The Changing Face of Poverty
Poverty Training, Annual Luncheon and Program
Friday, May 30, 2008
This year, HDC is privileged to have Donna M. Beegle, Ed.D., nationally recognized public speaker, discussion leader, trainer, and author, as keynote speaker at our annual meeting. She has provided insights and strategies for working with people from poverty backgrounds to countless audiences throughout the United States.
Donna Beegle’s inspiring story and work on ending poverty have been featured in newspapers around the nation, on local television, and on national broadcasts such as PBS. Her research with people from three generations of poverty, “Ending the Silence of Generational Poverty,” is published in the Fall 2003 issue of the Talking Points Journal.
Donna is the only member of her family who has not been incarcerated. After growing up in generational migrant labor poverty, leaving school for marriage at 15, having two children and continuing to cope with poverty, she found herself, at 25, with no husband, little education, and no job skills. What followed in 10 short years were self-confidence, a G.E.D., an Associates Degree in Journalism, a Bachelors of Arts (with honors) in Communication, a Master’s Degree in Communication with a minor in Gender Studies (with honors), and completion of a Doctorate Degree.
Donna completed her Doctorate in Education Leadership at Portland State University in 2000, where she taught speech communication courses for eight years. She is currently president of Communication Across Barriers, a consulting firm devoted to improving communication and relationships. Donna is also founder and CEO of the new nonprofit, PovertyBridge, which is dedicated to changing lives for people in poverty.
The Cost to attend this event is:
$25 to attend the morning Poverty Training (8:00 am – 11:15 am)
$35 to attend both the Training and the Afternoon Luncheon and Program (Luncheon begins at Noon)
($10 to attend only the Afternoon Luncheon and Program)
Please call (989) 673-4121 to RSVP before May 19.
