Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Register for Jan. 5 Presentation on Hunger Among College Students

 In 2016, four national campus-based organizations – the College and University Food Bank Alliance, the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness, the Student Government Resource Center, and the Student Public Interest Research Groups – conducted a study among college students on food insecurity between March and May of that year. The study surveyed 3,765 students in 12 states attending eight community colleges and 26 four-year colleges and universities. 

"Hunger and food insecurity are a growing problem on college campuses. The rising cost of a college education and the increasing number of nontraditional students mean that more students are living on a shoestring budget, said the report entitled, "College Hunger: The Challenge of Food Insecurity for College Students"

Hunger at UNM


A few years later, researchers at the University of New Mexico conducted their own study. The results were released in September 2020 in a report entitled Basic Needs Insecurity at UNM: 2020 Research Report. The UNM study found that roughly one-third of students surveyed were food insecure in and four in 10 were housing insecure,


Register for an Online Presentation
One of the authors of the UNM report. Marygold Walsh-Dilley, an associate professor and a faculty member with the UNM Honors Program, is the featured presenter at our online meeting on Tuesday, January 5, at 6:30 p.m. 

We will also hear from Stephanie Rogus, an assistant professor at New Mexico State University's Family and Consumer Sciences Department. She will give us a general picture about hunger at NMSU.

Rep. Joanne Ferrary, who cosponsored House Bill 69, in the 2020 regular session, will also make a brief presentation.The measure proposed an appropriation to the State Education Department to create a pilot program to address college hunger.

Rep. Ferrary will also talk about the Legislative Hunger Caucus. Some of the participants in caucus will be invited to attend the meeting.

To join the Zoom presentation, please send a note to nminterfaithhungercoalition@gmail.com

Help East Central Ministries (Albuquerque)
East Central Ministries, an endorser of the Interfaith Hunger Coalition, is among the hundreds of organizations facing challenges during the ongoing pandemic. ECM helps people with food, rent, and utilities due to job losses and Covid-19 isolation. "We have been giving free telemedicine healthcare and ask clients to pay only what they can for lab costs to ensure that our high health risk community patients receive the care they need....All of these needs have increased from past years, and our finances have not kept up with the current needs let alone our future work," said the ECM winter newsletter, Read Winter Newsletter       Send a Donation

Finding Food in Grant County
The Commons, based in Silver City,  offers a Schedule for Food Pantries in Grant County.  Staff and dedicated community volunteers organize and support  food pantry programs in Silver City, Santa Clara, Cliff/Gil, including emergency food box delivery. Its Alimento Para Los Niños weekend backpack program provides food for kids who don’t get enough to eat on the weekends. All Pantries are drive-thru.  Donate to The Commons


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Mark Your Calendars

Tuesday-Wednesday, January 8 & 9 (see times below)

The New Mexico Conference of Churches and other church organizations are sponsoring WinterTalk: The Doctrine(s) of Discovery, for Pueblo, Navajo and Apache Peoples and the Churches

This is an opportunity for respectful listening to the realities and effects of government and church actions based on perceived supremacy and the stories of the effects on Indigenous people, especially in New Mexico—and to consider responses from people of faith which honor our Native neighbors.

Friday, January 8 from 9:00 – 5:00 pm and
Saturday, January 9 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
 
Tuesday, January 12, 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Youth Civic Engagement Training
Sponsored by New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council.This training will be creative and actively engage youth in the legislative process with a focus on food, agriculture and the environment.  Register Here

Thursday, January 14, 5:00-7:15 p.m.
Civic Engagement Training
Sponsored by New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council.
This training is open to all who want to learn about the legislative process, what to expect for the 2021 session, hone skills, and take action. The training will focus on the NMFAPC and partners policy priorities and advocacy strategies.  Register here.  

January 18-25
Week of Prayer and Pilgrimage for Christian Unity

Sponsored by the New Mexico Conference of Churches
Learn how you can participate with prayers, a neighborhood-based pilgrimage and much more (Learn More by clicking on this link and scrolling down)


Join the Interfaith Hunger Coalition
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

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