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2025 World Day of the Poor: UN Side Event
Friday, November 14, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Fordham’s Graduate Program in International Political Economy and Development (Fordham IPED) will be hosting a UN Side Event together with Catholic Relief Services and Caritas Internationalis on November 14 (Friday) from 9:30 AM-12:30 PM. The forum will commemorate the World Day of the Poor.
Msgr Marco Formica, Counselor for the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations will be providing the opening remarks. Mr. Sean Callahan, President and CEO of Catholic Relief Services will give the keynote address on the global aid crisis.
Fordham Professor Henry Schwalbenberg, Ph.D., and M.A. IPED students, Ms. Adriana Curto and Ms. Viviene Hirwa, will be presenting the 2025 Fordham Francis Index Report. The Fordham Francis Index is a multi-dimensional poverty index that monitors recent global trends in Food, Water, Housing, Employment, Education, Gender and Religious Freedom.
The event will be held at the Church Center for United Nations, 777 UN Plaza, corner of East 44th St. and First Ave., 8th Floor, New York. There will be a breakfast and lunch reception before and after the forum.
To join in person, please submit your RSVP.
Watch the livestream here.