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MEDIA CONTACT: Alex Cantor 716.200.7813 or Helene Snihur hsnihur@rochester.edu
585.275.7800
April 3, 2006
EVENT: Panel on 'Charities, Bureaucracy, and the Fight Against Poverty'
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, in the Welles-Brown Room in Rush Rhees Library on the University of Rochester's River Campus
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
Representatives from local non-profit organizations will discuss bureaucratic obstacles to their work. Panelists include Andrew Stankevich, executive director of Friends Helping Friends, Inc., an organization that distributes food to those in need; Apostle Joy Powell, an anti-violence activist, and Charles Kellum of Poor People United, who directed the group's "homeless bus," a converted school bus that was used to provide emergency shelter.
The panel is co-sponsored by the Community Living Center, Students for Liberty, Students for Social Justice, and the Rochester Center for Community Leadership at the University of Rochester.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact (585) 275-5911.
About the University of Rochester
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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