Friends In Deed Podcast
Friends In Deed (FID) is an interfaith organization that provides supportive services to our homeless and at risk neighbors to help them rebuild their lives. Each episode, FID CEO, Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater, talks about our programs, interviews clients, has conversations with staff, community leaders and commentators around issues of poverty, homelessness, religious values, morals and much more! Learn more at www.friendsindeedpas.org, follow us on Instagram @friendsindeedpas, or visit us at facebook.com/friendsindeedpas.
Friends In Deed Podcast
2023-5 Keeping the Poor in Poverty: Payday Loans, Overdraft and Check Cashing Fees
Today, Rabbi Joshua shares the wisdom and thoughts of Matthew Desmond, Professor of Sociology at Princeton, who has a new book called Poverty, By America. His previous book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, won the Pulitzer Prize. Learn about the billions of dollars collected each year from the poorest Americans by the fees and interest rates they get charged. The "War on Poverty" has been an abysmal failure, but there are some basic solutions to finally winning, and ending systemic poverty in our country.
Learn more about Professor Desmond and his books:
https://matthewdesmondbooks.com
Learn about FID's Eviction Prevention and Rental Assistance Program:
https://friendsindeedpas.org/programs/eviction-prevention-and-rental-assistance/
