Category: Unit 2 Final Draft (Page 1 of 6)

Introduction: POVERTY: How would we be able to reduce the poverty rate in NYC?

I am interested in researching this question because it would give us a better understanding on how we would be able to gather more information on how to possibly drop the rate of poverty in the next decade. We need to be aware that this is a worldwide issue and a lot of people struggle when it comes to poverty. I expect to find good facts and helpful tips on how to reduce the poverty rate. I should be able to find valid resources such as personal experiences and how people go through poverty and also what people tried to do in order to help those people in need. I want to be able to find quotes and good videos explaining certain parts of the U.S living through poverty. I especially want to find out   If I find anything about that goes against my question, I would reference it in my writing to show how I disagree and make claims and points on how it’s not accurate.

Source #1: https://scaany.org/child-poverty/ 

Summary:  The Schuyler center is an organization with people who work for the government who want to improve any accountability and make it higher definition to health services such as dental, behavioral, physical, or even mental health. They are very determined to get what they need in order to succeed and help the community. They help try to improve any access to goods. They want to keep everyone aware of what is going on in society and want to let them know that it is a big thing in nyc. This article describes an organization that was formed to fight poverty. The author says that poverty has been around a long time and people haven’t done much to fix it. They want to put their main focus on child poverty and focus on that. 

Rhetorical Analysis: The purpose of this article is to teach people about poverty and help them understand that poverty is one of the biggest socials. They want people to know that the organization is there to help out and give people what they need in order to live. The organization wants to provide the people with resources such as  shelter, education, food, water, and even finance/economic support. They are a credible organization because they have been around for such a long time and have helped people around them. They want people to also know that Poverty still goes on till this day and it keeps getting worse and one main reason is because of the jobs wage. From getting information about poverty is that it can take away a lot of things from so many people.

Key Quotes: 

“New York has for too long allowed hundreds of thousands of children endure the hardships of poverty – in times of recession, and in times of plenty. New York’s child poverty rate has hovered just above and just below 20% for decades, with Black and Latino children significantly more likely to live in poverty than their white peers.”

“As a result, many children who experience poverty face significant challenges–in the form of poor health, academic obstacles, lower earnings – for the rest of their lives. This has a detrimental impact on children, but also on the future viability of communities.”

Source #2: https://www.centreforpublicimpact.org/insights/start-spreading-news-nyc-reducing-poverty-inequality 

Summary: In the article I am using which is on “centre for public impact, with a “bcg foundation,the  author is “Matt Klein.” His full name is Matthew David Klein. He is an American politician and is also a member of the Minnesota Senate and also a member of the DFL. He tries to help society out and make sure he can do everything in his power to do so. They are basically trying to find newer and better ways in order to try to achieve. He wants to help people get through it and hopefully reduce the poverty rate in nyc for once. He wants the NYC community to realize that they are not alone and he is going to do everything in his power to do what he has to do. He wants the people to know that there are teams and agencies willing to help the government lower the poverty rate by any means necessary. 

Rhetorical Analysis: what the organization is trying to achieve here is They want everyone to be aware and be able to come together and speak up on it and help each other. Without coming together to help put a stop to it and speak up on it, then nothing would be done because no one will be heard if we don’t. Even if it’s one person speaking up on it then it wouldn’t matter because they don’t care unless it’s multiple people speaking on it. He created this so that he can help others and create awareness so that people can live better and be able to survive and live a good and healthy life. The goal that they want is to help poverty and reduce the rate at a faster pace and to even try to put an end to it. Their audience is the people that go through the situations that they are trying to fix and not only that it is for the world to see and help out on it too. The purpose is to give people a better understanding of what poverty is and to help them through tough times. He also wants to help people get through it and hopefully reduce the poverty rate in nyc for once. 

Key Quotes: 

“Poverty, too, has remained in the spotlight. Here, we know that some improvements are underway: NYC Opportunity’s own 2017 annual report found that the city-wide poverty rate fell from 20.6% in 2014 to 19.9% in 2016. Progress, then, but much still to do – a point not lost on Klein.”

