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On April 4th, 2009, Nourish International will co-host the inaugural Poverty Action Conference at the University of Mary Washington.  The Poverty Action conference will bring together students and experts who are committed to reducing global poverty to present their work, share best practices and create new strategies.  Nourish is partnering with the Two Dollar Challenge and the Alliance for Students Against Poverty to put this conference on.

The Poverty Action Conference will have two components, keynote speeches and student sessions.  We have the following keynote sessions planned for the conference:

Economic Development and Why We Do What We Do- Dr. Greg Stanton and Steve Smith
Microfinance: Possibilities and Limitations- John Hatch and Anne Hastings
Keynote- Out of Poverty author Paul Polack

The unique portion of the conference will be the Students in Action sessions, in which students can apply to make presentations on their organizations.  They will receive feedback from the experts on how to improve their models.  This two-way dialogue will help bridge the gap between students and experts and prepare the students to become the future leaders in the field.

For more information on the Poverty Action Conference or how to register, visit: http://www.povertyactionconference.org/

Our Executive Director, James Dillard, will be presenting the Poverty Action Conference as our Commitment to Action at the Clinton Global Initiatives University.  The conference will be held at the University of Texas at Austin from February 13-15.

Carlyn Cowen has been an intern at Nourish International since May 2008.  She is a senior international studies and philosophy major at UNC-CH.