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Rotary
International District 5240 Presents
The
8th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON POVERTY
Co-sponsored
by
St. John's Regional Medical Center
and St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital
THIS
YEAR'S THEME
Heal the world. End poverty now!
This
conference will address both international and local
poverty,
focusing on hunger and health.
LOCATION
Saint
John's Regional Medical Center
1600 N. Rose Avenue
Oxnard, CA 93030
www.stjohnshealth.org
(For
map, click here)
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Presentations:
8:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m
Keynote Dialogue: "Interconnection
between International and Domestic Poverty: What Works"
- David Miner, Ph.D. - Chairman of the Board, Bread
for the World
- Mercy Karanja, Senior Program Officer of Agricultural
Development, Global Development, Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
- Moderated by KABC channel 7 News Anchor
Speaker: "Poverty in the US:
Local Issues, Local Responses"
- Rose Hayden Smith, M.A., IATP/Kellogg Food and Society
Policy Fellow
Mini-presentations: Rays of Hope
- Demonstration garden and medical
help for nomads in Niger, West Africa - Leslie Clark, Rotarian and
Executive Director of The Nomad Foundation
- Adopt a Village and Operation
Footprint in Honduras - Evie Greene, Rotarian
- Local Poverty = Poor Nutrition = Health Challenges
- Regional Urban Agriculture
Initiative: Global Economic Collapse as Opportunity - Nancy Minte, Executive Director
of Uncommon Good
Networking
Lunch: 12:45 p.pm - 1:45 p.m.
Optional Hands-On: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30
p.m.
Meeting the Need: Optional Hands-On Project
at FoodShare in Oxnard.
Tour
facility and five-acre garden, and food rescue sorting.
FoodShare
is located at
4156 Southbank Rd., Oxnard. (For
Map, click here)
OVERNIGHT
ACCOMMODATIONS
Room Reservations available at the Courtyard By Marriott
600 Esplanade Dr, Oxnard, Ca.
1-805-278-5067
Special Room Rates of $94 plus tax available and must be made directly with the Marriott.
Please call 1-805-278-5067 to make your reservation.
Ask to speak to Jason and request the Rotary Poverty Conference Rate!
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