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Ways To Help

Volunteer with projects and events, refresh an apartment, help to host, plan and/or execute a fundraiser
Provide pro bono services, including legal counsel, dental work, or educational development
Advocate for affordable housing, particularly for very low and low-income workers
For your next party or event, ask guests to make a donation to HIP in lieu of a gift
Ask your club or organization to consider HIP for a community service project
Pledge to decorate a room at one of our apartments
Use your unique talents and ideas to support HIP

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Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States

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Savage Inequities: Children in America’s Schools

By Jonathan Kozol

Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City

By Kathryn Edin and Timothy J. Nelson

The Invisible Safety Net: Protecting the Nation’s Poor Children and Families

By Janet Currie

By Amartya Sen

By Angus Deaton

Poor Economics: Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

By Abhijit Banerjee & Ester Duffle

Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities

By Ruby K. Payne, Philip DeVol & Terie Dressi Smith

Race for Profit: How Banks and Insurance Companies Undermined Black Homeownership

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