“From analysing existing anti-poverty approaches to developing new interventions and facilitating the sharing of data across city agencies, NYC Opportunity is seeking to help city government bring the poverty rate down further and faster.” 

Source #3: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/ending-poverty-pay-for-human-services-workers-a-new-york-city-story/ 

Summary: The author of this article is James A. Parrott. James was a Director of Economic and Fiscal Policies at the Center for New York City Affairs. He had a bunch of research projects that included the economic impact of the Covid-19 crisis in NYC , and of the low paid independent contract work in New York State. The audience is the people of New York and the people who are in poverty. He is only talking about nyc and how nyc has dealt with poverty and how they need to do better in order to overcome it. He talks about the reason why it’s happening. People are in need economically. The unemployment rate started to rise and the new jobs aren’t worth it and are even worse than the jobs before. And people aren’t making enough money after this happening. He wants the people to understand how poverty is happening and why. He wants us to know that NYC needs help and we need better jobs and better pay in order to live well.

Rhetorical Analysis:The author created this article to tell people that poverty is a big problem in society and that nobody doesn’t really do anything even when they say they are. The government and the organizations that say that they are doing the best that they can to reduce the poverty rate and help any way that they can aren’t really doing anything to change poverty. Because changes are happening to fix poverty, the poverty rate just gets worse. This article is to show people that the multiple events that had taken place and the reasons to cause the way nyc is the way it is today isn’t good. One event that took place was the pandemic that started in the middle of 2020. It caused people to lose their jobs and lose a lot of financial support that year. He wants to show people that there are always a cause to something and that it could be stopped. Poverty isn’t something you should take lightly because it plays such a negative role in our life because we can lose so much. We all need to help others acknowledge the fact that poverty isn’t going to be stopped unless we all come together and help ourselves and the ones around us. 

Key Quotes:

“Signs of serious economic distress are multiplying, long-term unemployment is skyrocketing, many of the new jobs emerging are lower quality than the jobs that have been lost, and many of those returning to jobs are only working part-time.” 

 “As housing affordability pressures intensified over the past 15 years, New York City substantially increased its contracting for homeless shelters and services.”

“To address the glaring pay and benefit disparities between nonprofit human services workers and similar workers employed by the city, New York City should adopt a prevailing wage approach and establish a wage-and-benefit schedule for all contracted human services workers, putting city and nonprofit employees on an equal footing.”

Conclusion: All things considered, with Poverty being the significant lack of money or poorness that one cannot pay for basic necessities, such as food and shelter, clothing, education, and healthcare shows that Poverty has become a big issue in our world. It has been a thing for such a long time now, and it only gets worse. The amount  of organizations that have been created to help and find different type solutions to help put an end to poverty has failed or at least didn’t really make any change at all. Poverty is mostly occurring in developing countries. It can play a negative role in your life and can affect how you live negatively. “The ambition to lift so many New Yorkers out of poverty is on track, helped in large part by projects like the City University of New York’s Accelerated Study in Associate Programs) – an attempt to help more students complete their degrees by not only helping with the financial barriers but also offering guidance around coursework and peer support.” People want to help and bring light to the families and to let them know that they are going to get the help they need and to get out of that very dark place. You can end up with no home and lack of food and other resources which isn’t a good way to live. Poverty isn’t good for no one so what can people do to put a stop to it or help reduce the rate of poverty. The best thing to do is to complain to the government because in many eyes the only way to fix this worldwide issue is to let the give take care of it, which they aren’t because they don’t really care because they have all the money they need. There are many ways that we as a society can take steps to reduce the rate of poverty. You may ask what that is, but I am here to tell you the two important steps to do so. The first step would be to get better health and education sectors.  To do so you have to supply better food and give better education to all. Especially the ones who need it most. And also Increasing the number of organizations that are working and fighting to help put an end to poverty and reduce the poverty rate. We have to make sure everyone stands together and understands why poverty is an issue and why it’s a negative thing to go through in life. We have to do so by educating people to take actions to any matter and to be organized while doing it. Having information on what you go through can be very helpful and can open your eyes up to a lot of situations. It will make you want to help others that go through the same thing that you go through. Overall, we have to put poverty to an end or it will get to a point where it can’t be fixed or stopped.