In a recent publication by UNICEF, the U.S. ranked number 24 overall out of the 29 countries for the Child Well-Being in Rich Countries survey. The bottom four places in UNICEF’s rankings are occupied by three of the poorest countries in the survey — Latvia, Lithuania and Romania — and by one of the richest, the U.S.
This weekend The Martha’s Vineyard Film Center and the Vineyard Committee on Hunger are sponsoring a movie and discussion that highlights these issues of poverty in the U.S. The award-winning documentary film A Place at the Table will be presented on Saturday, May 4, at 4 p.m., at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center, 79 Beach Road in Vineyard Haven at the Tisbury Marketplace. There will be a discussion afterwards with representatives from local agencies including the Health Care Alliance, Mass in Motion, Vineyard Committee on Hunger, Center for Living and Elder Services
This article appears in May 3, 2013.