TECHO and Univision Drive Awareness to Global Inequality Issues through NYC Poverty Awareness Campaign
NEW YORK, October 1, 2015- TECHO, in partnership with Univision and Pace University, and alongside Oxfam,UNICEF, The Inter-American Development Bank, The Global Poverty Project, and the City of New York, will host the Poverty Awareness Campaign the week of October 5th. Launching on World Habitat Day, the events at Pace University will include varied discussions and activities focused on raising awareness of poverty. In order to reach innovative solutions at the event, urban interventions and a Google-sponsored Hackathon will also be held.
The Poverty Awareness Campaign is seeking to act as an agent of change. The campaign strives to educate, inspire, mobilize and increase awareness in New Yorkers in their role as key players in overcoming the obstacles faced by the global agenda.
The campaign’s events will take place at Pace University in New York City from October 5−9 with the theme of ‟Poverty and Inequality in the Cities: Innovation and Action.” An installation simulating an informal settlementwill be placed on Pace’s campus and will serve as a focal point for fundraising efforts and satellite events including:
Tuesday, October 6th NYC-Focused Event
10:00 a.m. press conference with TECHO, UNIVISION, Oxfam and Univision spokespeople in front of Pace University
Informal settlement installation revealed
Discussions held at Pace University on eradicating local poverty
Wednesday, October 7th Global Conference
Global Conference at Pace University’s Schimmel Center.
Thursday, October 8th Google Hackathon
In an effort to maximize the impact and reach of this initiative, TECHO is joining forces with Univision, harnessing its power as a leading medium of communication for Spanish speakers. Univision reaches 93.8 million homes in the United States and has demonstrated profound interest in impacting the communities in which it operates.
A note on poverty and inequality
Poverty is a multidimensional issue with global reach, and can be overcome through awareness raising as well as social participation and action. By 2030, approximately 3 million people, the equivalent of 40% of the world population, will not have access to adequate housing, health services, or infrastructure. In Latin America today, 25% of the population, or over 113 million people, live in informal settlements in urban areas.
The deadline for the Millennium Development goals is rapidly approaching, giving way to a new development agenda defined by the SDG – Sustainable Development Goals. The #1 SDG goal is to end poverty everywhere, in all its forms. Starting by eradicating extreme poverty (defined by people living on less than $1.25 a day) and by reducing at least by half the proportion of people living in poverty in all its dimensions.
For the first time in history, this goal is within reach. It requires the collective effort of influencers, decision makers and world leaders.
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ABOUT TECHO
TECHO is a youth-led non-profit organization headquartered in Chile working towards social justice and seeking to overturn poverty in disadvantaged areas of Latin America & the Caribbean by transforming slums into empowered communities. TECHO defines empowered communities as those that are both well-organized and integrated into society. In order to further the organization’s goals, TECHO is promoting an innovative focus in order to generate awareness and call communities beyond Latin America to action, in the hope that they will contribute to the goal of overcoming poverty nearing 2030. TECHO seeks to build a just society without poverty.
