Anti-Poverty Week 2009 will run from 11-17 October. Anti Poverty Week was established in Australia as an expansion of the UN's annual International Anti-Poverty Day on October 17.
The main aims of Anti-Poverty Week are to strengthen public understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty and hardship around the world and in Australia and to encourage research, discussion and action to address these problems, including action by individuals, communities, organisations and governments.
As part of Anti Poverty Week, The Hon Sylvia Hale MLC would like to invite you to a Poverty & Social Inclusion Forum on Tuesday, 13 October 2009. Speakers include:
Professor Julian Disney, Director, Social Justice Project, University of NSW
Chair, National Summit on Housing Affordability
National Chair, Anti-Poverty Week
Alison Peters
Director, NSW Council of Social Services
NSW Co-Chair, Anti-Poverty Week
Jane Woodruff
Chief Executive Officer, UnitingCare Burnside
NSW Co-Chair, Anti-Poverty Week
Tuesday, 13 October
10:00am-11:00am
Room 814/815, NSW Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney
RSVP:
By 9/10/09 to Wendy Hall on wendy@ncoss.org.au or phone (02) 9211 2599, ext 118
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