{"id":138,"date":"2011-11-21T10:33:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T10:33:07","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-01-30T12:56:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T17:56:56","slug":"hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2011\/11\/21\/hunger\/","title":{"rendered":"Addressing the root causes of hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Presbyterian Hunger Program has provided more than $100 million in financial support to effective groups in the U.S. and overseas since it was established in 1969. The five below are just a few of these initiatives, which are alleviating hunger and addressing the underlying causes of hunger. <em>Thanks to our temp, Tracy, for writing some of these summaries.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: top\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/alabama-arise.png\" alt=\"Banner of Alabama Arise about independent research\" width=\"428\" height=\"171\" \/><br \/>\nAlabama Arise<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Arise members speak out on income tax threshold <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In response to a new report\u00a0citing Alabama&#8217;s high income tax on the poor, a Huntsville TV station turned to Arise members for comment. Dale Clem, pastor of Monte Sano United Methodist Church and an ACPP board member, and Dick Hiatt, executive director of the North Alabama Food Bank, an ACPP member group, voice their concerns about Alabama&#8217;s upside-down tax system in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waff.com\/story\/16059422\/report-claims-alabama-poor-pay\">this news clip<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waff.com\/story\/16059422\/report-claims-alabama-poor-pay\">View news video here<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/arisecitizens.org\/index.php?option=com_docman&amp;task=doc_download&amp;gid=702&amp;ItemId=44\">Read ARISE news release here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama Arise is helping low-income families build a future with individual development accounts (IDAs).\u00a0 Under guidelines set forth by federal Assets for Independence Act of 1998, participants can get a \u201cdouble match\u201d for up to $2000 they save in an IDA.\u00a0 For $2000 put into the IDA they can get $6000 for a downpayment on a home, college education or starting a small business.\u00a0 What a great way to help others help themselves out of poverty.\u00a0 Alabama Arise motto says it all \u201cA hand UP, not a hand out\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/boston-india.jpg\" alt=\"Indian girls holding flowers\" width=\"220\" height=\"295\" \/>Boston Faith and Justice Network<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fair Trade Boston was designed to connect church teams, businesses and student groups to broader community engagement of Fair Trade.\u00a0 They hold events for Christians to raise consciousness about how these issues relate to their faith such as film screenings, a national webinar on fair trade and faith, and a bike ride and a benefit concert for a local safe house for survivors of human trafficking.\u00a0 They provide information to Boston-area residents so they are able to understand the ways workers are abused and how fair trade can address this.<br \/>\nThe picture to the right is from BFJN director&#8217;s recent trip to India. Read Ryan&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonfaithjustice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India blog posts on their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/coke_sign-stop_stealing_water.jpg\" alt=\"Man holding sign &quot;Coke, Stop Stealing Water!&quot;\" width=\"212\" height=\"299\" \/>Corporate Accountability International<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Corporate Accountability International is \u201cThinking Outside the Bottle.\u201d\u00a0 They have convinced schools, businesses, mayors and\u00a0 governors to support and create Bottled Water Free Zones.\u00a0 We definitely need to come together and get various corporations to stop draining watersheds and aquifers for profits. We can work together and all be \u201cBottle Free\u201d!<\/p>\n<p>PHP has supported CAI&#8217;s water campaign in past years and is now supporting their work to combat unhealthy food advertising. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopcorporateabuse.org\/campaigns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read about their campaigns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/first-pres.png\" alt=\"Members at First Presbyterian\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" \/>First Presbyterian Church St Joseph<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First Presbyterian Church St. Joseph will celebrate its 27<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary in June of 2012.\u00a0 The church provides sack lunches every Sunday with the help of many volunteers.\u00a0 While folks are there to pick up their food, nurses give flu and hepatitis shots, AIDS screenings and other health services.\u00a0 There is a \u201cHealth Express\u201d mobile clinic that parks in front of Open Door Food Kitchen twice a month to offer blood pressure checks, diabetes sugar level sticks, hygiene kits and referral services.