“My family moved to the Philippines when I was 14. While living there, I learned that my mom grew up very poor. Seeing that kind of abject poverty firsthand during my travels deeply shaped my life. Seeing those living conditions motivated me to want to tell inspiring stories of struggle and triumph.” WantKindStoriesPoorPovertyStruggleSeeingConditionsGrewMomGrew UpMy FamilyMovedMy MomTriumphMotivatedPhilippinesLiving ConditionsInspiring Stories Author:Manny Pacquiao
“My family spent many years sleeping side by side in the same room. It's important for me to not separate myself from them or to say that I've suffered more than they have because I'm gay. We all suffered from the same political rejection, and from poverty. When you're starving with eleven other people in the same room, you become connected to them forever. We were all hungry at the same time.” PeopleYearsImportantPoliticalSidesSleepRoomsPovertyForeverGayMy FamilyConnectedHungryRejectionStarvingEleven Author:Abdellah Taia
“My father is a gypsy. He traveled in caravans and was branded by the Ku Klux Klan. You know I have a history about race in my family that has very much to do with the other things that you name about poverty, about class, about access - or lack of it.” KnowsFatherNamesRaceClassPovertyMy FamilyAccessTraveledGypsyKu Klux KlanBrandedCaravans Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“Poverty, first of all was never a misfortune for me; it was radiant with sunlight.. I owe it to my family, first of all, who lacked everything and who envied practically nothing.” FirstsPovertyMy FamilyMisfortunesSunlightRadiantEnviedFamily First Author:Albert Camus
“My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry.” WholeJobsPovertySecurityMy FamilyAngryWhole FamilyJanitorSecurity Guards Author:Jim Carrey