Posts Tagged: food and faith

Food on everyone’s table!

graph of how children benefit after receiving SNAP The Senate is expected to vote on a regressive tax bill next week, and your voice advocating for a moral and compassionate budget is critical! For Presbyterians, the message is biblical and simple. Urge your Senators to say “no” on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, because it will make hunger and poverty worse and will further deepen… Read more »

Compassion

Where is your compassion…and if you claim to have it, when does it connect to your actions You fooled me into believing I was born in a land overflowing with milk and honey, A land of plenty, your propaganda neglected to say that those who are impoverished or live in disadvantaged circumstances are not promised… Read more »

Reflection: How Food Justice Has Changed My Activism

I am an AmeriCorps VISTA with the Presbyterian Hunger Program. I am also known as a Community Food Justice Cultivator. Eight months ago I was simply Amber Burns; activist, Black feminist and poet. For the past five years I have read many books and articles with the hope of becoming more socially and racially conscious…. Read more »

Putting the “Community” in Community Gardens

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of helping to facilitate a family garden workshop. The workshop took place in a community garden located in West Louisville. Due to spontaneous rain showers there was a low turn-out but five enthusiastic souls blessed us with their presence. My co-worker and I were responsible for leading… Read more »

My Temple

    My body is my God given temple …. From my chipped toe nails to my uncombed head, back down to my ashy un-lotioned knees, My body is starving, yearning for something to cure its thirst, Screaming for attention that must penetrate passed skin, beyond outer appearance, My body could care less what clothes… Read more »