Viewer response to 20/20’s show on poverty, Waiting on the World to Change, “has been overwhelming,” leaders of two organizations featured in the special tell the Philadelphia Inquirer.
“It’s astounding. The phones have been ringing off the hook,” an Urban Promise Ministries rep says.
More: “One of the featured children, a 4-year-old homeless boy named Ivan Stevens, told Sawyer that he wanted to be Superman so he could help his family. On Monday, stacks of Superman comics — along with Superman pajamas and Superman blankets — began to arrive at the Urban Promise complex…”
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