GUAM Human Rights Initiative or GHRI, a non-profit organization, will hold three events in support of poverty advocacy in the Pacific, according to its founder, Dr. Erika Anderson.
GHRI is “focused on providing academically rigorous research and support for human rights organizations on Guam and in the Pacific,” Anderson said.
On Nov. 14, the organization hosts the “Poverty: Community and Innovation” webinar with special guests Satya Tripathi, former assistant secretary-general of the United Nations, and Chantale Wong, U.S. director of the Asian Development Bank.
GHRI, Tripathi, and Wong will “discuss the challenges and innovative solutions in addressing U.N. Sustainable Development Goal Number 1: No Poverty.”
For more information about the webinar, go to https://tinyurl.com/ghri-web
On Nov. 15, the Westin Resort Guam will be the venue for the “Poverty in Guam and Pacific Conference” from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Closing the evening will be an arts reception and silent auction to benefit the Guam Homeless Coalition at 5:30 p.m. It will be held at Prego restaurant at the Westin Resort Guam.
Guam Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio will be a guest speaker.
For those in the CNMI who are interested in participating in the conference, email info@guamhri.org or go to GHRI’s Instagram page @guamhumanrightsinitiative for more information.
