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POVERTY IS ENGINEERED

"Poverty is not natural. It is engineered. If it’s engineered... it can be reimagined." MARK CARVEN OLDS

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Poverty Is a Disease – A Call to Reframe

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poverty is a disease that can be cured podcast invitation soundbite

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POVERTY: WE ARE THE CURE - MARK CARVEN OLDS #communitypower #economicrec...

“I believe poverty can be cured. But not from the top down — from us. From those who've lived it, survived it, and are now rising up to end it. We are the cure. Let’s keep building.

Poverty won’t be solved by policies alone — it takes people who’ve lived it, fought through it, and now refuse to pass it on. Now we rise — not just for ourselves, but for everyone still stuck in the cycle. You and I. We are the cure. Let’s keep rising. Let’s keep building."

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POVERTY SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCEMENT - MARK CARVEN OLDS

“Poverty isn’t permanent. It’s a condition — and like any condition, it can be transformed. I wrote this book to name the disease. To show how poverty is manufactured — by design — and how we fight back by organizing from the ground up.” • YouTube playlist: youtube.com/@markolds7176 • Podcast RSS: buzzsprout.com/2505234

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POVERTY IS A DISEASE THAT CAN BE CURED PODCAST INVITATION

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PRESCRIPTION 2. ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS - POVERTY, SPIRI...

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POVERTY SOLUTIONS

Political Exclusion – Controlling the Narrative and Retaining Power Prescription 6: Strengthening Grassroots Movements Too often, top-down governance excludes the very communities it claims to serve. Decisions are made without meaningful input from those most impacted, resulting in policies that perpetuate cycles of dependency, inequality, and disempowerment. This video explores Prescription 6: Strengthening Grassroots Movements—a vital response to political exclusion. By investing in local leadership, organizing infrastructure, and community-driven solutions, we can shift power from centralized institutions to the people on the ground. Grassroots organizing empowers communities to advocate for their own needs, build resilience, and lead systemic change. Sociologically, grassroots movements challenge entrenched power structures and unite diverse groups through shared struggle. Spiritually, we reflect on how Jesus began with ordinary people—fishermen, tax collectors, the poor—revealing that true transformation often rises from the margins. We spotlight movements like Occupy Wall Street and the Poor People’s Campaign, which have elevated marginalized voices and demanded justice in the face of economic, racial, and environmental oppression. This is more than a policy—it’s a call to action. Because empowered people empower change. 🔔 Subscribe for more insights on grassroots strategies and systemic justice. 📢 Join the conversation. Share your thoughts. Build community. #poverty #povertysolutions #povertyalleviation #povertyawareness #povertyeradication #Povertyelimination #GrassrootsMovements #PoliticalExclusion #CommunityPower #SystemsChange #PoorPeoplesCampaign #OccupyWallStreet #SpiritualJustice #SociologyOfChange

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POVERTY CAN BE CURED

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MENTAL DEPRESSION: THE WEIGHT OF DESPAIR - Prescription 1. Accessible M...

“Depression doesn’t always look like sadness. Sometimes, it looks like silence. Disconnection. A life paused. In communities burdened by poverty, mental depression is more than a personal struggle—it’s a collective weight. A quiet epidemic.” “For those living under the constant pressure of financial instability, depression becomes almost inevitable. It’s not just emotional—it’s sociological. Systemic inequality, chronic stress, and isolation compound to make hope feel out of reach.” “And yet, the very people who need mental health support the most often have the least access to it. Care is treated like a privilege, not a right.” ________________________________________________________________ “But it doesn’t have to be this way. When we expand public funding, integrate mental health into everyday care, and use technology to reach rural areas, we start to shift the landscape.” “Programs like Mental Health First Aid are creating networks of support, equipping communities to recognize and respond. Because sometimes, it’s a friend or neighbor—not a therapist—who notices first.” “Psalm 34:18 reminds us, ‘The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.’ In faith, we are called not only to pray, but to act. To see, to listen, and to care.” “Accessible mental health care is more than treatment—it’s liberation. It’s the chance to reclaim a sense of agency, to restore dignity, and to believe in a future again.” “When we confront depression not just as individuals, but as a society— With compassion, policy, and courage— We lift the weight. And we begin to heal.”

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MENTAL DEPRESSION: THE WEIGHT OF DESPAIR (Prescription 1: Accessible M...

“Depression doesn’t always look like sadness. Sometimes, it looks like silence. Disconnection. A life paused. In communities burdened by poverty, mental depression is more than a personal struggle—it’s a collective weight. A quiet epidemic.”

