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Sarah Burd-Sharps presenting the American Human Development Project - Human Rights Day 2008
By: frompovertytoopportunity
Posted: Feb 13 09
Witnessed: 1540 times
Regions: United States
Issues: Education, Health, Poverty
Tags: education, Health, human development, Poverty, United States
Sarah Burd-Sharps, founder and co-director of the American Human Development Project presents Measure of America, the first human development report for the United States at the Illinois Poverty Summit in December 2008
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