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From the public hearing of the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development, held Monday, October 16, 2017:
Councilman Allan Domb (At Large) talks about using literacy education as a first step in addressing poverty and inequality in Philadelphia.
A
Thank
You
councilman
Oxman
Tom
Thank
You,
mr.
chairman,
but
my
comments
aren't
necessarily
for
the
panel,
but
it
has
to
do
with
my
theory
that
we
can
either
give
people
fish
or
we
can
teach
them
how
to
fish.
And
when
you
look
at
the
statistics
of
Philadelphia,
it's
not
necessarily
for
us,
but
this
is
maybe
for
the
school
district
and
our
administration.
We
have
a
city,
it's
26%.
In
poverty,
we
have
81
percent
of
the
kids
in
public
school
in
poverty,
81
percent.
A
A
We
need
to
teach
it
in
the
school
system
and
three
copy:
the
Cristo
Rey
model,
where
a
student
works
one
day
a
week
in
a
job
entrepreneurial
type,
job
from
ninth
to
twelfth
grade.
So
they
get
the
exposure.
This
isn't
gonna
solve
overnight.
It'll
take
20
years,
I
won't
be
here
then,
but
this
is
a
program
that
we
need
to
attack.
Now,
it's
not
a
band-aid,
it's
something
that's
accumulated
over
time
and
unless
we
attack
it
in
that
light,
we're
not
gonna
fix
it
holistically,
go
out
throughout
the
city,
I
mean
Thank
You.
Mr.