Crushing Poverty: Service and Solidarity with those on the Edge is a NEDN biennial conference for deacons, deacons in formation, and those friends who support deacons and diaconal ministries in Province One and beyong, Friday-Sunday, September 28-30, at the Sheraton, Framingham, MA. Conference presentations and workshops will explore urban and rural domestic poverty and address questions of how to live and work meaningfully and faithfully alongside and among those who are poor in our communities. Participants will be invited to identify what they are and cab be doing in their diaconal ministries to address poverty and economic injustice. A $225 registration fee per person includes meals and all conference activities, but does not include lodging.