[Gcap-mujeres] People’s Voices on the Crisis - June 20, New York

[Social Watch]

MEDIA ADVISORY

People Impacted by the Economic Crisis from Around the World Gather to
Give Voice to the Forgotten, Marginalized

20 June 2009 – Responses to the current economic crisis have been
inadequate and fail to fully address the myriad of related global crises,
such as food security and climate change. An international coalition of
‘working’ people directly impacted by these crises, and civil society
organizations, will meet in a public forum to deliver this message to
world leaders in advance of a UN Conference on the economic crisis on 20
June from 1pm to 6pm at the historic Church of the Holy Trinity in New
York.  Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, the current President of the UN General
Assembly and the convener of the Conference, will deliver a keynote
address.

“In the midst of the most serious economic downturn since the Great
Depression, we now have the opportunity and the responsibility to search
for solutions that take into account the interests of all nations, the
rich and the poor, the large and the small,� Mr. Brockmann has said.

The immediate impacts of the economic crisis on stock prices, private
pension funds and access to lines of credit have been apparent and
well-reported.  But the precise consequences of the financial meltdown for
working men and women – across the globe – have been less obvious and have
received far less attention.  Indeed, only recently has data been reported
that describes the deep impact of the economic crisis on developing
countries, who moreover played little role in the creation of the crisis,
organizers say.

People’s Voices on the Crisis will give voice to those that have felt the
impact of the crisis and whose stories have thus far received little
attention.  The event will showcase the testimonies of grassroots
activists from diverse regions of the world working with many of the
world’s forgotten victims, who will give evidence on how the financial, as
well as food, energy and climate change crises, are affecting their lives
and their work.

“We believe that the current economic crisis is the result not merely of
misinformation, lax regulation or simple hubris. Rather, it is the result
of a deeply flawed system that perpetuates crises in food security, in the
environment as well as in finance and economics,� says Roberto Bissio,
Coordinator of Social Watch and one of the organizers.

The forum will also address a more hopeful future, as advocates will offer
their proposals on overcoming the current crisis and in the process
develop a new economic system that is built on the rights – and in the
service - of all people.  The outcome of the Hearing will be a set of
recommendations to be delivered to world leaders gathered at the UN
Conference on the Economic Crisis that will begin the following Monday.

People’s Voices on the Crisis
Saturday, 20 June
Church of the Holy Trinity
316 E. 88th Street, New York, NY

For more information contact:
Jana Silverman∙Social Watch∙jsilverman en item.org.uy
Nicolas Luisani∙International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights (ESCR-Net)∙nlusiani en escr-net.org
Zak Bleicher∙UN-NGLS∙212.963.3117∙bleicher en un.org




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