News

• ACCU Update: Putting Principles into Practice Winter 2012 Catholic college and university presidents take a prominent role in pledging to end global poverty. When John Hurley accompanied a group of students to El Salvador on an immersion trip in May 2012, he never expected it would affect him as deeply as it did. Following a civil war that consumed the country in the 1980s, El Salvador did see some economic growth and increased spending in the social sector in the 1990s. But those gains have weakened in the last decade...

• The Chronicle of Higher Education: 28 College Leaders Pledge 5% of Earnings to Fight Poverty 4/30/2012 Today, 28 current and former college leaders will publicly come forward as charter members of the Presidents' Pledge Against Global Poverty. In so doing, they commit to join Reverend Svennungsen by donating 5 percent of their total compensation this year to charities that fight global poverty. The list includes presidents from liberal-arts colleges, religiously affiliated institutions, and a few research universities.

• News Release 4/30/2012 College and University Presidents Pledge Personal Income to Help End Extreme Global Poverty

• Chronicle of Higher Education: The Tithe That Binds A Reasoned Campaign Against Global Poverty

Resources

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  Acting Now to End World Poverty
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• Bolder Giving
  Give more. Risk more. Inspire more.
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• United Nations
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• GiveWell
  Real Change for Your Dollar
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• Giving What We Can
  We research the most cost-effective charities so donations can have the best possible impact
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• Innovations for Poverty Action
  Help IPA fund proven interventions and find the next solutions
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• CNN
  Complete Coverage on Poverty
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• U.S. Census Bureau
  Poverty
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