responses to poverty
Marking the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Divinity School will host a conference that will explore some of the problems associated with poverty that the ravaging storm exposed, and examine possible Christian responses to it.
"Crumbs from the Table? The Creation of Wealth and the Persistence of Poverty" will be held Thursday and Friday, Sept. 21 and 22, at the Divinity School, 409 Prospect St.
The event will feature international leaders from business, development, economics, politics and theology, who will explore ways Christians can mount a more comprehensive attack on inequality and poverty by turning to entrepreneurial ventures, rather than focusing solely on direct aid. Among the questions the conference will explore are: What is the faithful response to dire poverty? Are there solutions to poverty that go beyond the cycle of desperate circumstances and appeals for generous donations? What would an approach look like that offered the poor more than "crumbs from the table" and instead helped them gain an equal place at the table?
A highlight of the event will be a panel discussion titled "Beyond Crumbs? Christian Approaches to Development: The Case of Microfinance." It will be moderated by Theodore R. Malloch, chair and chief executive officer of The Roosevelt Group, who has served with the World Economic Forum and The Aspen Institute. Panelists include Vinay K. Samuel, an internationally recognized development economist and theologian, who is director of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies; Collin R. Timms, founder and chair of the Guardian Bank in Bangalore, India, which provides credit to poor and marginalized populations; Susy Cheston, senior vice president for policy at Opportunity International, which advocates for greater access to microfinance and AIDS programs to help the poor; Gary Moore, founder of The Financial Seminary and author of a number of books focused on integrating religion and spirituality with personal financial management; and Dale Hanson Bourke, president of PDI, a marketing and strategy firm specializing in work with non-profit organizations and the author of the forthcoming "The Skeptic's Guide to Global Poverty," among other books.
Individual talks will be given by Timms and by Tony Hall, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations' Agencies for Food and Agriculture and a leading advocate for hunger relief and human rights programs around the world.
The event is the Sarah Smith Memorial Conference on Moral Leadership, sponsored jointly by the Divinity School and its Center for Faith and Culture. The conference honors the life and ministry of Sarah Smith (1941-1999), a Divinity School graduate who had a passion for moral leadership and was involved with talks, seminars and retreats across the country. She was the author of the book "Mid-Life: Coming Home."
Conference events, including a reception and luncheon, are free with registration to all members of the Yale community. Individual sessions of the conference are open for free to the public, but there is a free of $150 to attend the entire conference. Complete information about the conference is available on the Web at www.yale.edu/faith/ss/crumbs.htm.
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