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Find out more about the history and significance of the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty, what others have done to mark the day, and how you can make your stand.
This infopack is designed to be an 8.5"x11"folder containing various loose-leafed pages. The first pages fit side-by-side on an 11"x17" sheet, which is then folded to form a front and back cover. Pages 3 and 4 fit on the inside of that same cover. All other pages are inserted loosely into the folder
OCTOBER 17
WORLD DAY TO OVERCOME
EXTREME POVERTY
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Wherever men and women are condemned to live in
poverty.
Human rights are violated. It is our solemn duty to come together
to ensure that these rights are respected.
Father Joseph Wresinski
Translation of the text on the Commemorative Stone in Honor of Victims of Extreme Poverty, laid on the Plaza of Liberties and Human Rights in Paris, France. Replicas of this stone have been dedicated in public places throughout the world, including Belgium, Burkina Faso, Canada, Germany, Philippines, Portugal, Reunion Island, Switzerland, and the United States of America.
October 17, A Day For All
Among Those Who Support the Day’s Purpose
Javier Perez de Cuellar, former Secretary-General of the UN, president of the International Committee for October 17: "We cannot speak of peace while poverty exists in the world. Families living in extreme poverty have been celebrating with their friends the day of October 17, and offer it to the peoples of the United Nations."
Constance A. Morella, US Congresswoman: "I am honored to express my support for this World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty. The poorest people are ready to join us in building a better world. It is only with their cooperation and partnership that we can succeed. We renew our resolve to work with poor families to put an end to extreme poverty, just as apartheid and slavery have been abolished, and resolve that never again should a single man, woman, or child be condemned to the silence and uselessness that extreme poverty entails."
Jonathan Kozol, author: "Extreme poverty, especially when imposed upon young children, betrays the mandates of every respected religious and ethical tradition. The Commemorative Stone is a permanent reminder of this suffering and of our duty to unite in overcoming extreme poverty."
Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate: "How can we live in peace and aspire to dignity when so many of our fellow human beings dwell in poverty and despair ? In allowing poverty, hunger, homelessness, hopelessness and misery to increase their realm, we in fact humiliate the humanity of their victims."
Marc H. Morial, Mayor of New Orleans: "On this day, and every day, we should remember our fellow man who is hungry and living in extreme poverty. If we cannot stop poverty, we will lose the war against crime, drugs, and the other ills that are destroying families and communities."
Pope John Paul II: "I would like to accompany in spirit all those who are celebrating the International Day for Overcoming Poverty, promoted by the UN and initiated by Father Joseph Wresinski. As much as the face of a person will be disfigured by extreme poverty, it is all humanity that will be disfigured..."
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former Secretary-General of the UN: "Extreme poverty is far from inevitable: it is an unacceptable scourge. I would like this Day to represent a hand held out to the destitute in order to give them a ground for hope."
Fidel Ramos, President of the Republic of the Philippines: "I declare October 17 a national holiday to pay special tribute to the suffering and struggle of the very poor and to seek ways together of cooperating to overcome poverty..."
Jacques Chirac, President of France: "To affirm our solidarity with the very poor, to help them take their place in society and exercise their rights and responsibilities: that is Father Wresinski’s message on which this ceremony invites us to reflect."
William Julius Wilson, Harvard professor: "On October 17th, we are reminded that the eradication of extreme poverty ought to be one of our most urgent and important goals. In today’s modern world there exists no reason why millions of children have to grow up with little reason to hope for a brighter future..."
Rev. Paul Moore, Jr. former Episcopal Bishop of New York: "Across the world, millions suffer the agonies of starvation, homelessness, and despair. The cornerstone is set in place to remind the leaders that their work will not be fulfilled until these voiceless multitudes share in political and economic justices and in peace."
... and thousands of other adults and children from all walks of life across the United States and throughout the world who have taken this day to say "No!" to poverty. Several organizations have co-sponsored the efforts, including Bread for the World, Family Resource Coalition, Coalition for a Strong United Nations, 10 Point Coalition, Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide. Lutheran Volunteer Corps, National Coalition for the Homeless, and National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty.
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I Bear Witness To You...
