World Food Day Schedule, October 16th
World Food Day is a worldwide event designed to increase awareness, understanding and informed, year-around action to alleviate hunger.
9:00am-12:30pm, Bren 1414: TGIF (The Green Initiative Fund) Real Food Challenge is hosting a screening of the World Food Day teleconference, "Global Food Crisis: Opportunities, Responsibilities and Solutions" (check website for more information http://www.worldfooddayusa.org/CMS/2955.aspx) and is inviting students, staff, faculty, and community members to engage in a critical discussion of proposed solutions and approaches to alleviating global food problems. Drop-ins are welcome, as intermittent discussion will occur between segments of the screening. Professor David Cleveland (Environmental Studies) and TGIF Sustainable Food Coordinator Megan Carney (Anthropology) will facilitate discussion.
12:45-2:00, Annex Lawn: EAB, the Human Rights Coalition, and TGIF Real Food Challenge is hosting a campus-wide Eat-In (http://eat-ins.org/) to break bread and bring focused discussion to the environmental and social dimensions of World Food Day. There will also be a Environmental and Indigenous Rights Expo at this same location from 11:00-1:30.
For more information, contact Megan Carney, megcarney@gmail.com or Katharine Brown kathardbrown@gmail.com.
Co-Sponsored by The Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
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