“For those living under the constant pressure of financial instability, depression becomes almost inevitable. It’s not just emotional—it’s sociological. Systemic inequality, chronic stress, and isolation compound to make hope feel out of reach.”

“And yet, the very people who need mental health support the most often have the least access to it. Care is treated like a privilege, not a right.”

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“But it doesn’t have to be this way. When we expand public funding, integrate mental health into everyday care, and use technology to reach rural areas, we start to shift the landscape.”

“Programs like Mental Health First Aid are creating networks of support, equipping communities to recognize and respond. Because sometimes, it’s a friend or neighbor—not a therapist—who notices first.”

“Psalm 34:18 reminds us, ‘The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.’ In faith, we are called not only to pray, but to act. To see, to listen, and to care.”

“Accessible mental health care is more than treatment—it’s liberation. It’s the chance to reclaim a sense of agency, to restore dignity, and to believe in a future again.”

“When we confront depression not just as individuals, but as a society— With compassion, policy, and courage— We lift the weight. And we begin to heal.”

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NATIONAL ENTRPRENEURIAL LOAN PROGRAM (NELP)

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REFRAMING THE CRISIS: THE THEOLOGY OF DISEASE

Spare me a few precious moments of your time, Reframing the Crisis: The Theology of Disease. “We have been lied to. Told poverty is ‘God’s test’ – a twisted theology that confuses Divine mystery with human cruelty. Let me dismantle the heresy: Poverty is  – “a theft of sacred potential.” - Disease is – “a rebellion against the Image of God in every soul.” Cure is – “not charity, but repentance: the dismantling of idols of greed and the resurrection of systems that honor the sacredness of all life.” If a plague struck 1 in 8 Americans, we’d call it a national emergency. Yet poverty – a plague devouring “millions” – is met with folded hands and fatalism. “No more.”  “Today, we declare: This ends here.” MARK CARVEN OLDS

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A P"Harmonious Greetings, this morning, this afternoon, or this evening beloved. I am Mark Carven Olds—a wounded healer in a world hemorrhaging indifference. Let me speak a hard truth: Poverty is not a condition. It is a sin. Not of the poor, but of the powerful. A sin of silence. A sin of complicity. A sin of systems that crucify the marginalized on crosses of greed and apathy. But today, I come with a revelation: Poverty is a curable disease—and its cure is a spiritual revolution.  Please stay focused with me as I render “A Prophetic Diagnosis.” This disease is not God’s design. It is humanity’s deviation. When a child starves in a land of plenty, when a mother dies of exhaustion in the shadow of billion-dollar towers, that is not the work of the Divine. That is the work of “us.” And what humans break, humans can—must—fix. So I ask you: “What if the Promised Land is not a place, but a people?” What if the miracle we seek is not loaves and fishes, but the collective courage to feed one another?" I adjudicate as part of this” Prophetic Diagnosis” in the Sweet By and By, the land flowing with milk and honey, where in the Father’s house exist many mansions, and yes, the streets are paved with gold. In this locus, there will be no need for food stamps, housing subsidies, unemployment compensation, welfare reform, or gated communities to separate the affluent from the poor. With that being said, spare me a few precious moments of your time Reframing the Crisis: The Theology of Disease.  “We have been lied to. Told poverty is ‘God’s test’ – a twisted theology that confuses Divine mystery with human cruelty. Let me dismantle the heresy: Poverty is – “a theft of sacred potential.” - Disease is – “a rebellion against the Image of God in every soul.”Cure is – “not charity, but repentance: the dismantling of idols of greed and the resurrection of systems that honor the sacredness of all life.”If a plague struck 1 in 8 Americans, we’d call it a national emergency. Yet poverty – a plague devouring “millions” – is met with folded hands and fatalism. “No more.” “Today, we declare: This ends here” What we are declaring is both unique and powerful, The Movement (A Holy Disruption): This is not a campaign. This is a “Jericho march” – a collective shout to collapse the walls of indifference. We reject the blasphemy of ‘bootstraps’ and the idolatry of ‘profit over people.’ Poverty thrives in the silence of the pews and the arrogance of the boardrooms. Its cure? “A faith that riots.”ROPHETIC DIAGNOSIS A HOLY DISRUPTION

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POVERTY...A DISEASE WE CAN CURE TOGETHER!

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This movement is not about one solution. It's not about one book, one idea, or one voice, including mine. This is about us, our neighborhoods, our families, our shared future. We are the poverty cure, a growing network of people who believe poverty is not natural. It is not random. It is not fate. Poverty is engineered, and what's engineered can be reimagined. What's been designed to divide can be redesigned to heal.

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PARADIGM SHIFT: POVERTY IS A DISEASE, NOT MERELY A CONDITION