VERSES TO THE GLORY OF THE FOURTH WORLD OF ALL TIMES
You, the millions and millions of children,
women and fathers
who have died from misery and hunger, and whose legacy we hold,
it is not your death that I evoke on this Plaza of Human Rights
and Liberties.
I bear witness to your lives.
I bear witness to you, the mothers whose
children are cast aside in this world,
condemned as they are to sheer misery.
I bear witness to you, the children, twisted by the pains of
hunger,
no longer able to smile, yet still yearning to love.
I bear witness to the millions of young people
who have no reason to believe or even to exist
and who vainly search for a future in this senseless world.
I bear witness to you, the poor of all times,
still poor today, forever on the roads,
fleeing from place to place, despised and disgraced.
Laborers without a trade, ever crushed by their
toil.
Laborers whose hands, today, are no longer useful.
Millions of men, women and children whose
hearts are still pounding strong
to the beat of the struggle, whose minds rise in revolt
against the unjust fate imposed upon them,
whose courage demands the right to priceless dignity.
I bear witness to you, children, men and women
who do not want to condemn,
but to love, to pray, to work and to unite, so that a world of
solidarity may be born,
a world, our world, in which all people would have given the best
of themselves before dying.
I bear witness to you, men, women and children.
Your renown is henceforth engraved by heart, hand and tool
in the marble of this Plaza of Human Rights.
I bear witness to you so that humanity may at
last fulfill its true destiny,
refusing forever that misery prevail.
From the Poorest to the World
A VALUABLE AND REVEALING HISTORY
1957 -- Homeless families surviving in an emergency camp outside Paris, together with Father Joseph Wresinski, create an association to confront the condition of extreme poverty and appeal to all citizens to help overcome it. They coin the term "Fourth World," referring to the poorest of the poor excluded from society in any country. They gather allies from all backgrounds and become the International Movement ATD Fourth World that soon develops in countries on all continents.
1987, October 17 -- On the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Movement, 100,000 defenders of Human Rights come together to attend the first Commemoration in Honor of the Victims of Extreme Poverty. They unveil a Commemorative Stone in Paris on the Plaza of Human Rights and Liberties, where the Universal Declaration of Human Right was signed in 1948. No monuments ever mark our landscape to recall victims of the hunger, violence and ignorance engendered by extreme poverty. Poor people’s daily courage to refuse subhuman conditions is rarely acknowledged. The poorest of the poor leave no tracks on earth, often buried in the potter’s fields, their slums erased from our maps, their stories not recorded in our books. The Commemorative Stone in Honor of the Victims of Extreme Poverty was meant by Father Joseph Wresinski to fill that void. Now replicated in many places throughout the world, it serves as a reminder of the lives of the poorest of the poor. It is also a sign of hope, an invitation to every human being to come forward, to confront extreme poverty, and to join the poorest in the struggle to eradicate it.
1988 - 1991 -- Groups of people from all walks of life and from public and private organizations come together on October 17 to commemorate what this day has come to mean. People living in extreme poverty and those in solidarity with them bear witness to the denial of human rights caused by extreme poverty. Each year the number of communities and countries who join in the celebration increases. Children and youth mobilize their schools and create worldwide campaigns to show their support and communicate across boundaries. Vigils, testimonials, marches, multi-faith prayer services, concerts featuring songs of the poor, and other events manifest the determination to eradicate chronic poverty. All these events break away from shame to be moments of honor, mutual discovery and unity between very poor citizens and those of all backgrounds.
1992 -- Thousands of communities throughout the world link up to launch a joint appeal to the United Nations to recognize and promote the commemoration of October 17. Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar presides over an international committee to support the appeal. On December 22, the United Nations General Assembly declares October 17 the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and invites all governments, private organizations and individuals to observe the day (resolution 47/196).
1994 -- Three hundred Fourth World delegates from 45 countries are welcomed by UN Secretary-General at his headquarters in New York City to commemorate the World Day. They bring a quilted replica of the Commemorative Stone made of thousands of pieces of cloth given by very poor and other families throughout the world. They ask that the UN create a world memorial for the victims of extreme poverty.
1996 -- The United Nations launches the "Decade for the Eradication of Poverty" and, on October 17, in the garden of UN headquarters in New York City, sets the Commemorative Stone in Honor of the Victims of Extreme Poverty as a world memorial. In North America, over 70 major cities proclaim October 17 this year as Poverty Eradication Day.
