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$2.00 A Day
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$2.00 A Day
Allison Kilday
- 2015
- Chicago, Cleveland, Johnson City, Mississippi Delta
Overview and Characters
Jennifer Hernandez
Kids: Kaitlin (9) & Cole (6)
Jennifer Hernandez
- Where: South Side Chicago
- Living Situation: Moving around families, La Casa Homeless Shelter
- Job: Chicago City Custodial Services
- Background: Strenuous job made her sick, lost hours. Abusive relatives. Public library second home
- Key Issue: Bad employers, Living with Family
Madonna Harris
Madonna Harris
Kids: Brianna (15)
- Where: North Side Chicago
- Living Situation: Homeless Shelter
- Job: Fired from Stars Music-Looking
- Background: Full welfare line 8am
- Key Issue: Welfare Visibility, Inaccessibility, Bad Employers
2016. 01-02.
Rae McCormick
Kids: Azara (2)
Rae McCormick
Where: Cleveland
Living Situation: Deteriotating and packed "family" house
Job: Walmart
Background: Lost job because family used all gas. Abandoned at age 11, toxic lifelong stress (age 25), unsuitable deteriorating house, cigarettes for pain relief>food
Key Issue: Lifelong Trauma, Housing Market
Jessica & Travis Compton
Kids: Rachel & Blythe
Jessica Compton
Where: Johnson City, Tennessee
Living Situation: renting house
Job: Donating plasma
Bckground: Jobs cut hours-Travis cannot donate with tattoos
Key Issue: Other ways of earning an income
Martha Johnson
Kids: Candice (12) and Alona (18)
Martha Johnson
Where: Mississippi Delta
Living Situation: Apartment
Job: Small business out of the front of her apt. $1.50 an hour
Bckground: Small earnings=small refundable tax credit. Needs cash. Buys products using SNAP. Can't get disability-no jobs, need car, hard work. "Delta crud" from farming
Key Issue: Healthcare, Legalities
Susan and Devin Brown
Kids: Lauren (infant)
Where: South Side Chicago
Living Situation: Family house of 6
Job: Looking. Apply on phone, walk to interviews
Background: Dropped out for child, pregnant because antibiotics neutralized birth control
Key Issue: Racism, Healthcare, Economics
Susan Brown
- All characters had poor health outcomes-public health
- unsafe living situation, donating plasma, lack of healthcare, etc
- Written to illustrate disparities and touch on the importance of fixing
- We are all human
Context
Reactions
Reaction
- Tabitha Hicks: Mississippi Delta, 6th grade
- Mr. Patten-TFA-came by house, took kids to dentist, trip to DC, in contact years later-helped removed gym teacher from post
- We can make a difference