\u00a0 They also have Para Medic and a nurse practitioner on board.<\/p>\n<p>And check out their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstpres301.com\/Food_for_Kids.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food for Kids program<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/ican-food-choices-200x257.jpg\" alt=\"Food choices article graphic\" width=\"200\" height=\"257\" \/>Idaho Community Action Network<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Due to so many Americans struggling in todays time ICAN got together and came to legislature to increase Food Stamp Asset test from $2,000 to $5,000.\u00a0 This bill is now a law! They are also trying to reverse Medicaid cuts after $35 million was cut from the state budget.\u00a0 Started in 1999, ICAN has over 2,000 members statewide and they educate and mobilize people to advocate on issues of social, racial, and economic justice and to eliminate poverty in Idaho. Learn about their great food justice programs and read their new report:<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/idahocan.org\/612\/food-choices-families-of-corporations\/\">Families or Corporations?<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>SUPER COMMITTEE CHOICE: NEED\u00a0VERSUS\u00a0GREED<\/p>\n<p><em>New Report Shows Staggering Hunger and Food Insecurity Nationwide While Federal Funds Feed \u201cBig Ag\u201d Profits.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All this great work is made possible by the generous gifts of Presbyterians to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/ministries\/specialofferings\/one-great-hour-sharing-offering\/\">One Great Hour of Sharing<\/a>. Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Presbyterian Hunger Program has provided more than $100 million  in financial support to effective groups in the U.S. and overseas since it  was established in 1969. The five below are just a few of these initiatives, which are alleviating and striving to address the underlying  causes of hunger.<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><br \/>Alabama Arise<br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><em>Arise members speak out on income tax threshold <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>In response to a new report&nbsp;citing Alabama&#8217;s high income tax  on the  poor, a Huntsville TV station turned to Arise members for  comment. Dale  Clem, pastor of Monte Sano United Methodist  Church and an ACPP board  member, and Dick Hiatt, executive director of  the North Alabama Food  Bank, an ACPP member group, voice their concerns  about Alabama&#8217;s  upside-down tax system in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waff.com\/story\/16059422\/report-claims-alabama-poor-pay\">this news clip<\/a>.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waff.com\/story\/16059422\/report-claims-alabama-poor-pay\">View news video here<\/a>.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/arisecitizens.org\/index.php?option=com_docman&amp;task=doc_download&amp;gid=702&amp;ItemId=44\">Read ARISE news release here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>Alabama Arise is helping low-income families build a future with  individual development accounts (IDAs).&nbsp; Under guidelines set forth by  federal Assets for Independence Act of 1998, participants can get a  &ldquo;double match&rdquo; for up to $2000 they save in an IDA.&nbsp; For $2000 put into  the IDA they can get $6000 for a downpayment on a home, college  education or starting a small business.&nbsp; What a great way to help others  help themselves out of poverty.&nbsp; Alabama Arise motto says it all &ldquo;A  hand UP, not a hand out&rdquo;.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Boston Faith and Justice Network<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Fair Trade Boston was designed to connect church teams, businesses  and student groups to broader community engagement of Fair Trade.&nbsp; They  hold events for Christians to raise consciousness about how these issues  relate to their faith such as film screenings, a national webinar on  fair trade and faith, and a bike ride and a benefit concert for a local  safe house for survivors of human trafficking.&nbsp; They provide information  to Boston-area residents so they are able to understand the ways  workers are abused and how fair trade can address this.<br \/>The picture to the right is from BFJN director&#8217;s recent trip to India. Read Ryan&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonfaithjustice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India blog posts on their website<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Corporate Accountability International<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Corporate Accountability International is &ldquo;Thinking Outside the  Bottle.&rdquo;&nbsp; They have convinced schools, businesses, mayors and&nbsp; governors  to support and create Bottled Water Free Zones.&nbsp; We definitely need to  come together and get various corporations to stop draining watersheds  and aquifers for profits. We can work together and all be &ldquo;Bottle Free&rdquo;!<\/p>\r\n<p>PHP has supported CAI&#8217;s water campaign in past years and is now supporting their work to combat unhealthy food advertising. