Transitioning to a Poverty-Free Future
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation partnered with the York Festival of Ideas to discuss how we can support the transition to a more equitable and just future, free from poverty. This work is both urgent and deep. We covered the experiences of those living in poverty today from a range of perspectives.
Poverty in the UK
12:00 noon to 1:15pm
The session looked at the experience of poverty from a range of perspectives.
Another World Is Possible
2:15pm to 3:30pm
Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Director of Emerging Futures, Sophia Parker chaired this session on How can we imagine a World without poverty?
Who Gets to Imagine the Future?
4:30pm to 5:45pm
We will be asking ourselves: who gets the opportunity to imagine the future and whose voices are being heard? How can we work to centre the voices of people who are furthest from power.