Poverty Awareness Week is coming up November 16-22, and the Center for Civic Engagement is looking for student groups, classes and community partners who are interested in taking part in planning for the week. If your group is interested in sponsoring an event during this week or assisting with this week’s development,please send a representative to the Poverty Awareness Week planning meetings taking place every Thursday from October 9 through November 13 at 1p.m. in CUB 206. If your group cannot send a representative to this meeting but you are still interested in participating, please email Erin McIlraith, CCE Marketing & Communications Coordinator, at emcilraith@wsu.edu. Visit cce.wsu.edu/paw for more information on this awareness week. We hope to see you at the meeting!
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