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Poverty & Homelessness Part 1: Laura Solberg — How Broken Relationship Contributes to Poverty (podcast)
Dan chats with Laura Solberg about how developing relationship helps heal the sources of poverty.
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Laura’s work can be found here:
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Episode 499

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Tags: homelessness, Poverty, Solidarity with the Poor
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