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Dorothy Day: Ending Poverty
Dorothy Day was an advocate for social change to end poverty. She was very generous and strong to other members of society, and used her Catholic based social values to help people. It was inspiring to me that a good portion of her life was to voluntary poverty trying persuade others in society to detach from their material possessions and focus on people. Her story has caused me to wonder why more people today are not trying harder to end poverty. I understand that many people are but there are various trials to go through for people in poverty to get equal rights.
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