This we know.
When the social focus is on the community and not on the individual, health ensues. Epidemiological research has shown us that for more than 50 years. And therein lies the key to ending poverty.
It is not about fighting over who gets what benefits or enforcing compliance standards for symptom-level programs. It’s not about liberal ideas or conservative ideas. And it’s certainly not about having more fundraising galas or expanding government programs that serve as broken band-aids.
It’s about your vision.
And your humanity — and whether or not you can broaden your perspective of who you are and how you exist amidst your fellow human beings. As a first step, it asks of you to consider if you might be willing to take a few steps to ensure that your neighbors have a better shot at not needing help in the future.
A deeper cut
You don’t actually have to go too deep to see that we are in this thing together.