Enjoy an evening of shopping, Nail color, 5 minute massages, local foods and refreshments. Just a $10 recomended donation goes directly to the Food pantry, and at both locations %15 of all jewelery, clothing, shoes and gift certificates purchased that evening will also be donated directly to the Food Pantry! You get to help yourself this holiday season while helping someone in need.
Host:
Friends of the Niles Township Food Pantry
When:
Tuesday, November 30 from 07:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Where:
Body Accessory 5638 Dempster
Technicolor Nails/Hair/Spa 5641 DempsterMorton Grove, IL 60053
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
RESULTS Holiday Wine Tasting Fundraiser in Evanston, 12/5
From the Chicago area RESULTS groups....
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RESULTS Holiday Wine Tasting Fundraiser
Sunday December 5, 2010 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
1509 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL
Join us for a holiday wine tasting fundraiser with RESULTS at a charming boutique wine store, Vinic Wine Co., in Evanston, IL! You'll be introduced to our domestic poverty campaigns while sampling domestic wines.
Admission is $25.00 donation at the door. Guests will be asked to consider an additional gift.
Wines of global and domestic varieties, RESULTS gift donation cards, wine gift baskets and gift boxes of chocolates will help you complete your holiday gift shopping while supporting RESULTS' life-saving, life-changing advocacy work.
This event will also be the debut of Wollersheim Winery to the Chicago area. Sample their Pinot Noir and Riesling offerings along with wines from other vineyards. All selections will be hand-selected by our hosts at Vinic Wine Co.
When you come to mingle, learn, and get ready for all your festive celebrations, you will help us transform lives and eliminate poverty.
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RESULTS Holiday Wine Tasting Fundraiser
Sunday December 5, 2010 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
1509 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL
Join us for a holiday wine tasting fundraiser with RESULTS at a charming boutique wine store, Vinic Wine Co., in Evanston, IL! You'll be introduced to our domestic poverty campaigns while sampling domestic wines.
Admission is $25.00 donation at the door. Guests will be asked to consider an additional gift.
Wines of global and domestic varieties, RESULTS gift donation cards, wine gift baskets and gift boxes of chocolates will help you complete your holiday gift shopping while supporting RESULTS' life-saving, life-changing advocacy work.
This event will also be the debut of Wollersheim Winery to the Chicago area. Sample their Pinot Noir and Riesling offerings along with wines from other vineyards. All selections will be hand-selected by our hosts at Vinic Wine Co.
When you come to mingle, learn, and get ready for all your festive celebrations, you will help us transform lives and eliminate poverty.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Grameen Foundation in Chicago, Nov 1
From the Grameen Foundation...
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In continuation of its support of Bankers without Borders®, Grameen Foundation’s volunteer initiative, the organization is hosting a presentation and discussion on the impact of microfinance. The event, titled “Does microfinance reduce poverty? A dialogue on the social impact of microfinance as a development tool,” will explore the effect of microfinance on the lives of the poor. Microcredit has been successful in increasing access to capital by the poor, but does it actually reduce poverty for the people it intends to help?
The discussion will be framed around the recently released white paper, Measuring the Impact of Microfinance: Taking Another Look, authored by Kathleen O’Dell, Assistant Professor of Economics at Dominican University’s Brennan School of Business. The discussion will feature Alex Counts, President, president, CEO and founder, Grameen Foundation, and Beth Houle, Chief of Staff, Opportunity International.
Please join us on Monday, November 1, at 12 pm. Please RSVP by Thursday, October 28, to trobinson@grameenfoundation.org.
Date: Monday, Nov. 1
Time: 12- 1p.m.
Location: Chase Auditorium, Chase Tower, 10 S. Dearborn St., Chicago
RSVP: By Thursday, Oct. 28 to trobinson@grameenfoundation.org
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In continuation of its support of Bankers without Borders®, Grameen Foundation’s volunteer initiative, the organization is hosting a presentation and discussion on the impact of microfinance. The event, titled “Does microfinance reduce poverty? A dialogue on the social impact of microfinance as a development tool,” will explore the effect of microfinance on the lives of the poor. Microcredit has been successful in increasing access to capital by the poor, but does it actually reduce poverty for the people it intends to help?
The discussion will be framed around the recently released white paper, Measuring the Impact of Microfinance: Taking Another Look, authored by Kathleen O’Dell, Assistant Professor of Economics at Dominican University’s Brennan School of Business. The discussion will feature Alex Counts, President, president, CEO and founder, Grameen Foundation, and Beth Houle, Chief of Staff, Opportunity International.
Please join us on Monday, November 1, at 12 pm. Please RSVP by Thursday, October 28, to trobinson@grameenfoundation.org.
Date: Monday, Nov. 1
Time: 12- 1p.m.
Location: Chase Auditorium, Chase Tower, 10 S. Dearborn St., Chicago
RSVP: By Thursday, Oct. 28 to trobinson@grameenfoundation.org
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Haiti, Global Health and Rep. Jan Schakowsky
From RESULTS in Chicago...
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The Chicago-area RESULTS groups invite you to attend a special event in Evanston on Sunday May 23 from 4-6PM featuring Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky to benefit RESULTS Educational Fund and Partners in Health (PIH). The afternoon will have a focus on Haiti and include inspiring speakers, light refreshments and a fantastic silent auction.
RESULTS is a grassroots advocacy group working to end hunger and poverty in the U.S. and around the world. PIH provides health care in impoverished nations and is committed to long-term efforts in Haiti. Representative Schakowksy, Ann Clark from PIH, and Cynthia Changyit Levin (RESULTS) will highlight how aid organizations, Congress, and everyday people work together to fight poverty. We'll also hear an update on the post-earthquake situation in Haiti.
Admission and silent auction proceeds will benefit RESULTS Educational Fund and a voluntary financial appeal will be made for PIH after the speaking program.
$25 pre-registration online
$35 at door
Students are welcome for $15 with a valid student ID (online or at the door)
See details below and please visit http://resultschicago.ning.com/events/2010-results-fundraiser to purchase admission on-line.
We hope to see you there!
