Eastern Service Workers Association

D.A.M.O.N Network

Antonia Batts, a military veteran and resident of Philadelphia, has been a member and a volunteer with ESWA since 2003. She has been an engaging speaker in ESWA classes and has volunteered at literature tables and many ESWA events over the years.

On June 17, Batts joined ESWA in publicizing our program and signing on new members and volunteers on a literature table at the annual health fair hosted by Deliverance Church on Lehigh Avenue. Her interest was piqued by a poster ESWA displayed which listed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), see right panel, adopted by all 193 member nations of the United Nations in 2015 and endorsed by ESWA and the delegate body of its membership, the Philadelphia Workers Benefit Council, as consistent with the goals for which ESWA has fought since its inception. Batts immediately invited ESWA organizers onto her weekly podcast hosted by Talkshoe.com to speak about this vital program that has inspired action by governments, organizations and people to fight for peace, prosperity and the ecological life of the planet.

An incredible number of listeners – 92,890 people worldwide – checked in or logged on to hear ESWA Operations Manager Freyda Kornblum and Philadelphia Workers Benefit Council President Bernard Reed describe the SDGs on Monday June 26.

Batts’ podcast airs every Sunday and Monday at 9pm EST at Talkshoe.com/Informational Guru – Damon Networks– and focuses on matters relating to the well-being of the working poor.

Click here to read the transcript of the interview.

The Sustainable Development Goals 2030

These 17 global goals were adopted unanimously by all member states of the United Nations on September 25, 2015 as the Agenda for all countries to prioritize and achieve cooperatively by 2030, to ensure that all human beings can fulfill their potential in dignity and equality and in a healthy environment.

Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere

Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries

Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable

Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts*

Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global

* Acknowledging that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the primary international, intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate change.