Confronting Poverty in the USA

  • October 30, 2019
  • 2:30 PM - 5:30 CST
  • Coffey Hall, McCormick Lounge
  • 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