On October 17, 1987, at the call of Father Joseph Wresinski (a French diocesan priest, founder of the Human Rights Movement ATD Fourth World),
100,000 people from all backgrounds gathered at the Trocadéro Esplanade in Paris to pay tribute to the victims of hunger, violence, and ignorance, to express their refusal of poverty and to call on humanity to unite to uphold Human Rights.
Since that date, on October 17 each year, the most disadvantaged and all those who reject poverty and exclusion gather worldwide to show their solidarity and commitment to ensuring that the dignity and freedom of all are respected.
It is an opportunity for the general public to listen to the voices of those living in extreme poverty and to reflect on the issue.
Over the years, October 17 has become in Nice a time for meeting and sharing, where consciences commit to ensuring that poverty is no longer seen as an inevitability, awakening each of us to the necessity to eradicate it.
As part of this day, the Communal Center for Social Action of the City of Nice and the players working in the field of the fight against exclusion organize a meeting between the most disadvantaged, volunteers, association professionals, and institutional leaders.
Rhythmed by songs, testimonies, and poems, this time of sharing aims to gather all those who want to engage with the most disadvantaged. To join them in their fight, to seek to build relationships of equality with them, to think with them about solutions to exclusion.
On this occasion, a tribute will also be paid to people who died on the streets during the year.