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The Chicago-area RESULTS groups invite you to attend a special event in Evanston on Sunday May 23 from 4-6PM featuring Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky to benefit RESULTS Educational Fund and Partners in Health (PIH). The afternoon will have a focus on Haiti and include inspiring speakers, light refreshments and a fantastic silent auction.
RESULTS is a grassroots advocacy group working to end hunger and poverty in the U.S. and around the world. PIH provides health care in impoverished nations and is committed to long-term efforts in Haiti. Representative Schakowksy, Ann Clark from PIH, and Cynthia Changyit Levin (RESULTS) will highlight how aid organizations, Congress, and everyday people work together to fight poverty. We'll also hear an update on the post-earthquake situation in Haiti.
Admission and silent auction proceeds will benefit RESULTS Educational Fund and a voluntary financial appeal will be made for PIH after the speaking program.
$25 pre-registration online
$35 at door
Students are welcome for $15 with a valid student ID (online or at the door)
See details below and please visit http://resultschicago.ning.com/events/2010-results-fundraiser to purchase admission on-line.
We hope to see you there!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
2010 Fundraiser for RESULTS/Partners in Health May 23 in Evanston
The afternoon of Sunday May 23, 2010, the Chicago-area RESULTS groups will host an event to benefit both RESULTS and Partners in Health.
Featured speakers, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Ann Clark from Partners in Health, will help us highlight how aid organizations (like PIH), members of Congress (like Rep Schakowksy) and everyday people (like YOU) can work together to end poverty in Haiti and around the world.
Silent auction will include items like a stay in a wooded cabin, passes to Make-A-Messterpiece, ComedySportz classes, "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones Into Schools" by Greg Mortenson, artwork, lunch with State Senator Shoenberg, and more.
When: Sunday, MAy 23 4-6PM
Where: First United Methodist Church, 516 Church St, Evanston, IL
Cost:$25 on-line purchase/$35 at door/$15 for students with valid student ID
Tickets will be on sale soon! Watch for updates at www.RESULTSChicago.ning.com
Note: Admission and silent auction will benefit RESULTS Educational Fund. A direct financial appeal will be made for Partners in Health after the speaking program.
Featured speakers, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Ann Clark from Partners in Health, will help us highlight how aid organizations (like PIH), members of Congress (like Rep Schakowksy) and everyday people (like YOU) can work together to end poverty in Haiti and around the world.
Silent auction will include items like a stay in a wooded cabin, passes to Make-A-Messterpiece, ComedySportz classes, "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones Into Schools" by Greg Mortenson, artwork, lunch with State Senator Shoenberg, and more.
When: Sunday, MAy 23 4-6PM
Where: First United Methodist Church, 516 Church St, Evanston, IL
Cost:$25 on-line purchase/$35 at door/$15 for students with valid student ID
Tickets will be on sale soon! Watch for updates at www.RESULTSChicago.ning.com
Note: Admission and silent auction will benefit RESULTS Educational Fund. A direct financial appeal will be made for Partners in Health after the speaking program.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Save This Date! Chicago RESULTS Fundraiser – May 23, 2010
Chicago RESULTS Fundraiser – May 23, 2010
Mark your calendars for the afternoon of Sunday May 23, 2010 when the Chicago-area RESULTS groups will be hosting an event in Evanston to raise funds and promote poverty awareness. The featured speaker will be Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky.
Tickets will be on sale later this month. Watch for updates on email, Facebook, and RESULTS Chicago web site: http://resultschicago.ning.com/
Mark your calendars for the afternoon of Sunday May 23, 2010 when the Chicago-area RESULTS groups will be hosting an event in Evanston to raise funds and promote poverty awareness. The featured speaker will be Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky.
Tickets will be on sale later this month. Watch for updates on email, Facebook, and RESULTS Chicago web site: http://resultschicago.ning.com/
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Half the Sky Live, March 4
Gather some friends and get out to see this event!!!
Half the Sky Live
Thursday, March 4, 7:30PM
Theatres across the U.S
It's more than a movie, it's a movement that is changing the world one woman at a time! HALF THE SKY LIVE, a one-night-only event on March 4, 2010, in theatres nationwide. With music, celebrity guests and the premiere of a remarkable new film, Woineshet, by Marisa Tomei and Lisa Leone. HALF THE SKY is a celebration of women! Youll be inspired to join the movement to help women and girls turn oppression into opportunity. HALF THE SKY LIVE is inspired by The New York Times bestseller, Half the Sky, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Visit http://www.halftheskylive.com for participating theatres and ticket information.
Click here for tickets and theatre information http://www.ncm.com/Fathom/OriginalPrograms/event/Half_The_Sky.aspx
Half the Sky Live
Thursday, March 4, 7:30PM
Theatres across the U.S
It's more than a movie, it's a movement that is changing the world one woman at a time! HALF THE SKY LIVE, a one-night-only event on March 4, 2010, in theatres nationwide. With music, celebrity guests and the premiere of a remarkable new film, Woineshet, by Marisa Tomei and Lisa Leone. HALF THE SKY is a celebration of women! Youll be inspired to join the movement to help women and girls turn oppression into opportunity. HALF THE SKY LIVE is inspired by The New York Times bestseller, Half the Sky, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Visit http://www.halftheskylive.com for participating theatres and ticket information.
Click here for tickets and theatre information http://www.ncm.com/Fathom/OriginalPrograms/event/Half_The_Sky.aspx
Monday, January 25, 2010
2010 Chicago Snuggie Pub Crawl supports orphans in Tanzania
Dear Snuggie Pub Crawlers,
With the 2010 Snuggie Pub Crawl just a few months away, we're really excited to announce early bird ticket sales to our email list!!
This event was a tremendous success last year, raising nearly $20,000 for the AC Orphanage in Tanzania. Thanks to you we have supplied, food, water, medicine and other self sustaining projects to the AC Orphanage with the funds raised from the event. We are currently involved in a project to build a much needed drinking well to be shared by two orphanages in Tanzania. We look forward to seeing you on April 10th!
Tickets are NOW ON SALE!
Tickets are now available for $18 before February 15th, $22 after February 15th and $25 at the door (if we have any left). We will only be selling 2500 tickets to this event.
