Participation in "Pitch In" - A Conversation about Hunger and Food Access - Thursday, July 25th

We have been invited to table and participate in a panel discussion on hunger and food access this Thursday 25th.  The event is sponsored by an IUPUI's School of Public and Environmental Affairs class and will be held at Keep Indianapolis Beautiful from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.


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Pitch-In!

A Conversation about Hunger and Food Access

What would it take to end hunger in Central Indiana?  How can local success help the global efforts to improve food access?  Join SPEA Scholars and local, national and international food and hunger experts for a thought-provoking and potentially world-changing “Intellectual Pitch-In” to discuss the intersection of global and local food issues.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

6:30-8:30 PM

Keep Indianapolis Beautiful

1029 Fletcher Ave. Suite 100,

Indianapolis, IN 46203

Panelists include:

Emily Weikert-Bryant - Feeding Indiana's Hungry

Dow AgroScience

Laura Henderson - Growing Places Indy

Gina Sheets - Hope in the Harvest and Indiana Department of Agriculture

Myel Reed - Indiana Department of Agriculture

Kim Kiser - Oxfam Action Corps

Betsy Whitmore -Second Helpings

Slow Food Indy

This family friendly event is free to the public with the donations of dried pasta or rice for Second Helpings.

 https://www.facebook.com/events/656284154385731/

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/7275935519

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Here we will have the opportunity to introduce our guests to Oxfam's mission (fighting poverty, hunger, and injustice), the GROW Method, and the Behind the Brands campaign.  Thanks to Adam Olson and our friends at Oxfam in Boston we have an interactive Behind the Brands game board to engage visitors in exploration of how the food companies they love impact international poverty and hunger.

Not only is this an opportunity to teach people how we fight poverty, hunger, and injustice - it's great opportunity to learn more about what other local organizations are doing about hunger and food access so we can do even more.

Contact Indianapolis Oxfam Action Corps  to help with this event.