Alumna Karen Waters Leads Community Discussion on Poverty

Jan 26 2006 - 3:07pm

Karen Waters, PLP '03

Political Leaders Program Class of 2003 graduate Karen Waters of Charlottesville was quoted recently in the Daily Progress. Waters is Executive Director of the Quality Community Council which is sponsoring a four-part community discussion on poverty in the City of Charlottesville.

"We hope to raise consciousness in the community about poverty," Waters told repoerter Melanie Mayhew. "We hope to start a dialogue about how poverty fits into some of the chronic problems that we work to address."

According to the article, this four-part series is "the first step towards opening Peoples College, a community-based institute targeting adult learners in low-income areas of Charlottesville."

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