 At the urging of Ottoson students this month, 147 Arlingtonians
participated in a United Nations campaign that aims to reduce poverty.
Kim Kay Holt, who encouraged the effort, said and 38 million people
participated internationally, far more than the 23 million needed to
break a world record. Holt, who co-directs the Arlington Enrichment Collaborative, plans to tell the School Committee on Oct. 23 what the students have achieved.
Holt plans to tell the committee about the trip to the U.N. event last month.
The initiative is the U.N.'s 2015 Millennium Campaign to End Poverty. It is a campaign with eight goals that the U.N. staff and ambassadors are working toward -- to get all countries in the world to work with them to achieve by 2015. They have specific objectives that need to be met to achieve these goals. The goals are listed below.
Participants were asked to raise awareness throughout the world by attempting to break a Guinness world record -- having the most people literally "Stand Up and Speak Out" against poverty Oct. 16. That record is 23.5 million people.
Arlingtonians who were having any type of get-together or meeting on Oct. 17 were asked to set aside a moment to ask those present if they are willing to literally go from sitting, crouching, etc., to standing as a group and then stating either their support for the U.N. 2015 Millennium Campaign to End Poverty or just to ending poverty.
Holt said her report will say that 147 in Arlington took part.
Millennium Goals
1. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
2. Achieve Universal Primary Education
3. Promote Gender Equity and Empower Women
4. Reduce Child Mortality
5. Improve Maternal Health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Diseases
7. Ensure Environmental Sustainability
8. Develop a Global Partnership for Development
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