What others have done ...
...What you can do
On October 17, Father Joseph Wresinski delivered his "I Bear Witness" speech, revealing not only the suffering, but the courage, efforts, and aspiration of those living in extreme poverty around the world. Since then, thousands have contributed to this act of public testimony, developing a valuable record of the lives of the poorest and of the struggle to eradicate extreme poverty. Such testimonies hold a place at the heart of any public gathering on the World Day. Collected together biannually, they compose the Fourth World Chronicle of Human Rights, widely distributed and presented to political, civic and religious leaders.
Write or record a testimony. If you have experienced the injustices of poverty and exclusion, write about them and about your struggle for dignity, so that others may understand and join that struggle. If you have known people afflicted by the waste and shame of extreme poverty, bear witness to them.
Order the Fourth World Chronicles of Human Rights, This is How We Live, and the Tapori mini-book series "Children of Courage."
Commemorations on October 17 have taken many different forms throughout the world. Some have been large, public events, gathering public officials, people in poverty and thousands of other citizens. Others have been modest, local gatherings in community centers, schools, workplaces, or in a family’s home amongst friends. People have gathered in recognized places of honor and significance such as the US Capitol, the Berlin Wall, the park for national heroes in Manila, the Human Rights Plaza in Paris and the United Nations in New York. Others have chosen to commemorate the often unknown, forgotten, or ignored history of the poorest, gathering in remote villages, potters’ fields, slums or razed neighborhoods, or an area of low-income housing where trains passing too close have killed children at play. In Canada people walked in silence through several neighborhoods, crossing social boundaries, and symbolizing how the poor are accorded no voice in society. In Burkina Faso, a small boy living in the city streets, walked 30 miles so as not to miss the dedication of Africa’s first Commemorative Stone in Honor of the Victims of Extreme Poverty. The following year, people retraced his route, walking in an ever-growing group from the capital city through villages to the African Heritage Museum, site of the Commemorative Stone. They chose to join hands and form one line to cross the last one hundred yards together.
Organize a gathering, public walk, or other commemorative event, large or small. Be creative, while respecting the spirit of the day: mutual respect, peace and unity between poor and non-poor, laying aside all forms of violence of which the very poorest have always been the ultimate victims. To that end and to set the tone, commemorations always include a reading of the text of the Commemorative Stone and Fr. Joseph Wresinski’s "I Bear Witness" address, sharing other testimonies, observing a moment of silence, and responding with a commitment by the community gathered.
Join an organized commemoration in your area. In the US, public commemorations occur in the cities of Boston, New York, Washington, DC, New Orleans, and in a growing number of other communities. Call the Fourth World Movement national center to find out if something is happening near you.
More and more people have made it a point to take October 17 as a day off from their work. They have taken time to reflect, be silent, and organize or join a commemorative gathering on the day. Others have simply arranged a moment of silence within whatever context they’ve been on the day: their school, place of work, or even at a meeting of heads of States. Whether with a traditional service in a Rwandan village, meditation in a temple in Thailand, prayers in an Algerian mosque, an Israeli temple, or Notre Dame of Paris, or an interfaith gathering in New York City, people of many faiths and traditions have commemorated the World Day in the contemplative manner of their choice.
Order Fr. Joseph Wresinski’s "Universal Prayer" created for October 17.
"No matter how poor they were, the people I met were still singing, singing human dignity," wrote Father Joseph Wresinski. The poor have often spoken only through the songs of their struggles, pains, and resistance. Thousands of choirs and choral groups around the world have taken up the challenge to organize special concerts, or to participate in World Day commemorations with a special repertoire of the songs of the poor. Some concerts have raised funds to support Fourth World Movement projects that enable the very poor to themselves access cultural and artistic means of expression. From Chad to Peru, from Luxembourg to Manila, people have garnered their artistic talents into art exhibits, theater pieces, and dance performances evoking the history of the poor.
Organize a concert. Suggest to a choir to sing that day the songs of the poor. Use the opportunity to raise funds for cultural projects with the most disadvantaged.
Order special material and suggestions for benefit concerts.
