Category Archives: End Poverty

Albuquerque Mayor Using Breaking The Broken Principles

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Debunking the Myth of Social Justice

It’s great to see the mayor of Albuquerque using some of the principles from Breaking the Broken to end homelessness and panhandling. This is a program that is worth duplicating in other areas of the country.

As written in the Washington Post: “Republican Mayor Richard Berry was driving around Albuquerque last year when he saw a man on a street corner holding a sign that read: “Want a Job. Anything Helps.” Throughout his administration, as part of a push to connect the homeless population to services, Berry had taken to driving through the city to talk to panhandlers about their lives. His city’s poorest residents told him they didn’t want to be on the streets begging for money, but they didn’t know where else to go.

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Let’s End Poverty

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There are millions of hurting people in the world. They are in dire need of assistance, but are we really making a difference? We deliver food, clothing, blankets, a turkey at Thanksgiving, and gifts at Christmas. We visit orphans to hold a VBS, make crafts and give hugs, but none of these efforts are doing anything to actually end poverty…they are only treating the symptoms.

While we must make sure starving people get food, the greater cause is to address the reason they are hungry in the first place. John Perkins said, “There are two reactions to poverty and injustice – social service and social action. Social service takes a food basket to a needy family at Christmas; social action tries to eliminate the conditions which produce the hunger.”

This video explains the struggle and what is really needed.

If you’re interested in ending poverty, Breaking the Broken provides a framework and guidelines to heal what is broken.