Ms. Sherrod came to the realization, as she witnessed the plight of poverty-stricken white farmers in the South more than two decades ago, that the essential issue in this country "is really about those who have versus those who don't".
She traveled extensively in Africa and Latin America to bring attention to the plight of poverty-stricken children.
The country plans to make the plight of child poverty part of its next National Poverty Reduction Strategy.
So when he addresses a joint session of Congress on Thursday, "Papa Francisco" can tackle what have become the hallmark themes of his leadership: eradication of poverty; the plight of refugees and immigrants against the backdrop of what he has labelled the "globalisation of indifference"; and climate change.
Why does the plight of 600,000 children in poverty not engender moral outrage?
He said the play, which concerns the plight of illegal aliens fleeing poverty and oppression in Latin America, deals with attitudes toward immigrants and borders.
#TheBirthLottery is a way of sharing the plight of those born into poverty with the odds stacked against them.
"The plight of children affected by poverty and preventable diseases in Africa is shocking, the One Pack = One Vaccine campaign is one small step that will result in millions of lives being saved," Basetsana Kumalo said.
It was only the second time since Harry S. Truman's State of the Union address in 1948 that such a speech by a Democratic president did not include a single mention of poverty or the plight of the poor.
When it comes to child poverty, the plight of single mothers and the homeless, many American fundamentalist Christians are nowhere to be found.
