Once you've registered, you can read postings on convention topics and participate in online discussions. America entered this third millennium on an unprecedented wave of prosperity. Even low unemployment rates mask the reality that too many lead lives of economic desperation. And, most disconcerting of all, one in five American children continue to fall between the cracks of our prosperity. Statistics verify that poverty in the United States cannot be separated from race.
Mortality rises with inequality.
Finally, the wealth gap affects how we govern ourselves as a country. We can overcome poverty-but only if we act together, and only if all sectors of society do what they do best. We must commit ourselves to seek new partnerships and to engage in new dialogue. Our vision of a good social order is one where many different sectors each make their own unique contribution to the common good. Eliminating poverty housing and homelessness through affordable housing must be a societal goal.