To help frame your conversation on poverty, see the Union for Reform Judaism's official statements on the need to take action and address issues of poverty:

• Workers' Rights in the United States (2005)
• Ending Global Poverty (2005)
• Confronting and Combating Poverty in the United States (2003)
• General Principle of Responsible United States Tax Policy (2001)
• Living Wage Campaign (1999)
• Social Security (1999)
• Our Economic Commitment to America's Poor (1995)
• Wage Discrimination (1985)
• Economic Justice for Women (1983)
• The Budget and Social Welfare (1981)
• Economic Justice (1976)
• Welfare Reform and Income Maintenance (1971)
• Civil Rights and Economic Justice (1968)
• Eradication and Amelioration of Poverty (1965)