Stop Poverty! The New Year’s Message from Cassam Uteem, the President of ATD International
What if we lived in a society without poverty and social exclusion? What if everyone who sees poverty as inevitable decided to speak out and do something concrete to end it? Last year, the international community adopted the United Nations’ Goals for Sustainable Development. The first of these goals is ending extreme poverty by 2030, making sure to leave no one behind. People and institutions everywhere should insist that this plan be put into action and do what they can to help achieve its goals. In 2016, a number of political movements claimed to speak on behalf of people who feel…