Anti-Hunger Advocates Plan to Sow Seeds in D.C.
Faithbased organizations across the United States are working together to gain an audience with presidential candidates on issues of global hunger and poverty.
Bread for the World, Bread for the World Institute and The Alliance to End Hunger are organizing a gathering June 9-12 at American University in Washington, D.C. in partnership with denominations and religious organizations, including the Christian Reformed Church (CRC).
The four-day event, called Sowing Seeds: Growing a Movement, will include a presidential engagement where participants will have the opportunity to interact with candidates directly, hearing how they would use America’s highest office to help reduce hunger and poverty.
Sowing Seeds will provide space at the national level for various groups and movements to come together in one prophetic voice to speak to today’s leaders about these important issues. In addition, the Emerging Leaders Advisory Team, a group of young activists and leaders from across the country, has been strategizing ways to engage and mobilize younger people to attend the event.
Representatives of the CRC’s Office of Social Justice and Hunger Action (OSJHA) are involved in the planning of the event and hope to bring a sizable Christian Reformed presence to the weekend.
“Last year’s group had about 30 Christian Reformed members from around the US and Canada, with a lot of involvement from college-age and 20-something CRC members,” said Abby Jansen, social work professor at Dordt College and member of Bread for the World. “It was an energizing and exciting time spent together and we want to gather together again.”
OSJHA hopes to organize transportation to Washington from the Grand Rapids, Mich., area.
- Event Information: www.bread.org/gathering2007
--From The Advocate (OSJHA) - March issue
