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October 12, 2016

Why is West Virginia So Poor?

why-is-wv-so-poor-presentation-cover-dsAt October’s Lunch and Learn at the West Virginia Covenant House, Rick Wilson (Executive Director of the American Friends Service Committee’s West Virginia Economic Justice Project) and Sean O’Leary (Senior Policy Analyst with the WVCBP) discussed the history of West Virginia’s chronically high poverty rate. This presentation is a preview of the 2015 State of Working West Virginia, an annual collaboration between the American Friends Service Committee and the WVCBP.

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