The Roles We Play
Financial Inclusion Summit: Addressing In-Work Poverty
On 30 January 2020, Tomorrow’s Company and the Financial Inclusion Alliance held a major summit about “purpose beyond profit” hosted (…) Read more
Poverty Experts Speaking Truth to Power: ‘Take Notice’
On 20 November 2019, Patricia Bailey was invited to represent ATD Fourth World’s #PovertyExperts at a ‘Speaking Truth to Power’ (…) Read more
“I Like to Celebrate People Making an Effort”
As part of “The Roles We Play: Recognising Contributions of People in Poverty”, Joel and his mother Susan spoke about (…) Read more
Blog: The Raw Realness of “The Roles We Play”
This poster was part of a government campaign against benefit fraud that worsened the negative stereotyping of people in poverty (…) Read more
A story about learning from the participation—and the non-participation—of people living in poverty
This article by Dr. Orna Shemer was first published in the Israeli Journal of Social Workers, “Meidaos”.* Irit Aizik translated (…) Read more
Celebrating a decade of achievements with The Roles We Play
“Poverty takes away ownership of our own lives. Every agency we come into contact with has something to say about our lives as if we can’t speak for ourselves and are bound to fail. That’s why this project and this film are so important,” says Moraene Roberts, a member of the ATD Fourth World UK National Co-ordination Team and project participant
Dr. Will Mason: “The Roles We Play re-frames poverty more positively”
In this excerpt from the final report evaluating The Roles We Play project, Dr Will Mason, sociologist and lecturer in applied social science at the University of Sheffield, explains how he and his students saw the project:.
Resistance to Povertyism in the United Kingdom: The Roles We Play
This article is excerpted from Volume 3 of Artisans of Peace Overcoming Poverty, available for free download at: http://www.atd-fourthworld.org/artisans-peace-overcoming-poverty-volume-3-understanding-violence-poverty/ The (…) Read more
Feeling Boxed in by Universal Credit
In this video, Diana interviews Patricia about why she feels restricted by the challenges around claiming and relying on Universal (…) Read more
The Roles We Play: A Method of Genuine Participation.
ATD Fourth World, in partnership with artist and photographer Eva Sajovic, is proud to present The Roles We Play: A Method (…) Read more