presbyterian hunger program Archives

Environmental justice workshop offers advice for activists

Posted September 16th, 2024

A workshop with a focus on environmental justice offered strategies for people who are interested in doing the work of organizing and movement building.

Cross-country prayer journey to save sacred land garners Presbyterian support

Posted August 30th, 2024

Apache Stronghold is making a cross-country trek to preserve sacred land in Arizona and is garnering continued support from Presbyterians and other allies along the way to the nation’s capital. The Native American-led community organization, based in San Carlos, Arizona, is making a prayer journey to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington D.C., in an attempt to preserve Oak Flat, a site in Tonto National Forest known to the Apache as Chi’chil Bildagoteel, from corporate destruction.

Presbyterian Hunger Program associate reports on last week’s White House conference for faith leaders

Posted August 19th, 2024

On Aug. 13, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) held a White House Faith Leaders Convening on Climate, Clean Energy and Environmental Justice.

People’s Summit on Food Systems and Urban Agriculture to be held in Louisville

Posted August 8th, 2024

If you’re passionate about food justice and live in or near the Louisville area, now’s the time to register for the People’s Summit on Food Systems and Urban Agriculture, which will include the unveiling of an action plan for food equity and showcase local organizations tackling food access and food insecurity.

Inter-American Human Rights Court delivers long-awaited justice for the people of La Oroya, Peru

Posted June 25th, 2024

The Inter-American Human Rights Court recently found the State of Peru responsible for violating the rights of residents of the Andean town of La Oroya, who had been exposed to decades of toxic emissions from a metallurgical complex located in the heart of the town.

PC(USA) partner featured in film that excoriates corporate control of US food industry

Posted May 3rd, 2024

Connections between what we eat and the exploitation of low-wage laborers, from Immokalee farmworkers to fast-food employees, are highlighted in “Food, Inc. 2,” the new sequel to a highly acclaimed documentary about multinational corporations’ grip on the food industry and how it affects us.

Leading with a purpose

Posted April 24th, 2024

Although the women of Malawi are accustomed to doing anything and everything from farming to running small-scale businesses to support their families, Tropical Cyclone Freddy sorely tested Tinenenji [tee-nan-an-gee] Kalamba’s resilience.

Inter-American Human Rights Court delivers long-awaited justice for the people of La Oroya, Peru

Posted April 24th, 2024

On March 22, the Inter-American Human Rights Court found the State of Peru responsible for violating the rights of residents of the Andean town of La Oroya, who had been exposed to decades of toxic emissions from a metallurgical complex located in the heart of the town.

Minute for Mission: Fair Trade Day

Posted April 23rd, 2024

Jesus fed the hungry and told his disciples to do the same. Yet, we know that hunger is an extremely complex phenomenon with economic, political and social causes. The Presbyterian Hunger Program does root cause work that addresses the underlying questions of why people are hungry in order to reduce ongoing hunger. That work includes accompanying Presbyterians in questioning our economic lives as we move beyond what our dollars do in the offering plate, to considering what our dollars do in the marketplace.

For the past decade, Presbyterian Hunger Program has partnered with a Gaza organization working on food security

Posted April 23rd, 2024

The Presbyterian Hunger Program has been supporting its partner Improvement and Development for Communities Center (IDCO) in Gaza since 2014 in IDCO’s efforts to improve the food security situation for Gazans.