We've worked hard with the participating bars, liquor and beer providers and we're proud to say that we've secured the following:
$2 Bud Light, Budweiser, Bud Select
$3 Well Drink Specials
$5 Bacardi Bombs
$2 Shots For Tots - Bacardi Torched Cherry Shots!
Raffles/Prizes- VIP Lollapalooza, Lollapalooza, Blackhawks, Cubs Tickets and more!
Live Music
Opening/Closing Ceremonies at Lions Head Pub / Apartment - starts at 7:30pm
BYOS - Bring Your Own Snuggie
This is a Bring Your Own Snuggie event. You must wear a Snuggie or blanket with sleeves to this event. We encourage decorating, modifying and imagination! There will be prizes for most original Snuggie!
Event Details
April 10th from 12:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration starts at 10:30 at Lions Head Pub at 2251 N. Lincoln - Arrive Early!
Tickets are required for admission
Ages 21 and up, photo I.D. required for admission
Peep Photos from last years event - http://www.flickr.com/groups/snuggiepubcrawl/
Visit www.SnuggiePubCrawl.com for additional details about the Snuggie Pub Crawl in Chicago. See you all on April 10th!
The Fate Monkey Team
This event is being put on by Fate Monkey Inc, SnuggiePubCrawl.com is owned and operated by Fate Monkey Inc.
SnuggiePubCrawl.com
Fate Monkey, Inc.
2040 N. Racine Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
With the 2010 Snuggie Pub Crawl just a few months away, we're really excited to announce early bird ticket sales to our email list!!
This event was a tremendous success last year, raising nearly $20,000 for the AC Orphanage in Tanzania. Thanks to you we have supplied, food, water, medicine and other self sustaining projects to the AC Orphanage with the funds raised from the event. We are currently involved in a project to build a much needed drinking well to be shared by two orphanages in Tanzania. We look forward to seeing you on April 10th!
Tickets are NOW ON SALE!
Tickets are now available for $18 before February 15th, $22 after February 15th and $25 at the door (if we have any left). We will only be selling 2500 tickets to this event.
We've worked hard with the participating bars, liquor and beer providers and we're proud to say that we've secured the following:
$2 Bud Light, Budweiser, Bud Select
$3 Well Drink Specials
$5 Bacardi Bombs
$2 Shots For Tots - Bacardi Torched Cherry Shots!
Raffles/Prizes- VIP Lollapalooza, Lollapalooza, Blackhawks, Cubs Tickets and more!
Live Music
Opening/Closing Ceremonies at Lions Head Pub / Apartment - starts at 7:30pm
BYOS - Bring Your Own Snuggie
This is a Bring Your Own Snuggie event. You must wear a Snuggie or blanket with sleeves to this event. We encourage decorating, modifying and imagination! There will be prizes for most original Snuggie!
Event Details
April 10th from 12:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration starts at 10:30 at Lions Head Pub at 2251 N. Lincoln - Arrive Early!
Tickets are required for admission
Ages 21 and up, photo I.D. required for admission
Peep Photos from last years event - http://www.flickr.com/groups/snuggiepubcrawl/
Visit www.SnuggiePubCrawl.com for additional details about the Snuggie Pub Crawl in Chicago. See you all on April 10th!
The Fate Monkey Team
This event is being put on by Fate Monkey Inc, SnuggiePubCrawl.com is owned and operated by Fate Monkey Inc.
SnuggiePubCrawl.com
Fate Monkey, Inc.
2040 N. Racine Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
April 15 Prayer Vigil: Change of Plans
Hello everyone!
I have an important update for you about the April 15 Prayer Vigil for AIDS issues. I am excited to share that the planning of the prayer vigil has yielded some success. Positive discussions have taken place with members of congress, including Senators Durbin and Burris that have shifted the strategy. Instead of gathering for a prayer vigil it is now encouraged that folks write a thank you letter (see sample letter below).
We'll urge them to help our country keep it's commitment to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. We want to thank Senator Durbin in particular for being a champion and continuing to work with us.
Thank you for your interest in supporting the Global Fund!
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The Honorable Senator Durbin
230 South Dearborn Street
Suite 3892
Chicago, IL 60604
Dear Senator Durbin,
Thank you very much for your continued support of global health issues. You have been an active champion for the fight against diseases of poverty and your help is needed now more than ever.
As the global financial crisis pushes more people into extreme poverty, it is critical that developed nations keep their promises to fund life-saving programs like the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. The Global Fund has been incredibly successful, saving an estimated 3.5 million lives by funding projects judged for their impact, community involvement, and transparency. Yet the fund is experiencing a dangerous shortfall.
Donor countries have not yet provided adequate money to fund the bold, high quality proposals being submitted by developing nations. Life-saving programs may be delayed or cut back.
If the U.S. comes through on its funding promise, other nations will follow. Please ensure our country lives up to its commitment to the Global Fund by increasing funding in the upcoming supplemental appropriations bill by $1 billion. I also urge you help us provide the U.S. fair share of $2.7 billion dollars in FY2010.
Sincerely,
(your name)
(your address)
I have an important update for you about the April 15 Prayer Vigil for AIDS issues. I am excited to share that the planning of the prayer vigil has yielded some success. Positive discussions have taken place with members of congress, including Senators Durbin and Burris that have shifted the strategy. Instead of gathering for a prayer vigil it is now encouraged that folks write a thank you letter (see sample letter below).
We'll urge them to help our country keep it's commitment to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. We want to thank Senator Durbin in particular for being a champion and continuing to work with us.
Thank you for your interest in supporting the Global Fund!
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The Honorable Senator Durbin
230 South Dearborn Street
Suite 3892
Chicago, IL 60604
Dear Senator Durbin,
Thank you very much for your continued support of global health issues. You have been an active champion for the fight against diseases of poverty and your help is needed now more than ever.
As the global financial crisis pushes more people into extreme poverty, it is critical that developed nations keep their promises to fund life-saving programs like the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. The Global Fund has been incredibly successful, saving an estimated 3.5 million lives by funding projects judged for their impact, community involvement, and transparency. Yet the fund is experiencing a dangerous shortfall.
Donor countries have not yet provided adequate money to fund the bold, high quality proposals being submitted by developing nations. Life-saving programs may be delayed or cut back.
