The Hunger, Homelessness and Poverty Task Force makes two additions to its Web site
Contact: Satia Orange
Director, OLOS
For Immediate Release
May 30, 2006
The Hunger, Homelessness & Poverty Task Force
adds poverty-focused sections to its Web site
CHICAGO - The Hunger, Homelessness & Poverty Task Force, a Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association (ALA), is pleased to announce it has made two important additions to its Web site (
www.hhptf.org): a new Resources section and a new Organizations section.
The new Resources section (
www.hhptf.org/resources) compiles links to poverty-focused documents, publications, and tools in the following categories:
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featured links
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books
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community building
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funding & grants
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law & public policy
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library services for poor people
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periodicals
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personal accounts
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research aids
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social exclusion
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statistics
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teaching aids
The new Organizations section (
www.hhptf.org/organizations) features various agencies, institutes, and nonprofits that assist low-income people and address poverty:
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featured links
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economic justice
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government
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homelessness & housing
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hunger
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law & public policy
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library & info science
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poverty research
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social exclusion
John Gehner is the coordinator of the task force. The task force welcomes feedback and invites resource tips. For more information, e-mail
jgehner@hhptf.org.
The Hunger, Homelessness & Poverty Task Force is one of several issue-oriented task forces within the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) of the American Library Association.
SRRT has worked effectively to make ALA more democratic and to establish progressive priorities not only for the association, but also for the entire profession. Concern for civil and economic rights was an important element in the founding of SRRT and remains an urgent concern today.
