2024 World Day of the Poor: United Nations Side Event

Caritas Internationalis, Catholic Relief Services, and Fordham University’s Graduate Program in International Political Economy and Development will be sponsoring a UN Side Event to commemorate Pope Francis’ World Day of the Poor on November 15, 2024 . The event will be held at the Church Center for UN (777 UN Plaza, corner of East 44th St. and First Ave., 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10017),

Fordham IPED will be releasing the 2024 issue of Fordham’s Pope Francis Global Poverty Report. In addition to the release of our report, the Attaché of the Holy See Mission to the UN, Ms. Ciara Hogan, will open the event. Ms. Lori Pearson, senior technical director of food security & climate change at Catholic Relief Services, will give the keynote address on the global water crisis. We will also be providing a light breakfast and a light lunch for those in attendance.

To attend the event,  please register at bit.ly/WorldDayofPoor2024.  The event will also be livestreamed at bit.ly/2024WDPlive.

For inquiries, please reach out to [email protected]