Poverty and Welfare in the United States: A Human Rights Violation?

Issue: Welfare and Poverty, Women's Poverty

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Social Welfare Committee
Wendy Bach, Chair

Presents

POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES: A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION? 

Date:

Thursday, October 15, 2009
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Location:

42 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036
(212) 382-6600

This event is free and open to the public.

Description:

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 on 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
Professor of Law
Northeastern University School of Law

JANET GORNICK
Director of Luxembourg Income Study and
Professor of Political Science & Sociology
CUNY-Graduate Center

Sponsored by:

Social Welfare Committee, Wendy Bach, Chair

Co-sponsored by:

Human Rights Institute Columbia Law School
Legal Momentum