Friday and Saturday, respectively, events will tackle Dallas poverty related issues …
Dallas, especially the Lake Highlands area, is saturated with high-density, affordable apartment complexes. The high population, police have said, contributes to high crime.
While it is not as sensational as the crime reports themselves, it is worth noting that many groups, especially neighborhood churches and nonprofits, are working to address issues such as hunger and poverty; by doing so they say they hope to create safer, stronger communities.
Lake Highlands resident Dabney Dwyer from Church of the Ascension on Greenville Ave. is helping to organize this weekend’s Dallas Hunger Summit.
It will take place Friday from 8 a.m.-noon at Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park.
“Participants will learn about the work being done in Dallas to eradicate hunger and how organizations, churches, nonprofits and individuals can get involved,” Dwyer tells us. More than 260 people have registered so far.
Spots are still available. The forum is free and breakfast will be served. Register here.
[A few weeks ago Dwyer helped organize a “Bridges out of Poverty” workshop in Lake Highlands which also was well attended by individuals and church and nonprofit leaders willing to be vehicles of change in troubled areas. We are working on a larger story about this.]On Saturday, Sept. 7 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Hamilton Park UMC will host a seminar about predatory lending. The regulation of predatory businesses has become an important issue to local politicians and residents alike. Saturday’s program, entitled “Shark Attack”, is sponsored by the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church and The Board of Church and Society and the cost is $10 at the door. Email ntcchurchsociety@yahoo.com.
