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Nevada Week | Season 5
Addressing Poverty in Southern Nevada: Past and Present

A look at the new film “Storming Caesars Palace” and how poverty is being addressed now.

Nevada Week | Addressing Poverty in Southern Nevada: Past and Present

SEASON 5: EPISODE 36 | Airdate: 3/17/2023                                                     

The new film “Storming Caesars Palace” explores the efforts by a group of Las Vegas women, lead by Ruby Duncan, to change the welfare system in Southern Nevada. We also explore where efforts to lift people out of poverty stands now. 

Guests

  • Maria Tucker, Executive Director, The Jeremiah Program 
  • Jollina Simpson, Grant and Policy Researcher, Make It Work Nevada


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