Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ) is now focused on advocacy at the national level, and they invited me to speak to UUSJ activists across the country. Charlotte Jones-Carroll introduced me, focusing on work we did as colleagues at the World Bank to facilitate popular participation in development decisions. My talk focused on why I'm hopeful about continued progress against poverty.
On September 28, 2022, President Biden convened the White House Hunger Conference. He unveiled a National Strategy to end hunger and reduce diet-related disease by 2030. Part of the national strategy
Religion News Service just published an essay I wrote about new data from the United Nations on global progress against poverty: https://religionnews.com/2023/09/25/we-are-defeating-global-poverty-co
New Census data show hat Congress' failure to continue pandemic assistance programs has led to the biggest jump in poverty in 50 years. Census data from prior years show that Congress substantially r