The unemployment rate in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area remains at 8 percent in August, according to records released by the NC Employment Security Commission on Friday.
The state's overall unemployment rate is 9.8%. The good news is that the number of jobless has declined in 82 of NC's 100 counties.
For more information, check out the following link on WRAL's website:
http://www.wral.com/business/story/8343577/
This means that there are still many people who are without a job. One of the ways that you can help out is by supporting IFC's food pantry. Food contributions appear to be down and we need help collecting essential food items that households now depend on. The list of usual items that are needed can be found at
http://www.ifcweb.org/foodneeds.html
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
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Welcome to March on Poverty
The Inter-Faith Council (IFC) believes that now is the time to stop poverty in its tracks. Many in our community are struggling to hang on; and many need the inspiration of our community leaders to do something about poverty's influence and prominence. We need everyone who cares about reducing poverty's hold over increasing numbers of Carrboro and Chapel Hill households and unsheltered persons. Our new March On Poverty blog summons you to our call and the original call of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the countless among us who have followed in his footsteps. You ask, "how long will this take?" Dr. King said "Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Poverty is the primary cause of homelessness and hunger, two community challenges IFC volunteers and staff cross swords with daily. A lack of an adequate response by state, federal and local governments enable and procrastinate these conditions. We seek to create a just community, one that is committed to overcoming social problems by a greater commitment to the common good. We hope our blog will bring you more in touch with these issues. We hope you will come to know the facts about IFC future plans, new program models and new facilities commonly called Community House and FoodFirst. We hope you will join us.
Stay tuned! Stay in touch! March On!
Stay tuned! Stay in touch! March On!
View the Community House Mission & Vision
View the FoodFirst Mission & Vision
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