WEBINAR – Reward Work, Not Wealth – April 15, 2018
Sunday, April 15th @ 7:00 pm Eastern
“Reward Work, Not Wealth”
with Robert Silverman
“Reward Work, Not Wealth” an online discussion with Robert Silverman from Oxfam about global inequality. Oxfam’s recent report “Reward Work, Not Wealth” concluded: “Last year saw the biggest increase in billionaires in history, one more every two days. This huge increase could have ended global extreme poverty seven times over.” We will discuss what has gone wrong and ways to help overcome this growing challenge.
Robbie Silverman is a Senior Advisor in Oxfam America’s Private Sector Department, where he leads on engaging with for-profit corporations to advance Oxfam’s mission of combatting poverty and injustice worldwide. In his role at Oxfam, he has worked to launch a new produce certification label, the Equitable Food Initiative, that prioritizes farmworkers’ rights, helped to establish an impact investing fund to support women’s entrepreneurship in Guatemala, and led company engagement for a successful campaign against US poultry processors’ treatment of workers. He is currently focused on the strategy and implementation of Oxfam’s global campaign against inequality, with a focus on stopping corporate tax avoidance.
This webinar is one in a monthly series of webinars alternately hosted by the UUs for a Just Economic Community (UUJEC) and UUs for Social Justice (UUSJ). This webinar is hosted by UUSJ.