SOCIAL MOBILITY

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

 –Nelson Mandela (South Africa President, Activist)

Statistically speaking, education leads to higher employment and lifetime earnings.

Statistically speaking, education leads to higher employment and lifetime earnings.

Following the 2008 Financial Crisis, the income for the top 1% grew by over 10%; but the bottom 99%, experienced negative growth.

BARRIERS TO ENTRY

“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.”

- Cesar Chavez (Civil Rights Activist

Education

This is one barrier and this alone has led to an increase in poverty. Poverty is a serious threat. But what is Poverty?

• Those making $23,492 a year for a family of four

• People making $11,720 for an individual are considered to be living in poverty

15 % of the entire nation lives in poverty

• Blacks- 25% of the entire Black population live in poverty

• Hispanics – 25% of the entire Hispanic population live in poverty

How do these groups get out? 

Where you’re born is where you stay