Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  > Inside U Chicago  The Public Awareness Campaign in Los Angeles is promoting freedom. Announcements Africa Policy Conference @ UNC Perfect Presidential Platform crafted @ UGA Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More National Press Chronicle of Higher Education The Nation LA Times New York Times > More "As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along." — Eleanor Roosevelt    Center on Poverty and Economic Opportunity > Roosevelt Home > U Chicago > Poverty and Economic Opportunity The Center on Poverty and Economic Opportunity at the University of Chicago is committed to the alleviation and eventual elimination of poverty in the United States. Poverty tears at America's economic, social, and political fabric, and it is the duty of this center and others to reinvigorate what is currently a pitiful national discourse on this pressing issue. America's strength rests on its ability to fulfill its ideals. Poverty must be alleviated and eventually eliminated to bring this country closer to the American promise of opportunity and justice for all its citizens. This Week's Meeting: Thursday, 5 p.m. at Hutch. Group members: Brian Karfunkel Saudamini Bagai Julia Bell Emily R Brown Anyu Fang Jessica J Fulton Azure Gilman Arpit Gupta Andrew S Hammond Sydney Hearn Eric Janofsky Ben Jervis James C Kraft John Lee Teresa S Lim Laura Lutz Amrit Mehra Daniel Morales Vicky Reccoppa Gwen Smuda Colin Sullivan Shira Tevah Erica Yamamoto Diana Zhou   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 1527 New Hampshire Avenue NW, 4th Floor / Washington, DC 20036 || Fax: (202) 483-2657