If the U.S. comes through on its funding promise, other nations will follow. Please ensure our country lives up to its commitment to the Global Fund by increasing funding in the upcoming supplemental appropriations bill by $1 billion. I also urge you help us provide the U.S. fair share of $2.7 billion dollars in FY2010.
Sincerely,
(your name)
(your address)
Monday, April 13, 2009
Global Activism Expo 2009 (from Chicago Public Radio's Worldview)
Global Activism Expo 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009 @ noon - 6:00 p.m.
Hosted by Worldview’s Jerome McDonnell, Chicago Public Radio Presents…is thrilled to again present this remarkable celebration – complete with food, music and over 100 Chicago-area Global Activists, all featured guests of Worldview’s Global Activism series. On the air for over six years now, the Series continues to be inspirational, and bringing everyone together for this Expo has quickly become an annual event.
Doors open at noon on Saturday and stay open until 6 pm; it’s FREE – so bring your classes, your children, your neighbors, your friends and family.
Free parking is available in NEIU Lot L.
This year there will be a variety of food for sale from local ethnic restaurants (cash sales only!), and an outdoor eating area in addition to space set-aside in the Expo for your enjoyment. We’ve added a Performance Stage where the amazing talent associated with many of these organizations will be performing for you; and we’ve arranged for break-out rooms where presentations will be made by various organizations throughout the day, so that you can better learn what they do and how you can get involved.
Saturday, April 25, 2009 @ noon - 6:00 p.m.
Hosted by Worldview’s Jerome McDonnell, Chicago Public Radio Presents…is thrilled to again present this remarkable celebration – complete with food, music and over 100 Chicago-area Global Activists, all featured guests of Worldview’s Global Activism series. On the air for over six years now, the Series continues to be inspirational, and bringing everyone together for this Expo has quickly become an annual event.
Doors open at noon on Saturday and stay open until 6 pm; it’s FREE – so bring your classes, your children, your neighbors, your friends and family.
Free parking is available in NEIU Lot L.
This year there will be a variety of food for sale from local ethnic restaurants (cash sales only!), and an outdoor eating area in addition to space set-aside in the Expo for your enjoyment. We’ve added a Performance Stage where the amazing talent associated with many of these organizations will be performing for you; and we’ve arranged for break-out rooms where presentations will be made by various organizations throughout the day, so that you can better learn what they do and how you can get involved.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Inauguration Service Event and Charity fundraiser
From the Obama campaign, info about a service event and a fundraiser for the Inspiration Cafe...
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Dear Friend,
On behalf of all my colleagues from the Obama campaign staff, I want to wish you a happy New Year and say thank you once again for your support which made our victory possible. I also want to invite you to a few events where you can celebrate Barack's victory and help improve our communities.
As you may know, Barack has asked all his supporters to participate in a community service activity on Monday, January 19th, which is Martin Luther King Day and "inauguration eve." Our team feels community service is the best way to honor Dr. King's legacy and usher in this new era in American history.
In this spirit, I ask that you join local Obama supporters at the Holiday Club on Chicago's northside that evening to both celebrate our victory together and learn about meaningful volunteer opportunities available through Inspiration Corporation, an excellent local non-profit that serves homeless and low-income individuals. Here are the details:
Obama Pre-Inaugural Celebration and Community Service Event
The Holiday Club
4000 North Sheridan Road (intersection of Irving Park and Sheridan Roads / CTA Sheridan Road Red Line Stop)
Chicago, IL
Monday, January 19th - 7 PM
Enjoy Excellent Food and Drink Specials
Help prepare bagged lunches for Inspiration Corporation clients and sign-up for other critical volunteer opportunities
RSVP to: Sean.Tenner@ObamaAlumni.com
There will be many Chicagoans gathering to celebrate Inauguration Day, Tuesday, January 20th at the Chicago Inaugural Ball (see www.ChicagoInauguralBall.com for ticketing information). I wanted to also invite you to a free event I will be working on which honors the special role played by Chicago's African and Caribbean communities in the Obama campaign. All are welcome to the below celebration at the world-famous Ethiopian Diamond restaurant:
African and Caribbean Community Inaugural Celebration
Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant
6120 N. Broadway (closest CTA stop is Granville Red Line)
Chicago, IL
Tuesday, January 20th - 7 PM
Watch Barack's inauguration speech and learn how you can stay involved in Barack's movement for change
Inaugural souvenirs available (proceeds to benefit Inspiration Corporation)
Cash Bar, DJ Music and Dancing
RSVP to: Kiros Tewolde / tewoldeours2001@yahoo.com
Thank you again for your role in making history in 2008. I hope to see you on January 19th and 20th!
Sean Tenner
Sean.Tenner@ObamaAlumni.com
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Dear Friend,
On behalf of all my colleagues from the Obama campaign staff, I want to wish you a happy New Year and say thank you once again for your support which made our victory possible. I also want to invite you to a few events where you can celebrate Barack's victory and help improve our communities.
As you may know, Barack has asked all his supporters to participate in a community service activity on Monday, January 19th, which is Martin Luther King Day and "inauguration eve." Our team feels community service is the best way to honor Dr. King's legacy and usher in this new era in American history.
In this spirit, I ask that you join local Obama supporters at the Holiday Club on Chicago's northside that evening to both celebrate our victory together and learn about meaningful volunteer opportunities available through Inspiration Corporation, an excellent local non-profit that serves homeless and low-income individuals. Here are the details:
Obama Pre-Inaugural Celebration and Community Service Event
The Holiday Club
4000 North Sheridan Road (intersection of Irving Park and Sheridan Roads / CTA Sheridan Road Red Line Stop)
Chicago, IL
Monday, January 19th - 7 PM
Enjoy Excellent Food and Drink Specials
Help prepare bagged lunches for Inspiration Corporation clients and sign-up for other critical volunteer opportunities
RSVP to: Sean.Tenner@ObamaAlumni.com
There will be many Chicagoans gathering to celebrate Inauguration Day, Tuesday, January 20th at the Chicago Inaugural Ball (see www.ChicagoInauguralBall.com for ticketing information). I wanted to also invite you to a free event I will be working on which honors the special role played by Chicago's African and Caribbean communities in the Obama campaign. All are welcome to the below celebration at the world-famous Ethiopian Diamond restaurant:
African and Caribbean Community Inaugural Celebration
Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant
6120 N. Broadway (closest CTA stop is Granville Red Line)
Chicago, IL
Tuesday, January 20th - 7 PM
Watch Barack's inauguration speech and learn how you can stay involved in Barack's movement for change
Inaugural souvenirs available (proceeds to benefit Inspiration Corporation)
Cash Bar, DJ Music and Dancing
RSVP to: Kiros Tewolde / tewoldeours2001@yahoo.com
Thank you again for your role in making history in 2008. I hope to see you on January 19th and 20th!
