Support the Shriver Center ’s efforts in taking action to end poverty!

Save the date for the Shriver Center Seventh Annual Awards Dinner, December 1, 2005, at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, honoring Jeffrey Sachs and Morgan Spurlock. For more information on this year’s honorees and ticketing information, visit www.povertylaw.org

Clearinghouse Review

The July-August 2005 issue of Clearinghouse Review focuses on youth in poverty and encourages advocates to apply creative thinking and creative advocacy on behalf of these young people. Single issues of this special Review issue are now available to nonsubscribers! Nonsubscriber costs: $30 per copy for nonprofit organizations; $60 per copy for others. For more information, click here.

Train-the-Trainer Workshop Set for October 3-4

A financial education instructor training session featuring the updated edition of Your Money & Your Life will be held on October 3–4 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law ( 50 East Washington Street, Suite 500, Chicago).

The fall train-the-trainer session is an ongoing project of the Financial Links for Low-Income People, or FLLIP, coalition coordinated by the Shriver Center. The fee is $116 per person and covers instruction, the instructor manual, materials, handouts, and food. To register, contact Hannah Avellone at 312.368.8575 by Wednesday, September 21.

Interested in All My Money instructor training? Contact Karen Chan for information on upcoming sessions in Chicago (September 23) and Lake County (September 23, October 5).

Disaster Assistance Legal Resources

Resources are available to help legal aid lawyers, victims, and others recover from Hurricane Katrina. http://www.povertylaw.org/disaster_assistance.htm.