We are witnessing an extraordinary moment in the history of global efforts to eliminate extreme poverty and preserve the natural environment. Never before have international development organizations, national governments, the Catholic Church, and other religious and faith-based organizations been so closely aligned in a campaign to address the most daunting challenges facing humanity and the planet.

The surprising convergence of Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, with his support of the Sustainable Development Goals to “end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030,” have presented us with a remarkable moment of opportunity.

This conference, organized by Notre Dame’s new Keough School of Global Affairs, brings together students and faculty with leading thinkers from the worlds of development policy and practice, government, the Church, and other religious bodies to reflect on the events of the previous year and chart a way forward.

Free and open to the public.
All are welcome to attend the full conference or individual sessions.
To help us plan for your participation, please email Michael Talbot, Program Manager, Keough School of Global Affairs.

Conference hashtag: #planetandpoor

April 6 (Wed.), Partnerships for the Planet and the Poor

Hesburgh Center for International Studies, University of Notre Dame

PANELS

8:30 a.m.     Quality Education for All

Dana Burde, Associate Professor and Director of International Education, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University

Radhika Iyengar, Director, Education Sector; Associate Research Scholar; Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University

Robert Prouty, Former Head of the Global Partnership for Education 

10 a.m.     Universities: Responding to an Urgent Call

Dennis Jacobs, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Santa Clara University

Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. , President, University of Notre Dame

Abraham Lowenthal, Robert F. Erburu Professor Emeritus of Ethics, Globalization and Development, University of Southern California; Professor Emeritus of International Relations, University of Southern California; President Emeritus, Pacific Council on International Policy

Katherine Marshall, Professor of the Practice of Development, Conflict, and Religion, Georgetown University

2:30 p.m.     Revitalizing Global Partnerships

Anthony Annett, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Advisor, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Most Rev. Pedro Barreto, S.J., Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru; President, Department of Justice and Solidarity, Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM)

Kevin Clarke, Senior Editor and Chief Correspondent, America magazine

Dennis Jacobs, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Santa Clara University

Katherine Marshall, Professor of the Practice of Development, Conflict, and Religion, Georgetown University

4 p.m.     A Path Forward

R. Scott Appleby, Marilyn Keough Dean, Keough School of Global Affairs

Sara Sievers, Associate Dean for Policy and Practice, Keough School of Global Affairs