Icons of Change Awards 2025
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1: No Poverty
Excellence in Legal Advocacy and Social Justice Award
Felipe Fernández Montealto Jr.
#SDG1 #NoPoverty #LegalAdvocacy #SocialJustice #EmpoweringCommunities #FelipeMontealtoJr #AccessToJustice #InclusiveGrowth #TransformativeLeadership
Immediate security or sustainable growth?What matters more to our future?
High military investment often diverts resources from development initiatives, impacting global efforts to address poverty, education, and healthcare.
#GlobalGoals 
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#ReduceInequality 
#BuildCapacity 
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#DecentWork
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#ODAImpact
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To achieve **SDG 1: No Poverty**, bold steps are being taken worldwide. But every great goal comes with hurdles to overcome.
7 Economic Challenges of Fighting Poverty :
Increased Public Debt
Crowding Out Effect
Inflation Risks
Aid Dependency
Misallocation of Resources
Administrative Costs
Short-Term Disruptions
Together, we can transform obstacles into opportunities and build a better, equitable future for everyone.
George Swinnock, nonconformist minister, knows of rich who rob the poor instead of fulfilling the God-ordained purpose of their wealth: that of relieving the poor. They suck the blood out of poor men’s hearts and houses fall on their heads.
How many Christian publishers (or parishioners) would stand for such talk by modern Christian thought leaders?
How can you do the opposite of robbing and trampling the poor today?
Whether #Trump or #Biden are #US #president in 2025, what changes? The US will still be an "imperialist, white-supremacist, capitalist patriarchy" (bell hooks). The US will continue to support #Israel, to drum up war with #China #Russia #Iran, to invest in weapons and fossil fuels. Voting hasn't guaranteed #NoPoverty, #ZeroHunger, #GoodHealth, #Education, #GenderEquality, #CleanWater, #CleanEnergy, or #DecentWork for Americans. And the climate emergency continues. Does it matter who wins? #SDGs
Andrew B. Davidson, Scottish minister & professor, says the NT doesn’t regulate slavery. But principles, such as “no slave or free”, the worth of every soul, etc., brought emancipation.
Some may want Christianity to bring about “revolutionary changes.” But who could blame them for thinking we side with injustice, if we don’t stress (or even agree with) our own compassionate principles?
How can you affirm the worth of another today?
Can We End Extreme Poverty?
In the article, "Can We End Extreme Poverty?" (Patricia Smith, Upfront, March 14, 2022 subscription required) I learned that so many people in developing countries lived in poverty. More than 7 out of 10 people in
https://www.youthvoices.live/can-we-end-extreme-poverty/
#Fall2022 #NoPoverty(Economy) #Questioningandposingproblems #Respondingwithwondermentandawe #Showcase #Thinking&communicatingwithclarityandprecision #cyclesofpoverty #OrangeCoveHighSchool
