Newark Poverty Reduction Conference

Scholar Questions

SCHOLAR PRESENTATION QUESTIONS:

  1. How can your topic help reduce poverty in Newark?

  2. Why do Newark and other US urban cities with high poverty typically have high crime and poor educational performance?

  3. Has a US urban city significantly reduced poverty?  If so, how and in what time frame?


SCHOLAR BREAKOUT SESSION QUESTIONS:

  1. What are 3 concrete solutions to reduce Newark's poverty rate by 10 percent in 10 years?

  2. Is funding needed?  If so, source?

  3. Who should implement this plan?

  4. What are the measurable goals?

  5. What’s 1 benefit of poverty reduction to the middle class?

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