Leadership Team

The Journey from Outcast to Activist: It Starts With “A Seed in the Heart” | Diana Skelton

“When we got into the room with Dr. Martin Luther King, it was like talking to someone with an aura around him. It was all in his eyes. But did we hold our heads down? No! And…

Reacting to the United States Election: On Cherishing Human Dignity

Inventing Gestures of Peace | Isabelle Pypaert Perrin

By Isabelle Pypaert Perrin

Mobilizing the Intelligence and the Courage of All | Isabelle Pypaert Perrin

How can cooperation and fellowship become an engine of development, get people organized and create solutions for the future? Whether through a “pedagogy of non-abandonment” in Madagascar, or a…

What Is Poverty? Measuring Progress on UN Sustainable Development Goals

Above: Matthieu Bourssichas and Jacqueline Plaisir at the 2016 Convergences World Forum.

Jacqueline Plaisir, Deputy Director General of ATD Fourth World, took part in the September…

A New Humanity Without Poverty Will See the Light of Day | Isabelle Pypaert Perrin

Message from the Director General, Isabelle Pypaert Perrin World Day for Overcoming Poverty — 17 October 2016

A New Humanity Without Poverty Will See…

Fighting For A More Just World | Isabelle Pypaert Perrin

“If the poorest approach us to ask us questions, forcing us to question ourselves, it is not because they want us to slow our march down, but rather they are urging us to go faster and further, to enlarge our vision and be more…