Poverty and Welfare in the United States - A Human Rights Violation?
Thursday, October 15, 2009 6 PM - 8 PM
Registration:
There is no charge for this program. Register
How extensive is poverty in the United States and how well does our social welfare system perform in preventing and ameliorating poverty? Do our anti-poverty policies comport with Human Rights norms? Hear from a panel of experts on poverty, social welfare, and the application of human rights principles to issues of poverty and social welfare.
Moderator:
TIMOTHY CASEY, Senior Attorney, Legal Momentum
Speakers:
CATHERINE ALBISA, Executive Director, National Economic & Social Rights Initiative; MARTHA DAVIS, Associate Dean and Professor, Northeastern University School of Law; JANET GORNICK, Director of Luxembourg Income Study and Professor of Political Science & Sociology, CUNY-Graduate Center
Co-sponsored by:
Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School; Legal Momentum; Center for Constitutional Rights; International Women's Human Rights Law Clinic, CUNY Law School