Participants: TJC Dental Hygiene, UT Tyler School of Pharmacy, East Texas Food Bank Agency Conference, Love in Action, DSHS Regions 2 & 3, TJC Vocational Nursing, Christian Women's Job Corp Lindale, Literacy Council of Tyler, Malakoff, Christian Homes, TJC Social Work, UT Health Science Center and hundreds more in multiple public sessions.
Annual Outreach: 700+ participants
Annual Outreach: 700+ participants
Bridges Out of Poverty Workshops
Learn about proven concepts, strategies and approaches to prevent, reduce, and alleviate poverty. This training assists employers, community organizations, social service agencies, and individuals gain insight and strategies.
This workshop introduces participants to a comprehensive approach for understanding the dynamics that cause and maintain poverty from the individual to the systemic levels. Bridges Out of Poverty uses the lens of economic class and provides concrete tools and strategies for a community to prevent, reduce, and alleviate poverty.
This workshop introduces participants to a comprehensive approach for understanding the dynamics that cause and maintain poverty from the individual to the systemic levels. Bridges Out of Poverty uses the lens of economic class and provides concrete tools and strategies for a community to prevent, reduce, and alleviate poverty.
Participants will review poverty research, examine a theory of change, and analyze poverty through the prism of the hidden rules of class, resources, family structure, and language. Throughout the workshop, participants will receive specific strategies for improving outcomes for people living in poverty. The workshop is designed to provide a broad overview of concepts.
Everyone in our community plays a role in poverty elimination and through the ETHNN Bridges campaign you will learn about your role. Your participation will ensure that we achieve critical mass of community members who understand and utilize Bridges Out of Poverty constructs in their personal and professional decision making.
- Adopt an accurate and comprehensive approach to poverty.
- Analyze our own environment, circumstances, and role in society.
- Build relationships of mutual respect with people from other environments and classes.
- Redesign programs and procedures to better serve people who come to the organization for help.
- Apply Bridges constructs to our own staff and organization.
- Address change at the individual, organizational, and societal levels.
Everyone in our community plays a role in poverty elimination and through the ETHNN Bridges campaign you will learn about your role. Your participation will ensure that we achieve critical mass of community members who understand and utilize Bridges Out of Poverty constructs in their personal and professional decision making.
Certified Bridges Trainers
Jackie Clay
Pam Jacobsen
Jackie Clay
Pam Jacobsen
Upcoming Bridges Workshops
Bridges Out of Poverty Training Schedule
- Upcoming Workshop Dates TBD
About the Experience
I was excited to attend the Bridges Out of Poverty class because their past poverty simulation brought me to tears and changed my entire career path to community health. The class was a great addition and made me even more confident that I chose the right field.
Crystal Dykes
Partners In Health Program Coordinator
The Bridges Out of Poverty class gave me a better understanding of the world views the people we serve have and the world views of our partners. I also learned how to better communicate our programs and the people we serve.
Alex Fruth
East Texas Food Bank
Bridges Out of Poverty Strategies for Professionals and Communities was an informative experience and should be a prerequisite in all professions. I have suggested implementing the workshop throughout our organization. My “aha” moment enabled me to recognize more is not always freedom among socially disadvantaged individuals, but unbiased freedoms are priceless.
Fayette Davis
Childcare Partner Manager
Bridges Out of Poverty is an amazing class...a must for those in the Social Work field. This class has helped me better serve my families who live or have lived in poverty [and given me] a better understanding of the challenges, barriers, and even strengths that comes with living in poverty.
Crystal Ramirez
Bridges Out of Poverty Certified Facilitators
with Phil DeVol (far left) co-author of Bridges Out of Poverty - Strategies for Professionals and Communities.