Muskogee Bridges Out Of Poverty

Building Bridges for the Future of Muskogee is a local initiative that helps people in the community reach their full potential. It focuses on empowering those in poverty to investigate the barriers in the community that keep people from getting ahead and educates the entire community on the complexities of poverty. Using the concepts developed by Dr. Ruby Payne, Phil DeVol and Terri Dreussi Smith in their book Bridges Out of Poverty the initiative seeks to empower those in poverty to identify and use the abilities they already have to solve their own problems through analyzing their realities. Community workshops for business, industry, schools, colleges, city employees, churches, police and fire departments, local service providers and interested community volunteers are available upon request.