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Introductions to the MDGs (Powerpoint presentations)

Note: If you have any difficulty opening one of these files, please e-mail EGR webmaster Bill Monk. He can e-mail you the requested file. Also if you would like the presentation as a video instead of a Powerpoint, please let him know as well.

EGR Standard MDG Powerpoint - Provides a scriptural and theological foundation for the MDGs as well as practical examples of What One Can Do to embrace God's mission of global reconciliation. Script embedded in the slides.

Why Should Christians Care About the MDGs - 45 minutes - 1 hour. Includes interactive piece of bringing 10 people up to front to do "If the world were a village of 10 people," also gets people to name scriptural bases for MDGs. Doesn't go into practical "What One Can Do" ideas. Script embedded in slides. Sara McLachlan video should be used as an intro.

A mp3 of EGR executive director giving this presentation at the Diocese of East Tennessee Convention is available streaming here. 

MDG Presentation B - MDG powerpoint developed by Ann Finch of St. James Episcopal Church in Potomac, MD. Compares the chronic effects of global poverty with the tragedy of the tsunami and Hurricane Katrina.  Script embedded in slides.

MDG Presentation-W. Tennessee - An adaptation of MDG Presentation B by Evelyn Piety of St. Mary's Cathedral in Memphis.

MDG Overview - Overview of MDGs and global poverty by the Rev. Dr. Sabina Alkire.

MDG/EGR Short Presentation - Short version of Sabina Alkire's MDG powerpoint.

The MDGs and Us - Another version of Sabina Alkire's presentation

MDG Update 0905 - MDG presentation with data updated as of Sept. 2005. Designed by the Rev. Dr. Sabina Alkire.

EGR Short Presentation - Shorter MDG presentation with practical action categories.

Shorter Introductory Pieces

If I had $1,000,000  - The preamble to the Standard MDG Powerpoint. A short video set to the Barenaked Ladies tuneThe song needs to be bought online and attached yourself. highlighting how much money Americans spend on various things annually contrasted with how that money could be used for the MDGs.

Pretty Blue Planet  - Beautiful slideshow showing regions of the earth from space.

The Earth at Night - A short powerpoint by Ann Finch of St. James Episcopal Church in Potomac, MD, with great pictures of the earth at night addressing the issue of giving locally vs. giving to developing countries.