"It helps to know we are not alone," many people in poverty have said during the events on October 17. Whether people gather by the thousands, or only a few to commemorate the World Day, they are all part of a movement that breaks the isolation of the very poorest. People have used different means to make those links real: from international radio hook-up between 20 countries to simple conference calls, to exchanges of post cards, fax or e-mail. A Web Site, with a special area for children, has enabled many to share what they’ve done on the day and learn about what else has gone on in the world.
World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty, 7600 Willow Hill Drive, Landover MD 20785. Tel: (301) 336-9489. Email: fourthworld@erols.com
...And around your community
"I put a World Day poster in my school and everyone talked to me about it," said Helena. The media in France united to offer free space in newspapers and free time on radio and TV to call attention to the day. Press conferences were organized throughout the world. The departments of education in Senegal, France, and Switzerland asked all schools to include the World Day in their curriculum with lessons on the lives of the poorest throughout history and today, and by encouraging students’ research and expression on extreme poverty and exclusion.
Order posters, additional copies of this Infopack and the Tapori Resource Kit for school and children’s groups.
Father Joseph Wresinski
[1912 - 1988]
"Coming from extreme poverty himself, Father Joseph was in a unique position to bear witness to the fact that the very poor are our equals, equally inhabited by the Spirit and capable of acting for the benefit of all. With them, he created the means allowing them to demonstrate that they are in fact the first defenders of human rights, the first agents of justice and peace, the first ‘experts in humanity,’ as he calls them."
- Bishop Leonard J. Olivier
Preface, Father Joseph Wresinski: Voice of the Poorest
by Alwine de Vos van Steenwijk (Queenship Publishing Company, 1996)
Joseph Wresinski was born in France and grew up in poverty. In 1946, he was ordained a priest and served in industrial and rural parishes where, from the outset, he related to the most disadvantaged families.
In 1956, he was assigned as chaplain to 250 families in an emergency housing camp in Noisy-le-Grand, near Paris. With these extremely poor and rejected families he replaced soup kitchens and other purely assistance-oriented projects with a library, a clothing cooperative, a place of worship, and a community center. They formed an association, and later coined the term "Fourth World" in reference to the notebooks of the "Fourth Order," written during the French Revolution and calling for the poorest of the poor to be consulted in the political changes of that period. Fourth World refers to the poorest of the poor in all societies, their struggle for dignity and their refusal to accept the exclusion brought on by poverty. Fr. Joseph’s joint venture with the families in that camp grew into the International Movement ATD Fourth World which, today in more than 100 countries, seeks to unite all sections of society around the very poorest citizens to eradicate extreme poverty. At the heart of this endeavor, Fr. Joseph created the Fourth World Volunteer Corps, today some 350 people from different nationalities, faiths, and professions who take on a long-term commitment to share the lives of the poor, struggle alongside them, create together innovative projects, serve as witnesses to their courage, and foster communication between these families and people in mainstream society.
Father Joseph became an authentic public voice for the poorest at national and international levels. As a member of the French Economic and Social Council, he wrote in 1987 a ground-breaking report entitled "Chronic Poverty and Lack of Basic Security." Written in partnership with very poor families throughout France, it affirms that extreme poverty is a violation of human rights and asserts that any anti-poverty policies must be comprehensive and created, implemented and evaluated in partnership with families in deep poverty. The Wresinski Report has provided the framework for new approaches, policies and laws to fight poverty in France.
Father Joseph fostered dialogue between those in deep poverty and governments in many countries and also introduced new distinctions and reflections in international dialogue, in particular in the European Commission, and the United Nations. Because of his conviction and expertise, the Fourth World Movement has gained the highest consultative status available to Non-Governmental Organizations at the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council, UNESCO, UNICEF, the ILO and the Council of Europe. Father Wresinski’s approach and the movement he initiated in France, developed in Europe first and was then brought to the United States in the 1960’s by designers of the American War on Poverty. The Fourth World Movement took root in Africa and Asia in the late 1970’s, spreading soon after to other continents.
Joseph Wresinski’s legacy is multifaceted. Several philosophers, theologians, political scientists, other scholars and practitioners are now working on his writings and works. Hundreds of thousands of very poor people, people working against poverty throughout the world, and other citizens from all walks of life have been inspired by his life, thinking and message.
