It was democracy in action, December 17-19, 2008, when more than 300 participants, academics, grass roots workers, and persons living in extreme poverty, met for a colloquium at the Political Science Faculty in Paris, France.

The idea for the colloquium, jointly organized by the Fourth World Movement and Political Science, Paris, was born in Haïti during a time of extreme violence. Academics and grass roots workers were meeting and had the intuition that in face of such violence the thought of Joseph Wresinski could be a great resource both then and for the future.

Several years in preparation in several countries, and as much by researchers as by persons living in poverty, this colloquium made possible a genuine encounter between the university world and the Fourth World, a true merging of knowledge.

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