Beyond Default: The Liberating Power of Debt Reform
Date: Monday, July 14, 2025
Time: 8:30 AM EDT
Location: Online via Zoom
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ORCIE is proud to co-sponsor the upcoming global webinar Beyond Default: The Liberating Power of Debt Reform, an official side event of the 2025 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). Hosted by the Congregations of St. Joseph NGO to the United Nations, this timely conversation brings together global voices to explore pathways toward long-term debt sustainability, justice, and ecological accountability.
The event will focus on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 17.4, addressing the urgent need to confront unjust global debt burdens that hinder the flourishing of communities across the Global South. Participants will engage with key themes including health equity (SDG 3), gender equality (SDG 5), and decent work (SDG 8), all through the lens of debt reform and ecological justice.
We’ll hear from inspiring speakers who are working at the intersection of economics, justice, and faith, and who are mobilizing around the Global Jubilee Year Campaign—a call to transform unjust debt structures and reimagine global solidarity.
Co-Sponsors:
Alongside ORCIE, this event is co-sponsored by the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary–Loreto Generalate, Caritas Internationalis, and the NGO Committee on Financing for Development. Canadian partners include Development and Peace – Caritas Canada, CSJ Federation Office for Systemic Justice, Centre Oblat, and the Mary Ward Centre.
We encourage all members of congregations, advocacy networks, and justice-seeking communities to attend and spread the word. Let’s come together to reframe the conversation on global debt and embody a new vision rooted in justice, sustainability, and solidarity.
Together, let’s turn debt into hope.
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