Global Poverty is a massive and growing problem that has devastating implications for international security. Such poverty is at the heart of multiple and seemingly endless global conflicts. Struggles for social justice are often triggered by continuing illiteracy, hunger, and the spread of communicable diseases, all related to conditions of poverty. Our speakers will address the structures that perpetuate poverty and suggest what we can do as a community.
Ananya Roy is Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning, and Education Director of the Blum Center for Developing Economies at UC Berkeley. Her teaching and research interests include comparative urban studies and international development. Her upcoming book is titled Poverty Capital: Microfinance and the Frontiers of Millennial Development (Routledge). She is the recipient of numerous teaching and faculty awards, as well as a multi-year research grant from the National Science Foundation.
Thomas Tighe has served since 2000 as Chief of Staff and CEO of Direct Relief International, a nonprofit humanitarian organization based in Santa Barbara. Funded entirely by private support, DRI provides medical material assistance to locally run health programs around the world and in the U.S. Direct Relief is ranked by the Chronicle of Philanthropy as California’s largest international non-profit organization based on private support. Tighe, a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, is a visiting professor in UCSB’s graduate program in Global & International Studies.
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