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Monday, June 01, 2020

A Bread Advocacy Summit in (Cyber) Space


During normal times, travel to Washington for Bread's national advocacy summit is costly and time-consuming. This means that only one or two (or in good years five) people attend the Bread event. But these are not normal times. The advocacy summit is taking place online on June 8-9, which means no need for air travel or lodging arrangements. So more of us can participate.

Lobby Day 2019
Sure, we'll miss interactions with Bread folks from California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, New York and other states. That is a bummer! And there won't be a Lobby Day reception at the Rayburn building with delicious ors d'oeuvres and chance to connect directly with congressional representatives from both parties. And that visit to the Smithsonian museums will have to wait until other trips.

However, this year's advocacy summit offers some worthwhile features. Workshops are still on the agenda, including pre-recorded and livestreamed sessions, as well as select opportunities to chat in real-time with workshop moderators and engage in virtual advocacy actions.

For us in New Mexico, we hope to connect with the offices of Reps. Deb Haaland, Xochitl Torres-Small and Ben Ray Lujan and Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich. We's love to have participation from all three New Mexico congressional districts.

Here is the schedule.

Monday, June 8
10 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. (MT)
Opening Message
Introduction of Clergy
Reflection and Prayer
11 a.m. - 11:45 p.m. (MT)
Healing the Divide
12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. (MT)
Advocating Alone Together
1 p.m. - 2 p.m. (MT)
Latino Leaders Convening
5:30 p.m. - 6:28 p.m. (MT)
Pan African Consultation
6:30 p.m. (MT)
Closing Message
Tuesday, June 9
10 a.m. - 10:40 p.m. (MT)
Opening Message
Introduction of Clergy
Reflection and Prayer
11 a.m. - 12:45 a.m. (MT)
Legislative Briefing and Q&A
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (MT)
Closing Message/Send Off
12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (MT)
Virtual Congressional Advocacy Action
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (MT)
Rick Steves Documentary Screening
5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. (MT)
Q&A with Rick Steves
Now that you have the schedule, I urge you to consider participating. As of Friday, May 29, only two of us had registered. Since then, I heard from three others who said they would participate. Would you join us so we can have at least a dozen New Mexicans at the advocacy summit?

 Register Here
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Thursday, February 13, 2020

Tweets on Hunger in New Mexico

There has been a lot of activity in Santa Fe related to hunger-related issues during the legislative session. Here are some tweets from members of the executive and legislative branch that deal directly or indirectly with this activity. The first set of tweets address child hunger, which has become a priority during Gov. Michelle Lujan's administration.

The second set of tweets were posted about  Food and Farms Day on Feb. 6, which celebrated people and organizations that have made a difference in promoting agriculture and addressing food insecurity. The banner of the Interfaith Hunger Coalition is prominent in the tweets posted by Agriculture Secretary Jeff Witte and Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart.  I also posted a link to the comments by Rep. Joanne Ferrary and Rep. Rebecca Dow on the launch of the Legislative Hunger Caucus.





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Wednesday, July 04, 2018

On July 4, Support #FreedomFromHunger #ProtectSNAP in the #FarmBill


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Thursday, May 10, 2018

#HandsOffSNAP Tweets

The farm bill imposes SNAP benefit and eligibility cuts in addition to stricter work requirements, in the name of getting SNAP recipients back to work. If enacted, these changes would make it harder for families with children, people with disabilities, and seniors to get the food they need. Christine M. Ashley,Interim Co-Director of Government Relations, Bread for the World
Get the facts about SNAP.

The House Agriculture Committee's proposed Farm Bill, which would make draconian cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other nutrition assistance programs, prompted anti-hunger advocates and organizations to launch the #HandsOffSNAP campaign to spread the word that hunger would increase significantly if the measure is approved.

Here is a sampling of messages on Twitter that carried the #HandsoffSNAP hashtag, which was also used to highlight rallies and press conferences on May 8.











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Thursday, March 01, 2018

Tweets Reject Proposed Cuts in #SNAP Program






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Friday, January 12, 2018

Friday Tweets about #Hunger





Warmest congratulations to Max Finberg, who was honored for his wide efforts to address hunger. Max at one time served as executive director of the Alliance to End Hunger (an affiliate of Bread for the World) and also sat in some Bread board meetings (as a representative of former Rep. Tony Hall)
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Thursday, December 14, 2017

Webinar to Review Accomplishments of Bread Grassroots Network

December is shaping up to be a busy one for Congress. Many key pieces of legislation, which have implications for hunger and poverty, remain unfinished.

Register for the Grassroots Webinar and Conference Call scheduled Tuesday at 4 p.m. EDT, 2 p.m. MDT, Dec. 19 for a 2017 year-end wrap up.

