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There's no "Low-Income Community"

....and that's the problem

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Sheela Clary
Mar 09, 2024
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Last spring three experiences in quick successtion got me wondering about the word “community,” and how it we conceive of it in regard to wealth. Here in South Berkshire County, Massachusetts, where I was born and raised and still live, I used to manage a fund that paid for local low-income kids to attend summer camp. Though the money was spent down dur…

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