Sean Tenner
Sean.Tenner@ObamaAlumni.com
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Empty Bowls Event
Join us for the Empty Bowls event on Saturday, December 6, 2008 from 10:30am to 2:00pm at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Rd., Des Plaines, IL 60016.
This event is sponsored by the Ceramics Club at Oakton. Empty Bowls is a non-profit, global movement that has raised millions of dollars for food banks, soup kitchens, and other meal programs. Their philosophy, quite simply, is that no one should have an empty bowl.
Here's how it works. Stop by on Dec. 6th between 10:30am and 2:00pm. For a $12 donation, you can choose your favorite bowl from among hundreds of beautiful bowls, lovingly made by local ceramics artists, and share in a meal of soup and bread.
The bowl you have chosen is yours to keep as a reminder of the need for food throughout our area.
Last year, the Niles Township Food Pantry received $4,700 from the Empty Bowls event. This year, additional food pantries will be receiving funds, reducing the funds we will receive unless there is a significant increase in attendees and donations.
Please support our raffle of unique ceramic artwork. Tickets are $3 each or four for $10. Come to the Empty Bowls event to bid on additional silent auction prizes. Entertainment will be provided by Patchouli (www.patchouli.net), an acoustic duo whose songs about healing and compassion inspire the human spirit.
Please make time for this wonderful event for this wonderful cause!
This event is sponsored by the Ceramics Club at Oakton. Empty Bowls is a non-profit, global movement that has raised millions of dollars for food banks, soup kitchens, and other meal programs. Their philosophy, quite simply, is that no one should have an empty bowl.
Here's how it works. Stop by on Dec. 6th between 10:30am and 2:00pm. For a $12 donation, you can choose your favorite bowl from among hundreds of beautiful bowls, lovingly made by local ceramics artists, and share in a meal of soup and bread.
The bowl you have chosen is yours to keep as a reminder of the need for food throughout our area.
Last year, the Niles Township Food Pantry received $4,700 from the Empty Bowls event. This year, additional food pantries will be receiving funds, reducing the funds we will receive unless there is a significant increase in attendees and donations.
Please support our raffle of unique ceramic artwork. Tickets are $3 each or four for $10. Come to the Empty Bowls event to bid on additional silent auction prizes. Entertainment will be provided by Patchouli (www.patchouli.net), an acoustic duo whose songs about healing and compassion inspire the human spirit.
Please make time for this wonderful event for this wonderful cause!
Monday, December 1, 2008
2008 World AIDS Day
The 1st of December, World AIDS Day, is the day when individuals and organisations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global AIDS epidemic. 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. Here's an excerpt from a press release about the history of the day off of the website for World AIDS Campaign. Click on the link for the full article.
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World AIDS Day marks 20th anniversary of solidarity
Sara Speicher 19/11/2008 1:09 pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 19 NOVEMBER 2008 For Eric Sawyer, the late 1980s was a “war time situation”. “People with AIDS were fighting for their lives and for their friends”, says Sawyer, an AIDS activist and co-founder of ACT UP New York.
By 1988, seven years after the first case of AIDS was reported, AIDS was causing more deaths in the US then there were in the Vietnam War, and between 5 and 10 million people were estimated to be infected with HIV around the world. Yet governments, media and society in general were not giving AIDS adequate attention. So, “people with AIDS had to literally take to the streets and block traffic and take over government buildings”, Sawyer recalls.
]Sawyer had been on the front lines of the AIDS epidemic since developing his first HIV-related symptoms in 1981, before AIDS was officially identified. For him and for thousands of other activists around the world, the formation of World AIDS Day in 1988 was one of the few moments in the year where the growing tragedy of AIDS would finally get attention around the globe.
Now at its 20th anniversary, World AIDS Day continues to be the focus of global solidarity for a pandemic that has led to over 25 million deaths with an estimated 33 million people currently living with HIV worldwide.
World AIDS Day was reportedly the brainchild of the late Jonathan Mann, at the time the director of the Global Programme on AIDS (GPA) at the World Health Organization. After positive reactions to the idea of World AIDS Day by over 100 health ministers at the January 1988 London gathering focused on AIDS and at the 1988 International AIDS Conference in Stockholm, the World Health Organization declared 1 December 1988 as the first World AIDS Day, which was recognised and supported by the UN General Assembly in October 1988. “We wanted to provide a platform so that people who were working on the issue at any level could get involved”, says Tom Netter, who worked with Mann as the head of the GPA’s public information office. Fostering a sense of solidarity was paramount, says Netter, “so that people could do things at the grassroots level and feel part of the global response at that time.” Netter recalls that in 1988, despite the short planning time, an event was held in every member state. “That was eye opening”, he said, “It showed that people wanted to have something that they could grab on to, to feel part of the overall response.” In the World Health Organization itself, panels from the AIDS quilt were displayed. “People found that very moving . . . it showed the individuals affected.” Within three years, the activities around the day “became something that was going to happen spontaneously…People on the ground took off with it”, says Netter.
Unique momentum
The energy behind World AIDS Day, and the activism that has characterised the response to AIDS among civil society, is unique.
Prior to AIDS, Netter states, “there wasn’t really so much of an advocacy movement regarding diseases or people who were ill. AIDS really was the first that mobilised people.” It was the people most affected who brought the urgency, passion and accountability to the movement. Sawyer recalls, “Early on the most significant leadership was actually done by people with AIDS themselves”. Whilst early activists targeted authorities’ slow response to AIDS, that didn’t mean that scientists and activists were on opposite sides, says Professor Lars Kallings, the first president of the International AIDS Society, also founded in 1988. “If you think from the beginning, before there was any treatment, the doctors felt very helpless. They suffered by not being able to help their patients. Therefore, even scientists have been on the front lines, on the barricades, very often against the authorities, the government.” World AIDS Day has been a symbolic focus for this activism. It “gave people a sense that they were part of a larger movement than what they were involved in individually and locally”, Netter states.