Publications to learn more about Father Joseph Wresinski:
-- Father Joseph Wresinski: Voice of the Poorest, Alwine de Vos van Steenwijk, Queenship Publishing
Company, Los Angeles, 1996.
-- Blessed Are You the Poor! Joseph Wresinski, Fourth World Publications, 1992.
-- Chronic Poverty and Lack of Basic Security, Joseph Wresinski, Fourth World Publications, 1994.
Bearing Witness
Thousands of people have written "I Bear Witness" stories for the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty. Many testimonies have been read publicly at October 17th commemorations and published in the Fourth World Chronicle of Human Rights. Collected together from around the globe, these stories are a precious record of the suffering of the poorest people, their continual efforts to make a better life for their families, and their unfailing hope for the future. Such testimonies also bring to light other citizens’ commitments to eradicate extreme poverty, giving ground to that hope.
"I bear witness to you, Moussa, Ousseny, Issaka, children who live in the train station or near the post office. I bear witness to your visits to the police station to bring food to other children who have been arrested, food that has been bought with the little money you have been able to earn during the day. I bear witness to all the days that you spent at the hospital looking after one of your friends who had been in an accident. I refuse to accept that people call you ‘good for nothing.’" Africa
"After four months in the streets, we managed to get an old trailer. And now here we are, waiting on a trailer site for something better. We approach the authorities. They treat us rudely on the whole. We can sense that they despise us. We’re ashamed of our poverty. We have been forced to be ashamed. But the misery goes away in the evening when I watch my children sleeping. I can see only them, and I weep. This way they never see my tears. But I say to myself, ‘Take heart, don’t give in. They are there, they need you.’ If I have the strength to carry on, it’s thanks to my children." Europe
"Last week I went to court to attend a hearing about Robert. He risks a sentence of 20 years. Robert is not a career criminal; he has never planned or organized criminal activities. Violence, however, has been part of his life from early on. By the age of 12, the violence of extreme poverty had shown him more than many adults could bear. In Robert’s life, one incident led to another and he has now spent the biggest part of his life behind bars. I have no answers. I keep wondering if I could have done anything to prevent Robert from being arrested again. The system has no answers either. Do we hope that someone who has been behind bars for eleven years will readapt to a regular life overnight? Or have we completely lost hope for some human beings? Over the years, several Fourth World Volunteers have been friends with Robert’s family. We discovered a side of Robert that the system never got a chance to see. In the months before being arrested again, he kept telling me, ‘I want to help others. You have to show me how I can do it. With all my experience, I want to make speeches. I want to be a counselor. I want to go to other countries to help people.’ We must realize that we need Robert, just as we need all the teenagers who are wasting their time and their faith behind bars today." North America
"Carlo is 14. He lives in a large shantytown in his country’s capital, in a room where the sun never shines. He lives there with his mother, his two brothers, one of his sisters and several nephews. He says, ‘My mother’s the one who works the most. She goes into town every day and walks around a lot to sell things. When I come home from school, she’s not home. She’s still walking around downtown. I’m always afraid something might happen to her because there is often gunfire in the streets. She’s beginning to age and soon she’ll be old. And I never see her sit down to rest. I would like to work so I could help her, but my mother prefers me to go to school. So I have to be reasonable.’ Between February and April, three of Carlo’s nephews died, two from hunger, and one from pneumonia because there was no more room at the hospital. When the third nephew died, Carlo didn’t tell his sister-in-law because she was still nursing her newborn baby. Carlo knew that if she learned of the death of her son, her pain and sorrow could dry up her milk. And then that baby would be condemned to die, too. Carlo has learned to keep quiet. He understands that sometimes it’s the only way to survive." The Caribbean
"They call us ‘street children,’ but I don’t like that name. Does a street have children? We are just children like any others. It is the difficulties of life which have made us like this." Africa
"To earn some money, I take drinking water to people’s houses. Yesterday, all we ate was a bit of rice with salt. When there is nothing to eat, the children lie down and sleep because they are so hungry. And we are not the only ones who live like this. I would like my children to go to school to learn, so that later on they can lead their own lives. It’s hard for my husband too, seeing his children go hungry." Asia
Testimonies are a call to action to public officials, civic leaders, and other citizens. People who have experienced deep hardships have nonetheless turned to seek out, and become spokespersons for those still too overwhelmed by extreme poverty, contributing a common experience and thinking to the bettering of society.
