Presbyterian Hunger Program
The Ants & the Grasshopper Online Watch Party
Join the global screening of the new, award-winning film “The Ants & the Grasshopper.” The online watch party is on Thursday, Oct 27th at 4:30 p.m. (PDT) / 7:30 p.m. (EDT) and we are honored to have Raj Patel, film director and author of ‘Stuffed and Starved’, on hand to introduce the film. This award-winning... Read more »
Global Debt Webinar Series: Debt, Disaster and Corruption
In this first webinar of the series, we will gain a basic theological understanding of debt as well as an understanding of global debt systems which maintain countries and their citizens in poverty. We will dialogue with panelists from Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka who will help us to understand the impacts of debt on... Read more »
Congregation-Based Community Organizing: The Why, What and How in 60 Minutes!
Congregation-Based Community Organizing, or CBCO, is a powerful strategy for eradicating poverty, dismantling racism, and building congregational vitality. CBCO will energize your congregation and help connect you with community members and groups as you pursue justice and attempt to live out your call as a Hunger Action, Earth Care, or Matthew 25 church. Reverend Alison... Read more »
Hunger Action Congregations Meet-up
There will be three virtual events: April 11, 2023 @ Noon (eastern) August 23, 2023 @ Noon (eastern) November 7, 2023 @ Noon (eastern)
Matthew 25 eradicating systemic poverty workshop on measuring impact
We know the shifts we need to make personally, corporately and systematically in order to end poverty. How do we know if our work to end poverty does in fact contribute towards the systemic and structural changes needed to truly do so? What are the critical elements of measuring our impact that help us to... Read more »
Hunger Action Congregations Meet-up
There will be three virtual events: April 11, 2023 @ Noon (eastern) August 23, 2023 @ Noon (eastern) November 7, 2023 @ Noon (eastern)
Matthew 25 eradicating systemic poverty workshop on community organizing and advocacy
This online workshop will cover concepts of community organizing, movement building, and public policy/corporate policy advocacy as vital models for tackling root causes of poverty. We will have a speaker from a local Congregation Based Community Organization (CBCO) on community organizing, someone from the Office of Public Witness to address policy advocacy, and we hope... Read more »
In it for the Long Haul: International Accompaniment for Long-term Sustainable Development
Join us for a discussion of what it means to listen deeply to and center those we accompany as we work together for long-term social change and sustainable development and seek to understand and eradicate systemic poverty. This is the 4th in a series of online workshops helping Presbyterians to understand and respond to systemic... Read more »
Hunger Action Congregations Meet-up
There will be three virtual events: April 11, 2023 @ Noon (eastern) August 23, 2023 @ Noon (eastern) November 7, 2023 @ Noon (eastern)