Confronting Poverty in the USA
- October 30, 2019
- 2:30 PM - 5:30 CST
- Coffey Hall, McCormick Lounge
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Michelle Nickerson, mnickerson@luc.edu - Open to the public.
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On behalf of the co-sponsors listed below, we invite you to participate in a program titled *Confronting Poverty in the USA: Discussion, Dialogue, Action.*
We will host keynote speaker Anna Galland, Executive Director of MoveOn.org Civic Action, the grassroots organization whose millions of members organize together to make this country a place where everyone can thrive.
We will also have *facilitated* dialogue groups around the topics of housing, youth development, immigrant rights, economic inequality, mental health care, and incarceration. The final part of the program will be a *fair* with six local not-for-profit groups working to confront poverty in a variety of ways.
2:30 - 3:30 pm: Anna Galland, Keynote Address
3:30 - 4:15 pm: Facilitated dialogue groups
4:15 - 5:30 pm: *Fair* with six community organizations working to address poverty
This event is free and open to the public; however, registration by 5:00 pm on Monday, October 28th is highly encouraged for planning purposes.
Co-sponsors: Departments of Anthropology, English, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Theology; College of Arts and Sciences; Center for Experiential Learning; Center for the Human Rights of Children, School of Law; Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage; Niehoff School of Nursing; Quinlan School of Business
Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/confronting-poverty-in-the-usa-discussion-dialogue-action-tickets-69768111299