Poverty Symposium

The Symposium on Issues of Poverty strives to raise awareness of the serious challenges that poverty presents to the residents of Oberlin and the surrounding area. As members of both religious and secular communities we commit ourselves to work for the amelioration of poverty today and the eradication of poverty tomorrow.

Sponsors

Thanks to the following sponsors for making the Symposium possible:

  • Office of President Marvin Krislov, Oberlin College
  • Oberlin Christian Alumni Association
  • Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
  • Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Oberlin College
  • Center for Leadership in Health Promotion, Oberlin College
  • Office of Community and Government Relations, Oberlin College
  • Oberlin Environmental Studies Department
  • Oberlin Sociology Department
  • Oberlin Department of Religion
  • Bonner Center for Service and Learning, Oberlin College
  • Enviroalums
  • Oberlin College Dialogue Center
  • Homeless Task Force of Lorain County
  • Lorain County Urban League
  • Christ Episcopal Church, Oberlin
  • House of the Lord Fellowship, Oberlin
  • First Church, Oberlin
  • Grace Lutheran Church, Oberlin
  • Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Oberlin
  • Bon Appetit
  • Bill Long Foundation
  • POWER (Providing Oberlin With Efficiency Responsibility)
  • Benjamin Franklin’s
  • City of Oberlin
  • Oberlin Community Services
  • Catholic Action Committee of Lorain County
  • Community Peace Builders
  • Oberlin Public Schools
  • And many generous individuals