But this doesn’t mean that one day is enough. “For me”, says Frika Chia Iskandar, a young woman from Indonesia working with the Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (APN+), “it doesn’t seem like ‘World’ enough, it is not public enough”. For activists now, she reflects, the day itself doesn’t make a difference when “our days are filled with AIDS”. Yet, she emphasises, “For the public, though, it is at least one day where we think about AIDS, and it is still needed.”
Greg Gray, an APN+ advisor who also carries a supporting role for the NGO delegation to the UNAIDS governing board agrees, “World AIDS Day has real value for raising awareness with the broader public. But when you are working with the grassroots community affected by HIV it doesn’t connect as much. When you do it day in and day out, it becomes the norm. World AIDS Day is trying to get a bit of that message home to a much broader community.”
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World AIDS Day marks 20th anniversary of solidarity
Sara Speicher 19/11/2008 1:09 pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 19 NOVEMBER 2008 For Eric Sawyer, the late 1980s was a “war time situation”. “People with AIDS were fighting for their lives and for their friends”, says Sawyer, an AIDS activist and co-founder of ACT UP New York.
By 1988, seven years after the first case of AIDS was reported, AIDS was causing more deaths in the US then there were in the Vietnam War, and between 5 and 10 million people were estimated to be infected with HIV around the world. Yet governments, media and society in general were not giving AIDS adequate attention. So, “people with AIDS had to literally take to the streets and block traffic and take over government buildings”, Sawyer recalls.
]Sawyer had been on the front lines of the AIDS epidemic since developing his first HIV-related symptoms in 1981, before AIDS was officially identified. For him and for thousands of other activists around the world, the formation of World AIDS Day in 1988 was one of the few moments in the year where the growing tragedy of AIDS would finally get attention around the globe.
Now at its 20th anniversary, World AIDS Day continues to be the focus of global solidarity for a pandemic that has led to over 25 million deaths with an estimated 33 million people currently living with HIV worldwide.
World AIDS Day was reportedly the brainchild of the late Jonathan Mann, at the time the director of the Global Programme on AIDS (GPA) at the World Health Organization. After positive reactions to the idea of World AIDS Day by over 100 health ministers at the January 1988 London gathering focused on AIDS and at the 1988 International AIDS Conference in Stockholm, the World Health Organization declared 1 December 1988 as the first World AIDS Day, which was recognised and supported by the UN General Assembly in October 1988. “We wanted to provide a platform so that people who were working on the issue at any level could get involved”, says Tom Netter, who worked with Mann as the head of the GPA’s public information office. Fostering a sense of solidarity was paramount, says Netter, “so that people could do things at the grassroots level and feel part of the global response at that time.” Netter recalls that in 1988, despite the short planning time, an event was held in every member state. “That was eye opening”, he said, “It showed that people wanted to have something that they could grab on to, to feel part of the overall response.” In the World Health Organization itself, panels from the AIDS quilt were displayed. “People found that very moving . . . it showed the individuals affected.” Within three years, the activities around the day “became something that was going to happen spontaneously…People on the ground took off with it”, says Netter.
Unique momentum
The energy behind World AIDS Day, and the activism that has characterised the response to AIDS among civil society, is unique.
Prior to AIDS, Netter states, “there wasn’t really so much of an advocacy movement regarding diseases or people who were ill. AIDS really was the first that mobilised people.” It was the people most affected who brought the urgency, passion and accountability to the movement. Sawyer recalls, “Early on the most significant leadership was actually done by people with AIDS themselves”. Whilst early activists targeted authorities’ slow response to AIDS, that didn’t mean that scientists and activists were on opposite sides, says Professor Lars Kallings, the first president of the International AIDS Society, also founded in 1988. “If you think from the beginning, before there was any treatment, the doctors felt very helpless. They suffered by not being able to help their patients. Therefore, even scientists have been on the front lines, on the barricades, very often against the authorities, the government.” World AIDS Day has been a symbolic focus for this activism. It “gave people a sense that they were part of a larger movement than what they were involved in individually and locally”, Netter states.
But this doesn’t mean that one day is enough. “For me”, says Frika Chia Iskandar, a young woman from Indonesia working with the Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (APN+), “it doesn’t seem like ‘World’ enough, it is not public enough”. For activists now, she reflects, the day itself doesn’t make a difference when “our days are filled with AIDS”. Yet, she emphasises, “For the public, though, it is at least one day where we think about AIDS, and it is still needed.”
Greg Gray, an APN+ advisor who also carries a supporting role for the NGO delegation to the UNAIDS governing board agrees, “World AIDS Day has real value for raising awareness with the broader public. But when you are working with the grassroots community affected by HIV it doesn’t connect as much. When you do it day in and day out, it becomes the norm. World AIDS Day is trying to get a bit of that message home to a much broader community.”
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Ctrl.Alt.Shift
Here's an anti-poverty resource with a different flair than most that I stumble upon. Ctrl.Alt.Shift is more than a web site or a magazine. It's a new movement, designed and executed by young people for young people. It is a platform for 18-25 year olds to voice their beliefs and opinions. It allows them to demonstrate their talents, needs and ambitions in whatever medium suits them. Ctrl.Alt.Shift consists of a web community, events and stunts, and a quarterly magazine that aims to speak to young people and stimulate them to take action against global issues of poverty and injustice.
Get involved; join the fight, the protests and campaigns at www.ctrlaltshift.co.uk
As shows in their url, they seem to be based in the UK, so that also gives it a bit of a different feel from a lot of the US based orgs I know about. Here's a little release from them about what they are currently up to...
