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Connections: Anti-Poverty Initiative Moves Forward

The Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiativehas released its first extensive reporton how to address poverty. The report contains several specific concepts that will be the focus of the anti-poverty effort.

What are they? How did the members of the initiative determine them? Our guests:

  • Henry Fitts, director of innovation, City of Rochester iTeam
  • Dr. Leonard Brock, director of the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative
  • LaShunda Leslie-Smith, executive director at Connected Communities
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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