Leaders discussing ideas to combat regional poverty level

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Leaders from around the region joined at the Convention Center in downtown Buffalo for the inaugural Poverty Summit.
“I’m not sure that it’s hard [to break out of poverty]; I think it’s near impossible,” said Rev. Kinzer Pointer, the chair of the Erie County Poverty Commission. “Education is the first step.”
And that’s two-fold: enhancing education resources for those living in poverty and educating others who aren