On September 21 Thomas Pogge, Ph.D., Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs and director of the Global Justice Program at Yale University presented his lecture titled "Global Justice: What are the Responsibilities of Citizens?" that argued that without a powerful lobbying force, the interests of the global poor are sidelined, ensuring that they cannot partake proportionally in global economic growth. Through intergovernmental negotiations, large corporations, banks, industry associations and hedge funds, billionaires are in an especially good position to influence in their own favor. He suggested that since our government is a very powerful participant in those negotiations, acting in our name, we all share responsibility for the harms that slanted supranational institutional arrangements do to the poor. The lecture was sponsored by the Schemel Forum's University for a Day.