BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:62d16aa0-ebdf-4193-8344-9359075a1c46.208109@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20200811T144326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200811T144326Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:Marginalization and the Fight to End Poverty: Ethical Approaches t o Advocacy DESCRIPTION:Missouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annua l Public Affairs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 202 0! This year's public affairs theme is The Power of Voice. \n\n\nLinks to all live webinar events will be listed on the Public Affairs Conference schedule website.\n\n\nMarginalization can be defined as persistent inequ ality and adversity resulting from discrimination\, social stigma and ste reotypes. With limited voice\, marginalized people experience poverty\, s tigmatization\, homelessness\, poor health outcomes and lack of education . According to the U.S. Census Bureau\, 38.1 million people in the U.S. w ere living in poverty in 2018. Ending poverty will require a wide-reachin g approach for systemic change. For this change to happen\, the voice of marginalized people must go beyond the capacity to speak: that voice must be heard\, understood and acted upon. How may we empower those with marg inal opportunity? How can those who work to end poverty use their voices more effectively to enact social change? What can American legal and poli tical systems do to give voice to those who promote genuine change? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Mi ssouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annual Public Affa irs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 2020! This year' s public affairs theme is&nbsp\;<a href="https://publicaffairs.missourist ate.edu/the-power-of-voice.htm">The Power of Voice</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Li nks to all live webinar events will be listed on the&nbsp\;<a href="https ://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/schedule">Public Affairs Conference sc hedule website</a>.</p>\n<p>Marginalization can be defined as persistent inequality and adversity resulting from discrimination\, social stigma an d stereotypes. With limited voice\, marginalized people experience povert y\, stigmatization\, homelessness\, poor health outcomes and lack of educ ation. According to the U.S. Census Bureau\, 38.1 million people in the U .S. were living in poverty in 2018. Ending poverty will require a wide-re aching approach for systemic change. For this change to happen\, the voic e of marginalized people must go beyond the capacity to speak: that voice must be heard\, understood and acted upon. How may we empower those with marginal opportunity? How can those who work to end poverty use their vo ices more effectively to enact social change? What can American legal and political systems do to give voice to those who promote genuine change?< /p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201001T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201001T145000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/ CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR