Anti-Poverty Advocates Recognized on Assembly Floor
Leaders from Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton, Community FoodBank of New Jersey and the Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey were presented with a ceremonial resolution acknowledging their efforts to reduce poverty and enact solutions on March 14.
Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle honored anti-poverty advocates Joyce Campbell, Serena Rice, and Diane Riley on the Assembly floor for their work to combat poverty in New Jersey and enact poverty solutions. “Whether it’s ensuring that people have the opportunity to earn a living wage, or that children are not going to bed hungry at night or that seniors are able to afford to heat their homes in the winter, we need to take a comprehensive approach to lift people out of poverty in New Jersey. These honorees live and breathe this challenge each and every day and have made a marked difference in the lives of families throughout New Jersey. For that, they deserve to be honored during this year’s Women’s History Month,” said Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle.
“This recognition is an incredible honor and I am grateful to have worked with such tireless advocates and to have been inspired by those who struggle to make ends meet,” said Campbell, the Associate Executive Director for External Affairs for Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton, as well as the Vice-President of the Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey’s Board. “There is no doubt that I have received much more than I have given. And, we won’t give up until poverty is a word of the past.”