Our survey on poverty closed a month ago and we’re working hard to compile and analyze what you’ve said so we can report back to you and the community. With 2855 participants (a few hundred more than our original estimate) – and almost as many open-ended definitions of poverty to sort through – that’s going to take some time.
In the meantime, we wanted to keep the conversation about poverty in Winnipeg going.
Right now we’ve got a few respondents’ poverty definitions rotating in the “Poverty Is . . .” banner in the sidebar and we’ve posted a handful of them below.
If you filled out the Urban Exchange poverty survey, how do these definitions differ from yours? If you didn’t fill out the poverty survey – how do YOU define poverty? Please let us know by leaving a comment below!
To get you thinking, here are some short samples of what other Winnipeggers said:
- Poverty is . . . a lack of hope – a feeling of not belonging.
- Poverty is . . . when people go hungry.
- Poverty is . . . when opportunity is a closed door.
- Poverty is . . . when you have no hope or choice – it’s not really about money.
- Poverty is . . . living paycheck to paycheck, or worse, on the streets.
We’re planning to release a report on the full findings in the fall. Until then, we plan to share smaller bits of information on MyCityMySay.ca. We hope you’ll come back every now and then to check it out!
Photo credit: Kieran 2009 (Flickr)
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