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The 2006 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty


Harold Washington College   -  30 E Lake St, Chicago
Tuesday, October 17, 2006

http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/poverty/poverty_link3.html



The United Nations General Assembly declared 17 October as the
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The Day seeks to promote
increased awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and serves to remind
all people that sustained and concerted effort is vital to achieve the
millennium development goal (MDG) of halving the number of people living
in poverty by 2015.

Harold Washington College is honored to serve as the host of a Chicago
observance of this important occasion.


Schedule of Speakers:

8:30   Ngalula Kela, Friends of the Congo

9:00   Maurice Weaver, Global Food Banking Organization

10:15 Elizabeth Mhangami, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe

11:00 Dr. Ilya Adler, Alliant International University, Mexico

12:00 Magdalene Ikhide, Nigeria, Barrister, Journalist, Founder of
Coalition Against Poverty

.....HWC Choir

1:00   Illinois State Representative Jan Schakowsky (keynote)

.....HWC Instrumental Ensemble

2:00   Father Aengus Finucane, Honorary President, Concern Worldwide

3:00   Doug Schenkelberg, Associate Director, Heartland Alliance


Information booths for -

CARE International
Amnesty International
Heartland Alliance
Peace Corps
fightingpoverty.org