ASAP Students

Prof. Thomas Pogge: Global Health

Professor Thomas Pogge, Leitner Professor of Philosopy and International Affairs at Yale, is a political philosopher who has published widely on Kant and in moral and political philosophy, including books on John...Read More

Thomas Pogge and Gilad Tanay of ASAP deliver TEDx talks at Yale

Watch ASAP president, Thomas Pogge, talk at TEDx Yale on the connection between market incentives and poverty alleviation: And board member Gilad Tanay at the same TEDx event discussing the ethics of being born...Read More

ARTICLES

Interview with Juan Colín Irazábal, Social Director of TECHO Mexico

March 29th, 2013
Irazábal talks about his transition from working at Dow Chemical to leadership in Latin American poverty nonprofit TECHO. Read More

‘Things Never Change Here’: ASAP Students Learn Life-Changing Lessons on Delegation Trip to Delhi; Groundwork laid for International Student Collaboration

December 19th, 2012
Here are daily blog entries by members of an ASAP Students delegation to Delhi, India. They describe their experiences meeting with Delhi-area students and helping them launch the first ASAP Students chapter in... Read More

Student Q&ASAP with Sophia Ireland of Oxfam Great Britain

July 24th, 2012
Ravina Khela, the incoming Chair of the ASAP Students-Birmingham Chapter speaks to Sophia Ireland about her role as Midlands Youth & Schools Co-ordinator, Oxfam. Ireland shares insights on Oxfam’s approach to... Read More

ASAP Delhi Students Chapter Launches with Expert Workshop on Food Security and Exclusion in India

July 20th, 2012
Members of the new ASAP Students chapter at Delhi-area universities staged a successful launch workshop bringing together experts on food security and exclusion. Students from the University of Delhi, Jawaharlal... Read More

ASAP Students Gain Powerful Insight from Poverty-Line Challenge

July 18th, 2012
Undergraduate student leaders from the Birmingham UK ASAP chapter gained invaluable insight into the lives of the global poor in taking the poverty-line challenge. They pledged to spend no more than £1 per day... Read More

Student Q and ASAP with Islamic Relief

July 13th, 2012
by Sofia Zolghadriha / As part of our student journey of understanding poverty and how attempts at alleviating it are made on local and global levels, it is useful to understand how a non-governmental organization... Read More
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FORUMS

ASAP Students Must Read/Watch

Post brief comments on poverty-themed books, movies, online videos and more. What would you recommend?

NEWS & EVENTS

ASAP Forms Global Student Advisory Board

Undergraduate students in India, the UK and United States will form the core of ASAP’s Global Student Advisory Board. The board is designed as a means of helping students share their insights and energies alongside... Read More
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