Commemorate World Food Day with us!

The Interfaith Hunger Coalition has commemorated World Food Day every year (in some form or another) over the past several years: 2016 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020,  2021  and 2022-1, 2022-2. In keeping with the 2023 theme Water is life, water is food. Leave no one behind, this year we are gathring on the banks of the Rio Grande to highlight the importance of water in feeding our local and global communities. Join us for a morning filled with prayers, songs and reflections from various faith and cultural traditions: * Georgene Louis (Acoma Pueblo) * Michael Zenshin Haederle (Zen Buddhist monk) * Joseph Sandoval O. Praem. Obl (offering a reflection from Rev. Lynne Hinton, New Mexico Conference of Churches) * Caroline Hess (Albuquerque Baha’i community) * Howie Sagrans (offering a reflection from Rabbi Min Kantrowitz, Congregation Nahalat Shalom) * Sarah Rahman (offering a reflection from Aamna Nayyar, Sisters Food Project), * Maziar Saleh Ziabari (M.T.O. Shahmaghsoudi® School of Islamic Sufism).  * Clarence Hogue (Indigenous Farm Hub) We will also have presentations from * Helga Garza (Agri-Cultura Cooperative Network), and * Jorge Garcia (Center for Social Sustainable Systems). * Music, Dance Movements, Logistics, Sound coordinated by Keri Sutter and Surgite, a sacred dance company We will take about five minutes to celebrate the annual solar eclipse, which will occur at mid-morning on Oct. 14. *(More information below)

Directions to Tingley Beach Overlook From Central, turn south onto Tingley. Turn right at the first opportunity. Turn right again and drive past the model boat pond. The parking lot is north (just past) the model boat pond. The path to the Overlook begins just west of the handicapped parking spots. Watching a Solar Eclipse Safely (from KRQE-TV) In Albuquerque, the eclipse will start at 9:13 a.m. The peak will then happen at 10:36 a.m. when the full size of the moon will cover most of the sun creating what looks like a “ring of fire.(Our event starts at 10:00 a.m.) The peak will last nearly five minutes and the eclipse will end at 12:09 p.m. We have purchased a limited number of eclipse glasses and we'll try to find others. Please do not try to watch the eclipse without these special glasses, as this could damage your eyes.

An Invitation to the NACA Feast Day The Interfaith Hunger Coalition is excited to link our World Food Day event with the Native American Community Academy's Feast Day on Friday, October 13. We will be present at the Feast Day, and someone from NACA will speak briefly at our event at Tingley Beach the next day.   The public at large is cordially invited to the NACA Feast Day, which starts at 10:00 a.m., with a great program, a keynote speaker and dances from the students. There will be a community meal following the dances. NACA is located at 1000 Indian School Rd NW, near 12th St. Parking is available at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) buildings north of NACA (1001 Indian School Rd NW). A couple of small NACA yellow school busses will shuttle people to the event.

Join our Collective Effort to End Hunger in New Mexico We invite congregations and organizations to endorse the Interfaith Hunger Coalition. The endorsement does not imply any financial contributions, just a commitment to partner with us to address hunger in New Mexico. Here is a list of our current endorsers (25 congregations and 31 organizations).. Download the endorsement form and attach in an e-mail to nminterfaithhungercoalition@gmail.com Donate to Interfaith Hunger Coalition  (Via the New Mexico Conference of Churches)