Mr. Antonius Velasquez, addressing UN Secretary-General
Boutros-Ghali, in Geneva (1996):
"Before I left New York last week, a mother told me that
when she learned that her teenage son was in jail, she was almost
relieved. She explained, "I’ve always feared that one
day the police would come to ask me to identify his body."
We cannot, and do not accept this situation. We desperately need
your support to give a future to our children. Often the help we
receive is barely enough to survive. It is dehumanizing. We don’t
feel respected because we have no say in decisions affecting our
lives. Our lives are always in other people’s hands. People
don’t know the efforts that we are making every day. They
are criticizing us for not doing things we don’t have the
means to do. Mr. Secretary-General, it is terrible to live with
the feeling that our poverty is all our fault. Shame and guilt
trap us. Things cannot go on like this. We count on you to make
known our suffering and our courage and to help us find the means
to ensure a real future for our children. Thank you, Mr.
Secretary-General."
Ms. Lenore Cola’s address for the launch of the
International Year for Eradication of Poverty:
"Poverty takes away your dignity, your self respect. It
makes you feel less of a person. I myself lived through hard
times with my family. We were homeless and we lived in a room
with 50 or 60 people. In places like this, you are always afraid.
You never know what’s going to happen. You just do what you
have to do so you can hurry up and get out of there. I do not
consider myself out of poverty. You can’t get out of poverty
overnight. But I try to see if I can help other people worse off
than I am. Helping somebody else is taking one step out of
poverty. It is not about just one person. It’s the whole
community. We have to take other people with us. When we talk
about poverty, we think of other people and we look down on them.
We think to ourselves, ‘They can do better. There is work
out there for them if they really want to work.’ To help
people is not a matter of looking at them and telling them what
they should do. If only people could stop looking down on the
poor, the world would be a better place. If we took time to look
at poverty as if we were living it, we could be a lot more
helpful."
Children have also taken up bearing witness to convey their innate understanding that extreme poverty is wrong and must be ended. They have made themselves heard through the Tapori children’s network. Tapori links children from different countries and backgrounds, in friendship and solidarity, giving voice to their common dream of peace and justice: that no child be left out because of poverty. To enable children to express their support of the World Day and of the message engraved on the Commemorative Stone, Tapori launched a world-wide campaign inviting children to send their own little stones precious to them. Nearly 3,000 stones have arrived from 45 different countries, each with a revealing message:
"I went to find this stone at the dam where my father goes to find food and clothing for us. It makes me think of my father’s courage. I hope this stone will bring hope and courage and good luck to all children of the world."
Moussa, Burkina Faso
"My stone stands for poverty, equal rights and doing the right thing. It means not letting people starve or live in messed-up houses and stopping world hunger. I wish all the kids around the world would hear this message and I hope that they get something out of this that is really important. This is my example. What is yours?"
Ivan, United States
"It is important to live in peace, that every family has food and every child can go to school and have friends."
Abel, Bosnia
"I painted my stone like a puppet, because since I have no toys, it can be a toy. I have the right to play. All children have the right to play."
Dorian, Peru
"My rock is a crystal. I gave it because I like it. It is shiny. It broke in two pieces. It reminds me of the people who cannot live together because of poverty."
Guillaume, United States
"I found my stone on a mountain path near Berra. It reminds me of my best friend, Joseph. He was with me when I found it. I hope that at school no more children are left out or made fun of. In my class there is a boy who is one of my best friends. Sometimes others make fun of him. I don’t like that and I try to stick up for him, but it’s not easy."
Alessio, Switzerland
"I hope that all children will have enough food and money and toys and flowers, especially flowers."
Emma, United States
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October 17 infopack
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This infopack is designed to be an 8.5"x11"folder containing various loose-leafed pages. The first pages fit side-by-side on an 11"x17" sheet, which is then folded to form a front and back cover. Pages 3 and 4 fit on the inside of that same cover. All other pages are inserted loosely into the folder