Marquette to Host Panel Discussion on Social Justice

Released: October 7, 2004

MILWAUKEE – Marquette University will host a panel discussion addressing the issue of poverty in America on Saturday, October 9, 2004.   The event aims to persuade young voters to use their vote next month as the first step toward helping Americans in need.

Jim Wallis, renowned for his nation-wide service as a pastor and advocate of the poor, will lead the panel discussion, which will be held Saturday from 4:00 – 6 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union, Ballroom E.  Wallis is leading the cross-country “Rolling to Overcome Poverty” bus tour, sponsored by Call to Renewal, a national network of churches based in Washington D.C.  The panel will also include Sherrie Tussler, Executive Director of the Hunger Task Force, as well as representatives from the College Republicans and Colleg e Democrats, both of which are Marquette student organizations.

While Wallis and Tussler will focus on their experiences with poverty and what they believe must be done politically and morally to resolve it, the students will offer what they believe either President Bush or Senator John Kerry may do to fight poverty if elected to the presidency in November.

For more information on the bus tour, visit http://www.calltorenewal.org . Interested media please contact Anne Broeker in the Office of Public Affairs at Marquette University.