Talking Poverty on Twitter

On September 16th, the U.S. Census Bureau released new data on poverty. 

To draw attention to this development, Spotlight on Poverty is asking individuals and organizations to post about this data on Twitter on Thursday September 16th.  We encourage you to tweet about the data, using the #poverty hashtag.  Additionally, please consider using the #poverty hashtag whenever you tweet about poverty.

Can't think of anything to tweet? Simply copy and paste any of the tweets below.

U.S. Poverty Rate Jumps To 14.3 Percent, census reports. http://n.pr/aIaACI #poverty (pls RT)

The Census Bureau says that about 43.6 million people, or 1 in 7, were in poverty last year. http://ow.ly/2Fg1G (pls RT)

43.6 million ppl in poverty in 2009--the largest no. in the 51 years that poverty estimates have been published. http://ow.ly/2Fh2K #poverty

 #Poverty rose less than expected, given the rise in unemployment says Commerce Under Sec Rebecca Blank http://ow.ly/2FiMO

Obama's statement on census #poverty data: millions of Americans were kept out of poverty last year due to Recovery Act http://bit.ly/9GZTRT

Obama's statement on census #poverty data: millions of Americans were kept out of poverty last year due to Recovery Act http://bit.ly/9GZTRT