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The story we tell about poverty isn't true | Mia Birdsong

The story we tell about poverty isn't true | Mia Birdsong

The story we tell about poverty isn't true | Mia Birdsong

TED Talks Education · Mia Birdsong

September 15, 201515m 3s

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As a global community, we all want to end poverty. Mia Birdsong suggests a great place to start: Let's honor the skills, drive and initiative that poor people bring to the struggle every day. She asks us to look again at people in poverty: They may be broke — but they're not broken.

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