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Families on the Margins: Localising the right to family life

Join ATD Fourth World for a relaxed, community-focused panel conversation in Southwark, exploring how we can challenge poverty and uphold human rights locally.

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Blue banner titled ‘Families on the Margins: Localising the right to family life’, with an abstract blue, purple, and yellow graphic of a family.

Join us for our panel discussion event ‘Families on the Margins: Localising the right to family life’.

Date

Date:

Friday, 17 October 2025

Time:

5:00pm - 7:00pm

How often

Once

Description

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was first marked by ATD Fourth World in Paris on 17 October 1987, and officially recognised by the United Nations in 1992. Each year since, communities worldwide have commemorated the day with gatherings, testimonies, art, and public actions that honour the resilience, sacrifices, and contributions of people living in poverty.

This year, we want to center the Southwark community. We’ll be hosting a panel discussion on 17 October, creating a welcoming space where community members can share ideas, connect, and exchange experiences. Our aim is to amplify local voices and highlight the many ways people contribute to building fairer, more inclusive societies.

In honour of the United Nations International Day to End Poverty on 17 October, this event brings together Southwark community members and activists to discuss practical ways to support the rights of everyone in our community and develop collective solutions to human rights and poverty challenges.

The evening will feature a relaxed panel conversation with plenty of opportunities for audience engagement with our panel of esteemed community members.

Panelists include Jason Barnfather, an ATD Fourth World activist and youth mentor, and Imam Touqeer Tanvir, a missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and presenter on the Voice of Islam, with additional local community organisers to be announced.

The event will also feature the premiere of a short video co-produced by ATD Fourth World activists with lived experience of poverty and actor Paul Higgins.