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Community Dialog on Economic Inequality Sponsored by Clergy and Laity United for Justice and Peace Ridge Schuyler, Dean Community Self-Sufficiency Programs March 24, 2017 Piedmont Virginia Community College

Survival Expenses in Charlottesville Single Householder + 2 Children (1 toddler) Annual Monthly Weekly Food $5,831 $486 $112 Clothing $1,056 Shelter $11,124 $927 Utilities $2,645 $220 Necessary Costs $4,131 TOTAL $24,788

Working Family Expenses in Charlottesville Single Householder + 2 Children (1 toddler) Annual Monthly Weekly Survival Income $24,788 $2,066 $477 Transportation $240 $20 Childcare $9,936 $828 TOTAL $34,964

City of Charlottesville Median Family Income: $70,079 GIS Analysis and Cartography Courtesy of Taylor Holt Albemarle High School Geospatial Technologies II

Albemarle County Median Family Income: $89,456 GIS Analysis and Cartography Courtesy of Taylor Holt Albemarle High School Geospatial Technologies II

Income Status of Charlottesville & Albemarle County Families Struggling in Our Economy 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total Number of 30,427 31,352 31,090 31,371 31,844 32,352 32,741 Families Families making 5,492 5,867 5,283 5,281 5,661 5,500 5,612 <$35,000 875 935 821 998 1,219 1,248 1,335 $0-$9,999 538 668 701 717 746 727 686 $10,000-$14,999 1,991 1,764 1,655 1,532 1,579 1,504 1,665 $15,000-$24,999 2,088 2,500 2,106 2,034 2,117 2,021 1,926 $25,000-$34,999 Percent making 18% 19% 17% 17% 18% 17% 17% <$35,000 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2005-2009 2006-2010 2007-2011 2008-2012 2009-2013 2010-2014 2011-2015

“Lonely islands of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity”

Change is hard.

To create “a world of constantly accelerating economic progress — not material welfare as an end in itself, but as a means to liberate the capacity of every human being to pursue his talents and to pursue his hopes.”