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Daniel T. Remley; Glennon Sweeney; Julie Fox; Laquore J. Meadows – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2021
Between 2000 and 2013, the suburbs in the country's largest metro areas saw their low-income population grow twice as fast as primary urban cities. In 2018, the Pew Research Center reported that poverty increased more sharply in suburbs than in urban and rural counties (Parker et al., 2018). The rise in suburban poverty coincides with an…
Descriptors: Suburbs, Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged, Food
Harris, David G.; Chupp, Mark G. – Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development (NJ1), 2010
Residents of East Cleveland are fighting to improve the quality of public education and access to vocational opportunities. "White flight" (Frey, 1979, p. 425), economic disinvestment, and ineffective political leadership have led to the disadvantages faced by East Cleveland (Kathi & Cooper, 2005). Nearly 1,200 vacant structures…
Descriptors: Community Development, Urban Schools, Service Learning, Community Organizations