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Beck Institute / Fordham University Conference on Religion and Poverty
Date: April 16, 2007 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm EDT
Location: McNally Auditorium Fordham University School of Law
INTERFAITH CONFERENCE:
THE BECK INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND POVERTY of the GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE FORDHAM UNIVERSITY will be convening an all day interfaith conference on CELEBRATING FAITH IN ACTION:
The Religious Community's Response to the Challenge of Poverty: "What Works"
Monday, April 16, 2007
9:00-4:30
McNally Auditorium
Fordham University School of Law
New York City
Morning Speakers
Rev. Dr. Bryan Hehir, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Dr. John Kretzmann, Asset-Based Community Development Institute, Northwestern University
Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr., Senior Pastor, The Riverside Church
Afternoon Workshops
Advocacy - Cathedral Community Cares, St. John the Divine and St. Bartholomew�s Church
Congregational Organizing - B'nai Jeshurun and Jewish Funds for Justice
Creating Service Programs - The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies
Education as a Human Right - National Center for Schools and Communities
Homeless Shelters and Addictions - The Bowery Mission
Housing - Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement
Inter-Religious Dialogue - TBA
Immigration - Tzu Chi Buddhist Foundation and The Latino Pastoral Action Center
Life Skills/Mentoring Programs - Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing and New York Catholic Charities
Living Wage - Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition
Post-incarceration - Exodus Transitional Program
Poverty and the Law - Legal Services for New York City and LAWHELP,NY
Soup Kitchens -West Side Campaign Against Hunger, Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
Food Pantries - St. John's Bread and Life
Open to the Public
All workshop information and registration procedures for the conference will be posted on our website www.fordham.edu/beckinstitute on February 14, 2007.
For questions: beckinst@fordham.edu
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