Sister Simone Campbell is the executive director of NETWORK, a national Catholic Social Justice lobby. She is a religious leader, attorney, and poet with extensive experience in public policy and advocacy for systemic change. She lobbies in Washington on issues of peace-building, immigration reform, healthcare, and economic justice.

In 2012, she was instrumental in organizing the “Nuns on the Bus” tour of nine states to oppose the “Ryan budget” approved by the House of Representatives. Sister Simone previously served as executive director of JERICHO, the California interfaith public policy organization that works to protect the interests of people living in poverty.

The talk, titled “Where Your Treasure Is…: The Gospel, Public Policy, and the Poor,” begins at 7:30 p.m. in the C. Shaw Smith 900 Room, Alvarez College Union. There is no charge to attend. For more information call 704-894-2423 or e-mail rospach@davidson.edu.