Don’t Take the Shirts Off Our Backs
About the "Shirts Off Our Backs” Exhibit
One of the t-shirts created by welfare
recipients to depict their
families' struggles
with
domestic violence,
unemployment,
single
parenthood, and
access to education.
Photo: Kathy Fisher
"The Shirts Off Our Backs" display was organized by the Welfare Made a Difference Campaign to bring the voices of welfare recipients to the attention of policymakers and the public. AFSC has displayed the t-shirts at a Quaker center in Philadelphia, and is currently housing the exhibit. Contact us if you want to exhibit the t-shirts at a church, synagogue, welfare office, or another location in your community.
AFSC’s work to put a human face on welfare and poverty
Photo: Chris Pifer
While the United States spends billions of dollars a month on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, 35 million Americans live in poverty, 45 million lack health insurance, and 13 million children go to bed hungry some nights. Working in communities across the United States, AFSC works to help people meet basic survival needs, advocate for new national priorities and organize for economic human rights.
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