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VICE magazine and CTRL.ALT.SHIFT launch international all-star photographic project
VICE Magazine has collaborated with youth initiative Ctrl.Alt.Shift, to launch a unique photographic project that explores the global issues of Gender, Power and Poverty. The creative collaboration takes the form of an international competition, educating young people around the world on this major global development issue and inviting them to create photography
inspired by this theme. Participants will also get the chance to be mentored by a group of all-stars including UK TV presenter Alexa Chung, Vogue and GQ contributor Ben Rayner, Arena and i-D contributor Valerie Philips and Vice’s Andy Capper and Alex Sturrock. Competition winners will have their work featured in VICE and Ctrl.Alt.Shift magazines, displayed on CtrlAltShift.co.uk and exhibited in a major London gallery in 2009– alongside work from campaign ambassador, legendary New York photo artist Nan Goldin. The overall winner will receive £1000 plus a brand new digital SLR.
Paint Your Picture
Engage people, push the boundaries and provoke thought and action through your cutting edge photos surrounding the issues of gender, power and poverty. Final entries are on November 19 so GET SNAPPING!!
For more information on the competition, submit your entry, and to join the fight against issues of global development visit www.ctrlaltshift.co.uk/vice.
Get involved; join the fight, the protests and campaigns at www.ctrlaltshift.co.uk
As shows in their url, they seem to be based in the UK, so that also gives it a bit of a different feel from a lot of the US based orgs I know about. Here's a little release from them about what they are currently up to...
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VICE magazine and CTRL.ALT.SHIFT launch international all-star photographic project
VICE Magazine has collaborated with youth initiative Ctrl.Alt.Shift, to launch a unique photographic project that explores the global issues of Gender, Power and Poverty. The creative collaboration takes the form of an international competition, educating young people around the world on this major global development issue and inviting them to create photography
inspired by this theme. Participants will also get the chance to be mentored by a group of all-stars including UK TV presenter Alexa Chung, Vogue and GQ contributor Ben Rayner, Arena and i-D contributor Valerie Philips and Vice’s Andy Capper and Alex Sturrock. Competition winners will have their work featured in VICE and Ctrl.Alt.Shift magazines, displayed on CtrlAltShift.co.uk and exhibited in a major London gallery in 2009– alongside work from campaign ambassador, legendary New York photo artist Nan Goldin. The overall winner will receive £1000 plus a brand new digital SLR.
Paint Your Picture
Engage people, push the boundaries and provoke thought and action through your cutting edge photos surrounding the issues of gender, power and poverty. Final entries are on November 19 so GET SNAPPING!!
For more information on the competition, submit your entry, and to join the fight against issues of global development visit www.ctrlaltshift.co.uk/vice.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Let's Talk Bread- Chicago Dec 2
NOTICE FOR 2ND MEETING
Let’s Talk Bread
Extreme poverty. Microfinance. Foreign aid. Charity vs. self-help. Public vs. private.
These are just some of the subjects likely to be pursued at the next meeting of the Let’s Talk Bread discussion group on Dec. 2 in Oak Park. “The Bottom Billion,” a book by Paul Collier (under $10 on Amazon.com or free at your library) and a series of articles in the Christian Science Monitor by Mark Lange (www.csmonitor.com/2008/0310/p09s01-coop.html?page=1) will be the catalyst for this session’s conversation.
Join the conversation at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at United Lutheran Church in Oak Park, 409 Greenfield Street (Greenfield and North Ridgeland, two blocks south of the Ridgeland-North Avenue intersection).
Let’s Talk Bread is a Chicago-area group that, guided by Christian convictions, hopes regular conversations—whether centered on a topical book, article or current event—can help illuminate the problems of poverty and hunger and shed light on just which possible solutions hold promise and which do not.
For more information contact John Stumme (johnrichst@comcast.net or 773-777-3907) or Rich Liefer (rl.liefer@sbcglobal.net).
Let’s Talk Bread
Extreme poverty. Microfinance. Foreign aid. Charity vs. self-help. Public vs. private.
These are just some of the subjects likely to be pursued at the next meeting of the Let’s Talk Bread discussion group on Dec. 2 in Oak Park. “The Bottom Billion,” a book by Paul Collier (under $10 on Amazon.com or free at your library) and a series of articles in the Christian Science Monitor by Mark Lange (www.csmonitor.com/2008/0310/p09s01-coop.html?page=1) will be the catalyst for this session’s conversation.
Join the conversation at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at United Lutheran Church in Oak Park, 409 Greenfield Street (Greenfield and North Ridgeland, two blocks south of the Ridgeland-North Avenue intersection).
Let’s Talk Bread is a Chicago-area group that, guided by Christian convictions, hopes regular conversations—whether centered on a topical book, article or current event—can help illuminate the problems of poverty and hunger and shed light on just which possible solutions hold promise and which do not.
For more information contact John Stumme (johnrichst@comcast.net or 773-777-3907) or Rich Liefer (rl.liefer@sbcglobal.net).
Monday, October 27, 2008
IL Poverty Summit moved from Peoria to Evanston (12/9&10)
Opportunities for Change: Taking Action to End Extreme Poverty in Illinois
December 9th and 10th in Evanston, IL. Registration opens today, October 27th at 12 PM.
NOTE: The location of the Opportunities for Change Summit has moved from Peoria, IL to Evanston, IL.
This summit, occurring in conjunction with International Human Rights Day, is part of the new Commission on the Elimination of Poverty's work and is a direct result of all of your hard work as part of the From Poverty to Opportunity Campaign.
This event will bring people from across Illinois together to hear from national experts and to begin developing the short-term and long-term plans for ending poverty in Illinois. Speakers include Gov Blogojevich and Marian Wright Edelman.
Registration is limited, so register now!
http://www.illinois.gov/povertysummit/
December 9th and 10th in Evanston, IL. Registration opens today, October 27th at 12 PM.
NOTE: The location of the Opportunities for Change Summit has moved from Peoria, IL to Evanston, IL.
This summit, occurring in conjunction with International Human Rights Day, is part of the new Commission on the Elimination of Poverty's work and is a direct result of all of your hard work as part of the From Poverty to Opportunity Campaign.
This event will bring people from across Illinois together to hear from national experts and to begin developing the short-term and long-term plans for ending poverty in Illinois. Speakers include Gov Blogojevich and Marian Wright Edelman.
