Speaker: Kelly Woodland, Managing Director, Center for Leadership Equity
Introduce yourself and tell us why fighting poverty and expanding opportunity is
so important to our region.
Kelly Woodland: Poverty is like a weed that strangles the growth of all opportunity in our region. The impact of poverty isn't just felt in one family, one community and one city, it's a barrier to becoming a thriving region. All families must have access to affordable, adequate and stable housing. Children must have good early childcare and high quality education and youth development opportunities, access to health care and nutritious food and adults must be able to earn a livable wage and compete in the workforce. My name is Kelly Woodland and I lead United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey's Center for Leadership Equity. The Center for Leadership Equity aims to equip many of the leaders of our region's nonprofit sector with the resources to be even more effective in their fight against poverty and its impact on our region.
