low-income communities, Stephanie Hoopes, Peter Kilde, Marc Perry, and Dalitso Sulamoyo to discuss the state of poverty in the United States. Even in the wealthiest country in the world, poverty is a pernicious problem - and in a future that is more resource constrained it will only get worse. Do the current official measurements of poverty accurately portray the living standards of most Americans? How are poverty and agency entangled, and how do we empower both for people who currently aren't meeting survivability standards? What role does community and social capital play in alleviating resource limitations and creating a better quality of life?
About Stephanie Hoopes
Stephanie Hoopes, PhD, is the National Director of United For ALICE at United Way of Northern New Jersey. She developed the ALICE (Asset, Limited, Income, Constrained, Employed) measures for a pilot study of the low-income community in Morris County while at Rutgers University-Newark, and has since overseen the expansion to a national effort with ALICE data for all 3,000 U.S. counties. Her research has garnered the attention of local, state, and national media. Dr. Hoopes has a doctorate degree from the London School of Economics.
About Peter Kilde
Peter Kilde has been ED of West CAP, an anti-poverty community action agency in West Central Wisconsin since 1995. West CAP has developed and manages multiple low-income housing projects, and operates homelessness, weatherization, food security, adult literacy and skills, and various sustainable community programs. Peter served on the National Community Action Partnership Board of Directors, where he established and co-chaired the Partnership for Climate Resilience which focuses on how CAP agencies across America can help their communities adapt to Climate Change. Peter also serves on the Wisconsin Community Action Program Association (WISCAP) Board, the regional Workforce Development Board.
About Marc Perry
Marc Perry has more than 25 years' experience working with youth and adults from diverse backgrounds. Marc currently serves as the Executive Director for Community Action Inc., of Rock and Walworth Counties where he is responsible for making sure the organization stays true to its mission of moving families toward economic self-reliance. Marc provides training and technical assistance for partner organizations and facilitates cultural equity workshops for both private and public institutions, including school districts, NGOs and law enforcement entities throughout the Midwest.
About Dalitso Sulamoyo
Dalitso Sulamoyo was born and raised in Malawi, South East Africa. Since moving to the United States of America in the early 1990s, he has made economic and social justice a focal part of his career. Dalitso Sulamoyo has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission since June 2017. As the CEO, Dalitso oversees a multi-faceted government agency with over 140 different federal, state, and local grants and contracts with a budget of over $6million. The agency's services range from transportation planning, police training, energy efficiency training, community services, workforce development, economic and community development to early childhood education for income eligible families.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The Great Simplification with Nate Higgins. |
| 0:06.0 | That's me. |
| 0:07.7 | On this show, we try to explore and simplify what's happening with energy, the economy, the environment, in our society. |
| 0:17.0 | Together with scientists, experts, and leaders, this show is about understanding the bird's |
| 0:23.0 | eye view of how everything fits together, where we go from here and what we can do about |
| 0:28.5 | it as a society and as individuals. |
| 0:33.2 | Welcome to reality roundtable number seven, where we discuss a central topic to the Great |
| 0:40.5 | Simplification, which is poverty. |
| 0:43.8 | Joining me today are Stephanie Hoops. |
| 0:47.4 | Stephanie developed the Alice metric, which stands for asset limited, income constrained, |
| 0:53.1 | but employed for a pilot study of low-income |
| 0:56.3 | community in New Jersey and has since overseen the expansion to a national effort with Alice |
| 1:01.7 | Data for all U.S. counties as the national director for a program at United Way of Northern New Jersey. |
| 1:08.3 | Also joining me as Peter Kildee, who's been the executive director of Westcap, an |
| 1:13.7 | anti-poverty community action agency in West Central Wisconsin for almost the last 30 years, |
| 1:20.0 | where they've developed and managed multiple low-income housing projects and various |
| 1:24.4 | sustainable community programs. |
| 1:27.1 | Also joining me as Mark Perry, who's the executive director for community action of Rock |
| 1:32.6 | and Wellworth counties in Wisconsin, where he provides training and technical assistance |
| 1:38.0 | for cultural equity workshops with a goal of moving families toward economic self-reliance. |
| 1:45.0 | Lastly is Delizzo Sulamojo, who is the CEO of Champaign County Regional Planning Commission in Illinois, |
| 1:54.0 | whose services range from transportation planning, energy efficiency training, community service, |
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