Registration is limited, so register now!
http://www.illinois.gov/povertysummit/
Monday, October 20, 2008
Bag Hunger Auction Oct 22
Act now to help the Greater Chicago Food Depository!
The 15th Annual Bag Hunger Auction is the premier culinary event of the season, and it's just two days away—Oct. 22.
Don't miss the chance to get your tickets so you can enjoy delicious cuisine prepared by Chicago's top chefs, while bidding on an array of auction items like these:
» Cubs Dream Day: Four field box tickets to a 2009 regular season game and pre-game photos on the field
» Hey, barkeep!: A guest spot as the bartender on WTTW's "Check, Please!"
» Kitchen makeover: Includes Electrolux appliances
Your ticket and auction purchases will help provide food for hungry people throughout Cook County.
Get your tickets here
The 15th Annual Bag Hunger Auction is the premier culinary event of the season, and it's just two days away—Oct. 22.
Don't miss the chance to get your tickets so you can enjoy delicious cuisine prepared by Chicago's top chefs, while bidding on an array of auction items like these:
» Cubs Dream Day: Four field box tickets to a 2009 regular season game and pre-game photos on the field
» Hey, barkeep!: A guest spot as the bartender on WTTW's "Check, Please!"
» Kitchen makeover: Includes Electrolux appliances
Your ticket and auction purchases will help provide food for hungry people throughout Cook County.
Get your tickets here
Friday, October 17, 2008
"Bad Examples" Concert to benefit New Lenox Pantry 10/18
THE BAD EXAMPLES
THIS SATURDAY NIGHT! October 18th, 2008
Ralph Covert's rockin' band for adults will play their final outdoor show of the season:
Mayor Tim Baldermann's
BEER, BRATS & BONES BASH
Commons Park
1 Veterans Parkway
New Lenox, IL
This 21-and-over event starts at 4pm with the Examples performing soon after 7pm. There will be more live music earlier in the day. The park closes at 10pm. Beer, brats, and ribs available for purchase.
Admission is a food donation to the New Lenox Food Pantry. Collection of items will be onsite – no monetary donations will be accepted.
Attendees with the last name from A – M should bring a breakfast or lunch item
Attendees with the last name from N – Z should bring a lunch or dinner item
Suggested Breakfast Items:
Breakfast bars, boxed cereals such as Kellogg's Rice Krispies With Real Strawberries (TM ), Oatmeal
Suggested Lunch/Dinner Items:
Soups such as tomato, chicken noodle and vegetable (the Pantry has an excess of cream of chicken and cream of mushroom); canned tuna; mayonnaise; spaghetti and spaghetti sauce; Instant potato or rice dishes; canned chili, Saltine crackers, canned ravioli, peanut butter, jams and jellies.
For more details visit: http://www.newlenox.net/news.asp?id=167 or call Bonnie in Mayor Baldermann's office at 815-462-6425.
This is also part of the Daniel Pearl Music Days, part of an ongoing initiative for achieving world peace. For more information please visit:
http://www.danielpearlmusicdays.org/index.php
Are you a Ralph's World fan who doesn' t know The Bad Examples? Go to www.waterdogmusic.com to hear some of the music.
THIS SATURDAY NIGHT! October 18th, 2008
Ralph Covert's rockin' band for adults will play their final outdoor show of the season:
Mayor Tim Baldermann's
BEER, BRATS & BONES BASH
Commons Park
1 Veterans Parkway
New Lenox, IL
This 21-and-over event starts at 4pm with the Examples performing soon after 7pm. There will be more live music earlier in the day. The park closes at 10pm. Beer, brats, and ribs available for purchase.
Admission is a food donation to the New Lenox Food Pantry. Collection of items will be onsite – no monetary donations will be accepted.
Attendees with the last name from A – M should bring a breakfast or lunch item
Attendees with the last name from N – Z should bring a lunch or dinner item
Suggested Breakfast Items:
Breakfast bars, boxed cereals such as Kellogg's Rice Krispies With Real Strawberries (TM ), Oatmeal
Suggested Lunch/Dinner Items:
Soups such as tomato, chicken noodle and vegetable (the Pantry has an excess of cream of chicken and cream of mushroom); canned tuna; mayonnaise; spaghetti and spaghetti sauce; Instant potato or rice dishes; canned chili, Saltine crackers, canned ravioli, peanut butter, jams and jellies.
For more details visit: http://www.newlenox.net/news.asp?id=167 or call Bonnie in Mayor Baldermann's office at 815-462-6425.
This is also part of the Daniel Pearl Music Days, part of an ongoing initiative for achieving world peace. For more information please visit:
http://www.danielpearlmusicdays.org/index.php
Are you a Ralph's World fan who doesn' t know The Bad Examples? Go to www.waterdogmusic.com to hear some of the music.
World Food Day- Oct 16
Oops! I'm a bit late in posting this, but the site should still be up!
World Food Day, October 16th, is a worldwide event designed to increase awareness, understanding and informed, year-around action to alleviate hunger.
http://www.worldfooddayusa.org
World Food Day, October 16th, is a worldwide event designed to increase awareness, understanding and informed, year-around action to alleviate hunger.
http://www.worldfooddayusa.org
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Live Blogging at Breadblog.org
Breadblog has been running a series of live blogs from the Idaho Hunger Summit. It's got a lot of nice state level stats in it and some great quotes from the blogger and the speakers. Here are a couple...
"Why do I love being around anti-hunger advocates? Because no where else in the world can the announcer say “eliminate the asset test for Food Stamps SNAP” and have the crowd go absolutely bonkers wild."
"I LOVE Nancy’s enthusiasm, and the crowd is getting into it. She has a contagious laugh and a very warm presence. She started out the session talking about what it means to be an advocate. Sometimes simple is better: Advocacy just means speaking up.
So true."
Click here for Idaho Summit blogs
"Why do I love being around anti-hunger advocates? Because no where else in the world can the announcer say “eliminate the asset test for Food Stamps SNAP” and have the crowd go absolutely bonkers wild."
"I LOVE Nancy’s enthusiasm, and the crowd is getting into it. She has a contagious laugh and a very warm presence. She started out the session talking about what it means to be an advocate. Sometimes simple is better: Advocacy just means speaking up.
So true."
Click here for Idaho Summit blogs
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