Academics Stand Against Poverty
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Academics Stand Against Poverty
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Academics Stand Against Poverty (an NGO) mobilizes the resources & capacities of academia towards eradicating global poverty. Publishing Journal_ASAP
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Tomorrow is the last day of Global Justice Conference!
Let’s come together one more time to celebrate our community presenters and their work on global justice & sustainability.
See the Sunday schedule & join us for the finale!
globaljustice.yale.edu
October 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Starting in one hour. For full program and instructions for joining, see
globaljustice.yale.edu
October 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Day 3 of the 2025 Yale Global Justice Conference starts Saturday 9:30am EST with
October 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🚨 Don’t miss Isabel Ortiz at Global Justice Conference!

As Director of Global Social Justice, she brings vital insights on Financing Human Rights and Development: Feasible Even in the Poorest Countries.

Join us Saturday and download the program: globaljustice.yale.edu
October 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🎬 Join us Oct 23 at Global Justice Conference for Mohammad Abedi, Iranian novelist, filmmaker & child rights activist. Watch his doc ALL THE EYES & discuss the power of art in social justice. Don’t miss the Q&A! Register: globaljustice.yale.edu #ChildRights #DocumentaryFilm
October 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
🎉 The ASAP Global Justice Conference Program Guide is live!
Plan your sessions & speakers for Oct 23–26.
Join us virtually or in person!
Explore the full agenda & download the guide: globaljustice.yale.edu
#ASAP2025 #ConferenceGuide #GlobalJustice #Sustainability
October 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
🌟 Speaker Alert: Sari Nusseibeh, Palestinian philosopher & former Al-Quds Univ. president, advocates for a one-state solution guaranteeing equal rights for all. Don’t miss his talk this Saturday, 25 October (9:30am EST) at the ASAP Global Justice Conference ! 🌍✊ #GlobalJustice #Palestine
October 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🌍 Excited to host Dianne Calvi, President & CEO of Village Enterprise, at #YGJP #ASAP2025!
Join us on Sat to learn how digital solutions & economic inclusion transform lives.
Explore the program and join us: globaljustice.yale.edu
#GlobalJustice #ClimateResilience #EndPoverty
October 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The ASAP Annual Global Conference is almost here! Oct 23-26,
join leaders & activists transforming global justice & equity.
Stay updated and join the movement: globaljustice.yale.edu
#ASAP2025 #GlobalJustice #Leadership #SocialChange
October 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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"To those people...struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."

-John F. Kennedy, 1961

THIS would make the US great!
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
Between 2020 and 2024, $771 billion in Pentagon contracts went to just five firms:

· Lockheed Martin ($313 billion)
· RTX (formerly Raytheon, $145 billion)
· Boeing ($115 billion)
· General Dynamics ($116 billion) and
· Northrop Grumman ($81 billion)
September 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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The effects of US aid cuts: billions wasted plus massive harm among former beneficiaries.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
Opinion | The Lives and Money We Are Wasting
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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When the US abruptly cancels food support in countries where a few dollars can save a child's life, what do the other wealthy countries do?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
October 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Groundbreaking research & bold ideas from ASAP community & partners at this year’s conference! Preview the program and prepare for impactful conversations.
globaljustice.yale.edu
#PovertySolutions #SocialJustice #ResearchForChange
October 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Don’t miss 'Stories & Systems: Voices in Environmental Justice' at our annual global conference, featuring Vernon Loeb, Emily Atkin, Bill McKibben, Rick Lopes, Latha Swamy, Kai Chen, & moderator Jamie Taylor. Find out more at: globaljustice.yale.edu #environmentaljournalism
October 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Join us Oct 23-26 for the YGJP & ASAP Annual Global Conference! A global forum to tackle poverty and justice with leading changemakers.
This year theme is “Sustaining Justice: Food, Environment, and New Technologies”.
Explore the program at ➡️➡️➡️ globaljustice.yale.edu
October 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"To those people...struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."

-John F. Kennedy, 1961

THIS would make the US great!
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
Between 2020 and 2024, $771 billion in Pentagon contracts went to just five firms:

· Lockheed Martin ($313 billion)
· RTX (formerly Raytheon, $145 billion)
· Boeing ($115 billion)
· General Dynamics ($116 billion) and
· Northrop Grumman ($81 billion)
September 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Pakistan floods.
Expecting flows up to 25,000 tonnes of water per second.
"We are literally drowning in a crisis we did not create. We need COP30 and world leaders to act — now!"
www.itv.com/news/2025-09...
www.itv.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
On the failure of Gates' Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) - hunger increasing in Africa with two-thirds of Africans now unable to afford a healthy diet.
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Africa Hungry for Change, not more Green Revolution
equ6u.r.a.d.sendibm1.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Exciting news

The Nelson Mandela Essay Competition Awards will be streamed live from Zambia!

🗓 22 Aug 2025 | 10AM–1PM CAT

📺 yale.zoom.us/j/3713192937

Join us in celebrating young African scholars who are shaping the future of Africa. ✨

#YouthLeadership #AfricaFuture
August 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
In countries where the median income = the cost of a healthy diet, households at the median would have to spend ALL their income on food to obtain one.
And the 50% living below the median cannot obtain a healthy diet at all.
August 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Shipwreck off the coast of Kerala spills millions of microplastics, shutting down the local fishery industry.
100,000 fisher families receive compensation of INR 1000 (=USD 11.43) each.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans
Millions of the tiny plastic pellets are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in a series of global spills, as plastic treaty talks continue in Geneva
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Im neuen Kapitalismus ist das Kapitaleinkommen ungleicher verteilt als das Arbeitseinkommen – und bleibt das Vorrecht einer kleinen Minderheit. Das Ergebnis ist kein Volkskapitalismus, sondern eine neue Aristokratie. Ein Beitrag von @brankomilan.bsky.social:
Das Kapital in der Homoplutie
Im neuen Kapitalismus ist das Kapitaleinkommen ungleicher verteilt als das Arbeitseinkommen – und bleibt das Vorrecht einer kleinen Minderheit. Das Ergebnis ist kein Volkskapitalismus, sondern eine ne...
makronom.de
August 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Once again the US Government is burning materials that it had bought for delivery to the world's poorest populations. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...
As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Former UK PM Gordon Brown urges Reeves to hike gambling taxes.

Quite right too.

Too many industries are free-riders, don't bear the cost of their pollution - gambling, processed food, tobacco, airlines, fossil fuels.

They expect public purse to bear the social cost, shareholders take profits.
Gordon Brown urges Rachel Reeves to hike gambling taxes at Budget
The former Labour prime minister says hitting the
www.bbc.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM