Filmed Live

downtown Dayton

R.T.A. Wright Stop plaza

courthouse square

Poor People Talk About What They Do All Day

and How They Feel About What They Do

Last year the number of non-elderly individuals living in families with combined weekly earnings below the poverty line rose by 14.1 million (28 percent), from 51.0 million to 65.1 million people. 29% of Daytonians lived below the poverty line before the pandemic. The heroin epidemic is rampant and Dayton Ohio has led the nation in overdose deaths per capita. The average hourly wage earned by Dayton-area renters this year is $12.86, which is nearly $2 short of the wage needed to afford the fair market rent of a two-bedroom apartment without exceeding 30% of income.

The Dayton Catholic Worker Movement is a visible sign that the character of our region is defined by how well we treat of the least of our citizens. Though never without problems to be solved, I am pleased to report that there are a great number of Daytonians who care deeply and get personally involved in the lives of the poor. Our purpose in life is to learn how to love.

CITVN COOP supports the national Poor People's Campaign and NETWORK national Catholic social justice lobby in Washington D.C.