On the very day when
@Europarl_EN is voting to adopt its
#AntiPoverty Strategy report, are you ready for the
#WresinskiDays?
Are you ready to show your
#Heart4Justice?
12th, 13th and 14th February are each year the
#WresinskiDays.
These days are a moment to discover, understand, debate about the vision, action and legacy of
#JosephWresinski, who was born on a 12th February and passed away on a
#valentinesday.
2026 is
#IVY2026 #InternationalVolunteerYear for
#SustainableDevelopment.
During these 2026
#WresinskiDays, take time to discover the
#ATDIVC, the International Volunteer Corps initiated by
#Wresinski and other dedicated volunteers in the 1960ies:
atd-fourthworld.org/who-we-a…
@JosephWresinski also:
- coined the concept of
#SocialExclusion;
- challenged
#EpistemicJustice by revealing the specific knowledge and expertise of people facing long term generational poverty;
- initiated what is today in Strasbourg
#MEP Intergroup on Fighting Against
#Poverty;
- initiated the United Nations
#SDG1 #EndPovertyDay;
- inspired the transformative promise of
#Agenda2030: to
#LeaveNoOneBehind;
- started the 25 years process leading to the UN recognition of
#Poverty as a systemic violation of
#humanrights in 2012 (UN
#Guidingprinciples on Extreme
#Poverty and
#HumanRights) and to the position of
@UN @srpoverty;
- founded à citizens’ movement
@ATD4thWorld @ATDQMInt based on an alliance between activists with lived experience of poverty and volunteers from all walks of life: All Together in Dignity.
Ahead of
#ValentinesDay, show your
#Heart4Justice, mark the
#WresinskiDays, visit
joseph-wresinski.org.org/en
@ico17president @ATDIntPresident @EAPNEurope @seamusboland @EESC_President @EESC_CivSocRel @cingoeu @RSzarfenberg