{"id":7306,"date":"2015-03-19T14:08:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T14:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=7306"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:44:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:44:37","slug":"please-join-us-for-the-national-two-dollar-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/please-join-us-for-the-national-two-dollar-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Please Join Us for the National TWO DOLLAR CHALLENGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2-a-day-challenge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7307 aligncenter\" alt=\"2$ a day challenge\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2-a-day-challenge.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>National TWO DOLLAR CHALLENGE<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>April 6th &#8211; 10th, 2015<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to rethink everything you think you know about the <b>end of global poverty&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>No one person can solve the problem of global poverty, but a nation in motion is a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>The Two Dollar Challenge is a grassroots movement looking to transform students&#8217; perceptions about poverty, but they need support to spread the word. Their goal is to open a meaningful nation-wide conversation about global poverty and foreign aid. Finding solutions that truly work will require radical new ways of thinking about the problem.\u00a0 By asking you to live on $2 a day, they hope to push you outside your comfort zone to critically engage with, and empathetically reevaluate global poverty and your role in its end.\u00a0<b>\u201cWe may never truly understand poverty.\u00a0But, we can revolutionize the way you think about it.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/twodollarchallenge.org\/\">Two Dollar Challenge Website<\/a> to read about their purpose and to take action!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twodollarchallenge.org\/sign-up\/\">Sign-Up<\/a> and include St. Petersburg College International Programs under the \u201cSchool, Campus, Organization or Group\u201d Section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National TWO DOLLAR CHALLENGE April 6th &#8211; 10th, 2015 It&#8217;s time to rethink everything you think you know about the end of global poverty&#8230; No one person can solve the problem of global poverty, but a nation in motion is a step in the right direction. 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