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Make Poverty History: A Personal Perspective
From the Peace Corps in West Africa to Changi Beach and Bedok Reservoir |
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Abstract:
Across the globe, from villages to the halls of the United Nations, conversations are underway to discuss what should replace the Millennium Development Goals when they expire in 2015. What works, what doesn't and what's changed since the MDGs were first adopted at the beginning of the millennium? Sharing anecdotes, ideas, facts and reflections, Michael Switow examines the global poverty crisis as well as the incidence of poverty and inequality here in Singapore.
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Co-founder, ONE (Singapore); Global Council Representative, Global Call to Action against Poverty; Founder, SUPERSEED
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About the
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Michael Switow is a Singapore-based writer, producer and anti-poverty campaigner. He serves on the Global Council of the world's largest anti-poverty coalition, the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) and is the co-founder of ONE (SINGAPORE). Recently, Michael has participated in several post-2015 stakeholder discussions. GCAP is also coordinating national and community consultations across the globe to bring grassroots voices into the post-2015 process. Michael has also worked in homeless shelters in the USA and as a Peace Corps volunteer in the West African countries of Niger and Gabon. He studied for a year at the University of Nairobi and also received a Masters in Public Affairs from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and believes that each and every one of us can make the world a better place, ONE by ONE . . . by ONE.
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| Chair: |
Associate Professor Norman Li
School of Social Sciences
Singapore Management University
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| Date: |
Tuesday, 12 March 2013 |
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3.30 pm - 5.00 pm |
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Seminar Room 5.2, Level 5
School of Social Sciences
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903 |
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| Registration: |
For SMU Community only. Spaces are very limited. Email to register. |
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