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopcorporateabuse.org\/campaigns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read about their campaigns<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">First Presbyterian Church St Joseph<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>First Presbyterian Church St. Joseph will celebrate its 27<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary in June of 2012.&nbsp; The church provides sack lunches every  Sunday with the help of many volunteers.&nbsp; While folks are there to pick  up their food, nurses give flu and hepatitis shots, AIDS screenings and  other health services.&nbsp; There is a &ldquo;Health Express&rdquo; mobile clinic that  parks in front of Open Door Food Kitchen twice a month to offer blood  pressure checks, diabetes sugar level sticks, hygiene kits and referral  services.&nbsp; They also have Para Medic and a nurse practitioner on board.<\/p>\r\n<p>And check out their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstpres301.com\/Food_for_Kids.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food for Kids program<\/a> as well.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Idaho Community Action Network<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Due to so many Americans struggling in todays time ICAN got together  and came to legislature to increase Food Stamp Asset test from $2,000 to  $5,000.&nbsp; This bill is now a law! They are also trying to reverse  Medicaid cuts after $35 million was cut from the state budget.&nbsp; Started  in 1999, ICAN has over 2,000 members statewide and they educate and  mobilize people to advocate on  issues of social, racial, and economic  justice and to eliminate poverty  in Idaho. Learn about their great food  justice programs and read their new report:<br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/idahocan.org\/612\/food-choices-families-of-corporations\/\">Families or Corporations?<\/a><br \/><\/strong>SUPER COMMITTEE CHOICE: NEED&nbsp;VERSUS&nbsp;GREED<\/p>\r\n<p><em>New Report Shows Staggering Hunger and Food Insecurity Nationwide While Federal Funds Feed &ldquo;Big Ag&rdquo; Profits.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>All this great work is made possible by the generous gifts of Presbyterians to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/ministries\/specialofferings\/one-great-hour-sharing-offering\/\">One Great Hour of Sharing<\/a>. 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The five below are just a few of these initiatives, which are alleviating and striving to address the underlying causes of hunger. Alabama Arise Arise members speak out on income tax threshold  In response to a new report&nbsp;citing Alabama&#039;s high income tax on the poor, a Huntsville TV station turned to Arise members for comment. Dale Clem, pastor of Monte Sano United Methodist Church and an ACPP board member, and Dick Hiatt, executive director of the North Alabama Food Bank, an ACPP member group, voice their concerns about Alabama&#039;s upside-down tax system in this news clip.&nbsp; View news video here.&nbsp; Read ARISE news release here. Alabama Arise is helping low-income families build a future with individual development accounts (IDAs).&nbsp; Under guidelines set forth by federal Assets for Independence Act of 1998, participants can get a &ldquo;double match&rdquo; for up to $2000 they save in an IDA.&nbsp; For $2000 put into the IDA they can get $6000 for a downpayment on a home, college education or starting a small business.&nbsp; What a great way to help others help themselves out of poverty.&nbsp; Alabama Arise motto says it all &ldquo;A hand UP, not a hand out&rdquo;. &nbsp; Boston Faith and Justice Network Fair Trade Boston was designed to connect church teams, businesses and student groups to broader community engagement of Fair Trade.&nbsp; They hold events for Christians to raise consciousness about how these issues relate to their faith such as film screenings, a national webinar on fair trade and faith, and a bike ride and a benefit concert for a local safe house for survivors of human trafficking.&nbsp; They provide information to Boston-area residents so they are able to understand the ways workers are abused and how fair trade can address this.The picture to the right is from BFJN director&#039;s recent trip to India. Read Ryan&#039;s India blog posts on their website. &nbsp; Corporate Accountability International Corporate Accountability International is &ldquo;Thinking Outside the Bottle.&rdquo;&nbsp; They have convinced schools, businesses, mayors and&nbsp; governors to support and create Bottled Water Free Zones.&nbsp; We definitely need to come together and get various corporations to stop draining watersheds and aquifers for profits. We can work together and all be &ldquo;Bottle Free&rdquo;! PHP has supported CAI&#039;s water campaign in past years and is now supporting their work to combat unhealthy food advertising. Read about their campaigns. &nbsp; First Presbyterian Church St Joseph First Presbyterian Church St. Joseph will celebrate its 27th anniversary in June of 2012.&nbsp; The church provides sack lunches every Sunday with the help of many volunteers.&nbsp; While folks are there to pick up their food, nurses give flu and hepatitis shots, AIDS screenings and other health services.