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Connections: Ed Doherty on Poverty in Rochester

The author of the original Rochester poverty report, and the man who has done more than 50 presentations on poverty to various community groups, joins us in studio.

Ed Doherty has said that Rochester's extreme and concentrated poverty is a product of choice -- often, the choice of elected leaders. So is he satisfied with what has been proposed by the new Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative? What would he emphasize to help reduce poverty? We find out. 

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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