In DC, we are engaging the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Across the country, nearly 150 synagogues, churches and mosques prayed and acted during Jubilee Weekend (October 10-12) to address inequality and the causes of extreme poverty. In the lead up to these Jubilee Weekend events, National Public Radio's Interfaith Voices aired a 15-minute interview about Jubilee's work on 75 stations. Listen as our executive director Eric LeCompte shares about our work on predatory hedge funds, the IMF, debt, tax, and trade.
Across the United States, Jubilee communities acted on an Ebola epidemic worsened by poor global debt and tax policies. In Washington, the International Business Times, the BBC, El Espectador, Agence France-Presse and the investor publication Value Walk covered our work at the IMF.
We've continued to be a part of the global conversation on stopping predatory financial behavior and preventing financial crisis. At the IMF and World Bank meetings, we organized 4 events and high-level conversations to end extreme poverty and address inequality.
You can read a blow-by-blow of our events and how we moved the conversation at the G20 and the IMF on vulture funds in the investor magazine Value Walk below.
10/10 - Meeting at World Bank Points to Sovereign Debt Solutions
10/7 - Sovereign Debt Default Debate Moves to World Bank in DC
9/30 - Argentina Lobbies US State Department as Judge Rules Contempt
9/24 - Argentina's President Questions IMF Role in Debt Restructuring
9/22 - Argentina Ratchets Up International Pressure on "Holdout Tactics"
9/10 - Argentina Wins Overwhelmingly at UN but 11 No Votes Matter Most
As we acted during the IMF Meetings and prayed from Mt. Angel, Oregon, to Great Bend, Kansas, to Vernon, Connecticut, Jubilee's global partners also acted on nearly every continent. With their prayers and partnership, we are winning and proclaiming Jubilee.
Because of our global actions and our ability to influence the global conversation, together we continue to build an economy that serves, protects and promotes the participation of the most vulnerable.
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