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The following lecture was presented on the 16 of October 2008, at Social Policy Connections first event in the new Study Centre of Yarra Theological Union. Our guest speaker was the Rev Joel Edwards, incoming Director of Micah Challenge International. The Micah Challenge International is an international campaign by churches to mobilise public support to lift millions out of hunger and acute poverty.
Rev Edwards, who is also a member of the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission and Tony Blair's Faith Foundation, was born in <st1:country-region st="on">Jamaica</st1:country-region> and has lived in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region> from the age of eight. From 1997 till recently he headed the World Evangelical Alliance. Reverend Edwards had earlier talked with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd about how <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region> could use its influence to expand support for the Millennium Development Goals.

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And now, Rev Joel Edwards who chose as his topic “The Micah Challenge & the UN Millennium Development Goals: what has been achieved and what more can we do?”

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