WHAT: Leading NGOs will respond to the outcome of the G8 summit at Camp David where global food security is high on the agenda on Saturday. G8 leaders will also assess an Accountability Report which looks at whether the world's richest and most powerful nations are following through on previous public promises. Hear directly from NGOs how decisions made in the seclusion of Camp David affect real people, particularly in the developing world.
WHERE: First Amendment Room, National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20045
WHEN: Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 3:00-3:30 p.m. EDT
WHO: InterAction, ActionAid USA, ONE, Oxfam America, Save the Children, and World Vision
CONTACTS:
Patricia Brooks | ActionAid USA | patricia.brooks@actionaid.org | 202.351.1757 |
Sue Pleming | InterAction | spleming@interaction.org | 202.341.3814 |
Lisa Gibby | ONE | lisa.gibby@one.org | 202.495.2792 |
Laura Rusu | Oxfam America | lrusu@oxfamamerica.org | 202.459.3739 |
Lane Hartill | Save the Children | lhartill@savechildren.org | 202.640.6608 |
Laura Blank | World Vision | lblank@worldvision.org | 708.872.5265 |
/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- May 19, 2012/
SOURCE InterAction