Catholic Charities USA to Hold National Town Hall Meeting on Race and Poverty, April...

Catholic Charities USA to Hold National Town Hall Meeting on Race and Poverty,
April 2

What:
Marking the 40th anniversary of the assassination Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
will hold a national town hall meeting--via Web cast--examining the connection
between race and poverty and what Catholic Charities and others can do to
eliminate these intertwined problems.

Who:
Catholic Charities USA
Full agenda, list of speakers, and other supporting material is available at
http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/livetownhall

Where:
Online at http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/livetownhall

When:
Wednesday, April 2, 1:00-4:00 EDT

The national town hall follows the recent release of CCUSA's paper, Poverty
and Racism: Overlapping Threats to the Common Good, which examines the reality
and history of racial injustice in America and calls for a renewed commitment
to racial equality as a national priority to reduce poverty. The paper is part
of Catholic Charities USA's Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America, an effort
which seeks to cut the U.S. poverty rate in half by 2020.

"When we launched our paper earlier this year, we stressed the importance of
having a candid conversation and subsequent action that changes the impact
race has on poverty in this country," Father Snyder said. "With this national
town hall we hope to foster a dialogue in communities across the country that
is desperately needed if we are going to truly going ensure economic justice
for all."

NOTES:
Poverty and Racism: Overlapping Threats to the Common Good is available online
at http://www.CatholicCharitiesUsa.org/povertyandracismpaper.
Media wishing to join in the Web cast, can register at
http://www.CatholicCharitiesUsa.org/livetownhall.

Catholic Charities USA's members--more than 1,700 local agencies and
institutions nationwide--provide help and create hope for more than 7.8
million people a year regardless of religious, social, or economic
backgrounds. For more than 280 years, local Catholic Charities agencies have
been providing a myriad of vital services in their communities, ranging from
day care and counseling to food and housing. For more information, visit
www.catholiccharitiesusa.org.

CONTACT: Shelley Borysiewicz of Catholic Charities USA, +1-703-236-6218,
sborysiewicz@catholiccharitiesusa.org

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- March 31/
SOURCE Catholic Charities USA