"From Poverty to Prosperity: A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half"

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John Carroll University presents: Peter Edelman Professor of Law Georgetown University Law Center “From Poverty to Prosperity: A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half” Thursday, November 8, 2007 7:30 – 9 p.m. Dolan Center for Science and Technology Donahue Auditorium This event is free to attend and open to the public WHAT: A lecture based on a report from the Center for American Progress Task Force on Poverty. The center’s full report, entitled, “From Poverty to Prosperity: A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half,” can be found at: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/04/poverty_report.html WHO: Peter Edelman is a Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches constitutional law and poverty law and has been on the faculty since 1982. During President Clinton's first term he was Counselor to HHS Secretary Donna Shalala and then Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. He was a Legislative Assistant to Senator Robert F. Kennedy and his book, Searching for America's Heart: RFK and the Renewal of Hope, is available from Georgetown University Press. Prior to working for RFK, he clerked for Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg. Mr. Edelman has written extensively on poverty, constitutional law, and children and youth. His article in the Atlantic Monthly, entitled "The Worst Thing Bill Clinton has Done," received the Harry Chapin Media Award and he recently co-chaired a blue-ribbon Task Force on Poverty for the Center for American Progress. John Carroll University’s Poverty and Solidarity Program and its Program in Applied Ethics are sponsoring this lecture. The Campus Progress of the Center for American Progress is also a co-sponsor. WHERE: John Carroll University Dolan Center for Science and Technology / Donahue Auditorium 20700 North Park Boulevard University Heights, OH 44118 WHEN: Thursday, November 8, 2007 7:30-9 p.m CONTACT: The Program in Applied Ethics 216.397.4980 Or mponyik@jcu.edu

"From Poverty to Prosperity: A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half"

October 25, 2007