In two towns have installed Cooperative Grocery Stores in two locations – Cairo and Cutler, Illinois. Many partners have helped this process, e.g., Agriculture Extension – University of Illinois, Arise Veteran Foundation, local politicians. In Cutler, a house was provided manager who was a veteran and his family. The photo below was taken in Cairo where the manager has a 4000 square feet facility. There are over 180 cooperatives in Illinois now.Hope Rises in Cairo Around New Food Co-Op – Illinois Buy Fresh Buy LocalVillage of Cutler looking to bring a Disabled Veteran to town to run new grocery store [ Read More ]
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Buying Local to Create a Lasting Impact Future Without Poverty recognizes people worldwide make who make a lasting, sustainable impact on our society. This past year, the pandemic permanently or temporally closed over 110,000 restaurants and bars in the United States—affecting over 2.5 million jobs. While the United States is working towards recovery, there are those individuals and shops who managed to survive the pandemic. Then there are those who not only survived but continued to support their community in the process. Chef Bill Hawkins at the Bluebird located in Stanford, KY, exemplifies buying local to create change and positively impact [ Read More ]
Women Recovering from Human Trafficking, Tribal members in USA and Nicaragua, and Veterans in Oklahoma: Southwest Leather being recycled and Tool for Development! Arise Veteran Foundation (FWOP affiliate) has been linked to Retreaded (www.rethreaded.com/pages/the-mission) in Florida and the 4000 women across the globe for some years now. Arise and FWOP with it link to SWA has used leather sent to them to make products –thus lowering their costs of production. They sell items on their website and now on the Arise Veteran Foundation website. In 2020, with COVID-19, Retreaded moved to produce masks for the hospitals of northern Florida. Arise VF [ Read More ]
FWOP Summit in Mexico in November went well. Dayani Davilla of FWOP is working with two locations to install air monitoring in Mexico. Spring Break sees her in Nashville helping victims of tornado. Costa Rica Our partnership with Denton Rotary has meant that the Sustainable House has been restored, that four aquaponic units have been installed and the women’s rural sustainable tourism network has been trained in more advanced business practices with allied experts. Two groups of tourists were to arrive in March. Their first tour arrived March 8. Some of their activities were, a tour of butterfly sanctuary, learning to make tortillas, participating in cultural [ Read More ]
FWOP Summit Mexico City November 21st to 23rd https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iKbnYOYpeQJJwwOZiY0ymC1nHMq8WviB A long story and journey! In 2011, Sylvester Flores and Stan Ingman traveled to Mexico City to meet with the Director of the Women’s Network. We were invited to meet federal governmental officials because of FWOP’s efforts in the State of Jalisco, especially the community development work in Flor de Campo some 7000 feet up in the Sierra Madre, south of Lake Chapala. According to a legend, Flor de Campo was the place ‘ God had forgot to visit’. FWOP was invited along with COFIMICH ( Bank and Construction Company In [ Read More ]
DIY Air Monitoring Education for a Cleaner Environment The University of North Texas, UNT, and Future Without Poverty, Inc., FWOP, are partnering to provide a series of STEM and Public Health workshops. During a 2 to 3‐hour hands‐on session we will show students how to build a simple particulate matter (PM) monitor with parts you can buy online and easily connect to a system of monitors in operation around the world (luftdaten). These workshops are designed to engage students in science and engineering topics while educating our community about the environment and public health. The workshops are structured with a [ Read More ]
Colegio Union Mexico ( www.colegiounionmexico.com) is a K-12 school in the Los Molinos subdivision, Zapopan, Jalisco – North West Guadalajara Metro Area. Established as a K – 9 school in 2012, by the next year, 2013, it added the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. On December 16th the FWOP team visited, experiencing a very dynamic day, to say the least!
Numerous reports mention the possible elimination of extreme poverty in the world in the near future. At the same time, reports show that the percentage of people under the poverty level has risen from 18% to 22% in the last several years in the USA.
The recent mayor’s election in New York City focused upon the gap between rich and the rest of the New Yorkers that has been increasing, and some wonder if the middle class in the USA will continue to decline further. The Econonmist ( September 21, 2013; p12 ) noted : “ Americans’ income inequality is growing again. Time to cut subsidies to the rich and invest in the young.” Median household income has dropped from $56,000 in 2007 to under $52,000. Implication? Both conservatives and liberal agree this is the most fundamental political issue in the upcoming elections. Debate will be what to do about it?
“The gap in test scores between rich and poor children is 30-40 wider than it was 25 years ago.” The Economist article suggests a focus on early childhood education and more progressive taxes. With the tax code favoring the middle and upper classes, the Economist favors a flat tax. Details on this proposal would be important to follow carefully.
[Email Transcript] Subject: FWOP Dr. Preston, First off, I want to thank you for the recommendation letter you submitted for me a while back. I just wanted to let you know that I have been granted admission in the the University of Kentucky’s Physician Assistant program, and I have accepted the position. The program starts the first week of January. Therefore, I will not be able to participate in FWOP as president of the UC chapter. I was wondering if there was any way that I could still be involved in FWOP. I know that you had mentioned that it [ Read More ]
