As a global community, we all want to end poverty. Mia Birdsong suggests a great place to start: Let’s honor the skills, drive and initiative that poor people bring to the struggle every day. She asks us to look again at people in poverty: They may be broke — but they’re not broken.

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http://www.ted.com/talks/mia_birdsong_the_story_we_tell_about_poverty_isn_t_true?language=en