A Wider Circle to Host National Forum on Ending Poverty

SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- A Wider Circle, a national leader in the movement to eradicate poverty in the United States, announced that it will host a National Forum on Ending Poverty at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on Wednesday October 17^th, 2018 from 9:00am ? 12:30pm.  

The event will feature Linda Cliatt-Wayman, former principal of Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion High School and author of Lead Fearlessly, Love Hard, as well as Matt Prichard, President and Executive Director of HomeStart, one of the most effective homelessness prevention programs in the United States ? a program that saves the state of Massachusetts twelve million dollars per year.

A Wider Circle Founder and President, Dr. Mark Bergel will present keynote remarks and moderate a panel on Racial Equity and Economic Opportunity featuring George Jones, CEO of Bread for the City and Leigh Tivol, VP of Strategy & Engagement of Prosperity Now.  The event is sponsored by the World Bank Group. 

"As we work to engage government, corporations, communities, and individuals in the movement to eradicate poverty, it is important to bring together leaders from various disciplines in order to understand the complexities of the challenge and the value of a fully integrated solution," said Mark Bergel, Founder and President of A Wider Circle. "Igniting a national movement to eradicate poverty in our country is something to which all these organizations and leaders are committed, and we are thrilled to bring them together to talk about the most effective ways to collaborate and learn from experiences."

A Wider Circle's National Forum on Ending Poverty is free but does require pre-registration.  Online registration can be completed at awidercircle.org/forum.

Since 2001, A Wider Circle has expanded from educational programming and free furniture and home goods, to now include a comprehensive, long-term, evidence-based platform empowering individuals and families to lift themselves out of the cycle of poverty and enjoy the freedom of sustained financial self sufficiency in healthy safe communities.  Each year, with the help of more than 30,000 volunteers, A Wider Circle provides 16,000 individuals with the tools essential for dignified living in stable homes and 2,500 individuals with the skills and resources they need to be in the workforce, while serving an additional 7,500 children and adults through its special programs and services.

SOURCE A Wider Circle