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Booth College 1st Annual Service Learning Forum
16 February 2010
Booth College 1st Annual Service Learning Forum
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October 17, 2009 - Booth College Stands Up for Poverty History
October 17, 2009 – On October 17-18, Booth College joined millions of people around the world who stood up against hunger and poverty as a global event in which citizens urge their leaders to keep their promises to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to work locally to ensure food security. Last year, more than 116 million Stood Up and Took Action to end poverty, setting a Guinness World Record. As part of the Winnipeg “STAND UP” event at Booth College, youth leaders from around the province who were meeting at Booth College signed the Micah Call which is a pledge to work together for the holistic transformation of our communities, to pursue justice, be passionate agents of hope for and with the poor and to hold our leaders accountable in securing a more merciful world.
“Food insecurity is as real to hungry children in Winnipeg as it is to children living in Africa or India. We need to pledge our commitment to respond to the suffering of both,” says Dr. Sherrie Steiner, Director of Booth College’s Urban Service Learning Program and Associate Professor of Sociology. “We care about the 14 million children, women and men racked with starvation and malnutrition in Africa. We also care about the children living in the shanty villages of India. We also care about the 47,000 children living in poverty in Manitoba.” As of 2006, Manitoba has the third-highest child poverty rate in Canada, with 12.4% of Manitoba children living under the after tax low-income cut-off (LICO).