Fighting poverty key theme at Chamber dinner
The theme of the Pine Bluff Regional Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner Thursday was "Building Community Together," but to do that, business peopl...
The theme of the Pine Bluff Regional Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner Thursday was "Building Community Together," but to do that, business people and other community leaders were challenged to tackle the issue of poverty head-on.Monieca West made poverty her theme in her keynote speech before a full ballroom at the Pine Bluff Country Club. West is a retired economic development director with AT&T-Arkansas and is now director of federal programs for the Arkansas Division of Higher Education.She's also a certified "Bridges Out of Poverty" trainer, referring to a 2006 book by education expert Ruby K.