David Beckmann, president of the Bread for the World Institute, will give a lecture onHunger and Poverty Matter: Progress and the Need for Action in 2006at 7 p.m.Tuesday (March 28) in the University of 91吃瓜s Eck VisitorsCenter.A public reception will follow.
Beckmanns lecture, which will concern domestic and international poverty policies in light of the upcoming mid-term elections, is sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns as one of its series,Democracy Matters: An Interdisciplinary Examination of the Mid-Term Elections.
A Lutheran minister and an economist, Beckmann worked for the World Bank for 15 years before becoming president of Bread for The World in 1991.Bread for the World is a Christian citizensmovement against hunger whose 54,000 members advocate actions and government policies to alleviate hunger worldwide.He also is the author of many articles and books, includingGrace at the Table: Ending Hunger in God鈥檚 World,Transforming the Politics of HungerandFriday Morning Reflections at the World Bank.
* Contact: * _Rachel Tomas Morgan at 574-631-9404 or rtomasmo@nd.edu
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