1. Rise Together History & Progress

2. Rewinding the clock to 2010

3. United Way Report 1 in 5 Bay Area Families Cannot Make Ends Meet Rewinding the clock to 2010

4. The United Way Board declared 1 in 5 is not OK

5. 5 April 2010:  poverty in ½

6. Knew it was possible … … only if we came together as a community

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8. Formed Steering Council developed comprehensive Roadmap 8

9. Launched Rise Together Community-owned movement 9

10. FPL is not sufficient as a measure Does not take into account true costs – need for Self Sufficiency Standard

11. 657,000 Bay Area HHs living under SSS 29% of households

12. Even with recent minimum wage increases, families still need 3 to 4 minimum wage jobs

13. Bay Area grappling with rising costs of basic needs

14. Wages of low income earners not keeping pace

16. 28% of Bay Area Latino and 24% of Black male youth have 3rd grade reading proficiency vs. 81% of White male youth 55% of Black and 44% of Latino males dropped out of high school, vs. 30% of White males in Oakland Unified School District

18. The social sector good at tinkering around the edges…  to cut poverty, start here Core Problems Solutions that Tinker on the Margins

19. Rise Together Tackling the core problems, together 19 Core Problems