Washington National Cathedral

 

Breakthrough: The Women, Faith and Development
Summit to End Global Poverty

Sunday, April 13, 2008


On Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 2 pm, Washington National Cathedral presented Breakthrough: The Women, Faith and Development Summit to End Global Poverty, a forum for international leaders from faith communities, governments, donors and NGOs to convene and announce new commitments to engender global poverty alleviation efforts. The Hon. Madeleine K. Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State, gave the keynote. The Summit also officially launched the Women, Faith, and Development Alliance (WFDA). Events were free and open to the public, and were webcast live.


Watch video on-demand:
Entire Breakthrough Summit | Keynote by the Hon. Madeleine K. Albright
Remarks focusing on Youth by Ashley Judd
The Sunday Forum with Thoraya Ahmed Obaid (10 am) | More about this Forum
Sermon by Dr. Agnes R. Abuom (11:15 am service) | More on this sermon

Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
(Media inquiries regarding photos: Donovan Marks, manager of Photography and Imaging, at dmarks@cathedral.org)

Breakthrough Leadership on stage

Photo 12: At the conclusion of the Summit, members of the Breakthrough Leadership Council and the Summit Assembly read the “Women, Faith, and Development Declaration” and all together sang the “Breakthrough anthem.” Shown at front are the Very Rev. John Bryson Chane, Episcopal bishop of Washington, Cathedral Dean Samuel T. Lloyd III, and Her Excellency Mary Robinson, former president of the Republic of Ireland.