&nbsp; There is a &ldquo;Health Express&rdquo; mobile clinic that parks in front of Open Door Food Kitchen twice a month to offer blood pressure checks, diabetes sugar level sticks, hygiene kits and referral services.&nbsp; They also have Para Medic and a nurse practitioner on board. And check out their Food for Kids program as well. &nbsp; Idaho Community Action Network Due to so many Americans struggling in todays time ICAN got together and came to legislature to increase Food Stamp Asset test from $2,000 to $5,000.&nbsp; This bill is now a law! They are also trying to reverse Medicaid cuts after $35 million was cut from the state budget.&nbsp; Started in 1999, ICAN has over 2,000 members statewide and they educate and mobilize people to advocate on issues of social, racial, and economic justice and to eliminate poverty in Idaho. Learn about their great food justice programs and read their new report:Families or Corporations?SUPER COMMITTEE CHOICE: NEED&nbsp;VERSUS&nbsp;GREED New Report Shows Staggering Hunger and Food Insecurity Nationwide While Federal Funds Feed &ldquo;Big Ag&rdquo; Profits. &nbsp; All this great work is made possible by the generous gifts of Presbyterians to the One Great Hour of Sharing. 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The five below are just a few of these initiatives, which are alleviating and striving to address the underlying causes of hunger. Alabama Arise Arise members speak out on income tax threshold  In response to a new report&nbsp;citing Alabama's high income tax on the poor, a Huntsville TV station turned to Arise members for comment. Dale Clem, pastor of Monte Sano United Methodist Church and an ACPP board member, and Dick Hiatt, executive director of the North Alabama Food Bank, an ACPP member group, voice their concerns about Alabama's upside-down tax system in this news clip.&nbsp; View news video here.&nbsp; Read ARISE news release here. Alabama Arise is helping low-income families build a future with individual development accounts (IDAs).&nbsp; Under guidelines set forth by federal Assets for Independence Act of 1998, participants can get a &ldquo;double match&rdquo; for up to $2000 they save in an IDA.&nbsp; For $2000 put into the IDA they can get $6000 for a downpayment on a home, college education or starting a small business.&nbsp; What a great way to help others help themselves out of poverty.&nbsp; Alabama Arise motto says it all &ldquo;A hand UP, not a hand out&rdquo;. &nbsp; Boston Faith and Justice Network Fair Trade Boston was designed to connect church teams, businesses and student groups to broader community engagement of Fair Trade.&nbsp; They hold events for Christians to raise consciousness about how these issues relate to their faith such as film screenings, a national webinar on fair trade and faith, and a bike ride and a benefit concert for a local safe house for survivors of human trafficking.&nbsp; They provide information to Boston-area residents so they are able to understand the ways workers are abused and how fair trade can address this.The picture to the right is from BFJN director's recent trip to India. Read Ryan's India blog posts on their website. &nbsp; Corporate Accountability International Corporate Accountability International is &ldquo;Thinking Outside the Bottle.&rdquo;&nbsp; They have convinced schools, businesses, mayors and&nbsp; governors to support and create Bottled Water Free Zones.&nbsp; We definitely need to come together and get various corporations to stop draining watersheds and aquifers for profits. We can work together and all be &ldquo;Bottle Free&rdquo;! PHP has supported CAI's water campaign in past years and is now supporting their work to combat unhealthy food advertising. Read about their campaigns. &nbsp; First Presbyterian Church St Joseph First Presbyterian Church St. Joseph will celebrate its 27th anniversary in June of 2012.&nbsp; The church provides sack lunches every Sunday with the help of many volunteers.&nbsp; While folks are there to pick up their food, nurses give flu and hepatitis shots, AIDS screenings and other health services.&nbsp; There is a &ldquo;Health Express&rdquo; mobile clinic that parks in front of Open Door Food Kitchen twice a month to offer blood pressure checks, diabetes sugar level sticks, hygiene kits and referral services.&nbsp; They also have Para Medic and a nurse practitioner on board. And check out their Food for Kids program as well. &nbsp; Idaho Community Action Network Due to so many Americans struggling in todays time ICAN got together and came to legislature to increase Food Stamp Asset test from $2,000 to $5,000.&nbsp; This bill is now a law! They are also trying to reverse Medicaid cuts after $35 million was cut from the state budget.&nbsp; Started in 1999, ICAN has over 2,000 members statewide and they educate and mobilize people to advocate on issues of social, racial, and economic justice and to eliminate poverty in Idaho. Learn about their great food justice programs and read their new report:Families or Corporations?SUPER COMMITTEE CHOICE: NEED&nbsp;VERSUS&nbsp;GREED New Report Shows Staggering Hunger and Food Insecurity Nationwide While Federal Funds Feed &ldquo;Big Ag&rdquo; Profits. &nbsp; All this great work is made possible by the generous gifts of Presbyterians to the One Great Hour of Sharing. 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