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Conference UMASS Boston / Book Tour
March 12, 2013, 2PM-4PM
"Breaking the Silence of Extreme Poverty"
Unheard Voices
From Brooklyn
to the United Nations
Wherever men and women are condemned to live in extreme poverty, human rights are violated.
To come together to ensure that these rights be respected is our solemn duty.
-
Joseph Wresinski
(October 17, 1987)
Translation of the text on the Commemorative Stone in Honor of Victims of Extreme Poverty, Human Rights Plaza, Paris.