Eric Mitchell, the director of government relations at Bread for the World, will join us this month to talk about the key issues moving through Congress that affect hunger and poverty.

In this month's call, you will:
  • Review a year of advocacy and
    celebrate the many accomplishments of our grassroots network.
  • Hear about legislation in the House and Senate on tax policy and immigration reform and how we constituents can influence decisions.
  • Learn about the status of the 2017 Offering of Letters: Doing Our Part to End Hunger and what Congress is doing about a final spending bill.

Please join Bread staff to learn how you can make a difference. Send your questions to Robin Stephenson ahead of time, rstephenson@bread.org
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Selected Tweets about World Hunger




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Friday, November 17, 2017

Remember: Tomorrow (Saturday) is the Letter Carriers Food Drive

Or you can take your donations directly to your neighborhood post office. 

You can also volunteer to sort the food as the letter carriers bring it in to the various branch post offices.  Sign up here
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Wednesday, November 01, 2017

These Working People Rely on SNAP

The nation’s largest anti-hunger program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) provides millions of workers with income to help feed their families. Some of the most common occupations in the country have low wages, unpredictable scheduling, and few benefits. Workers turn to SNAP to supplement low and fluctuating pay and to help them get by during spells of unemployment. Most workers who participate in SNAP are in service occupations (e.g., home health aides or cooks), administrative support occupations (e.g., customer service representatives), and sales occupations (e.g., cashiers).  -Center on Budget Policy Priorities
The Center on Budget Policy Priorities (CBBP), in a recent article, demonstrated how the draconian cuts  proposed for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would hurt working families and individuals from many walks of life in every state. The article was published as Congress is considering deep cuts in safety net programs. Anti-hunger organizations like Bread for the World, the Food Research Action Center and others are urging members and supporters to contact Congress to oppose the reductions in SNAP and other vital programs.

"The budget resolution will cut yearly spending by $5.1 trillion over the next 10 years — risking deep cuts to programs like Women, Children, and Infants (WIC), summer meals, global nutrition, and international development. Those who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid could also risk the loss of their safety net if the resolution passes," said Bread for the World.

Here is a series of tweets on the issue, including one from Rep. Jim McGovern, co-chair of the House Hunger Caucus. 




Will the safety net be there for you if you need it? https://t.co/jCu2uTNucE #TheseCutsHurt pic.twitter.com/MJEVUItiHj


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Sunday, September 03, 2017

Tweets about and from Food Banks in Houston, Corpus Christi, Galveston, Beaumont









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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

For Such a Time as This: Pray, Fast, Advocate

Three days before she was to approach the king, Esther (Esther 4) asked the Jewish people throughout the region to fast for three days in preparation for her meeting. Today, there are people around the world who are poor and hungry. And they are vulnerable to famine, to deportation, to losing access to food and health care if our elected leaders succeed in their efforts to cut vital programs.
On the 21st day of each month, faith leaders from across the United States, including the heads of many Christian denominations, give up a meal or fast and pray for the day, calling on God to help end hunger.

Although we live in challenging times, the world has made unprecedented progress against hunger and poverty since 1990. If we do our part, it is possible to end hunger by 2030. But the priorities of President Trump and Congress could reverse this trend.

Deep cuts to effective foreign assistance programs come at a time when famine is on the rise in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, and Yemen and 20 million people are at risk of death. Plans to restructure Medicaid would limit access to health care for struggling families for decades to come, forcing families to choose between food and health care.

While this is an unprecedented moment, it is for such a time as this that we are called. And so, we invite you to join us in deepening your spiritual engagement through prayer and fasting as a way to strengthen and sustain advocacy efforts during the 115th Congress.

Join the movement.
  • pray that our country can stay on track and do its part to end hunger by 2030. 
  • develop a spiritual practice of self-deprivation, or fasting, to prepare for and strengthen advocacy efforts with Congress. 
  • advocate by writing letters and emails, making phone calls, and visiting with your members of Congress.
Take The Pledge Today

You can also join us by texting FAST to 738-674. (Message and data rates may apply).
This link has  a list of resources from Bread for the World
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Monday, July 31, 2017

#Hunger Tweets on the Last Day of July

These are just a handful of important hunger-related issues, as told via Twitter





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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Hunger Challenges and Solutions North of the Border

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Canada has similar challenges as the U.S. when it comes to hunger and food insecurity. This post has a few tweets on those challenges and some solutions at the provincial level.

 Check out this tweet from Canada Without Poverty (@CWP_CSP)
And the Ontario Association of Food Banks (@OAFB) addresses a recent decision from the provincial government
In British Columbia, First Call BC (@FirstCallBC reports on the positive effects of a ban on junk food in schools



In Quebec, Barb Burt (@hibarb7) links to a report about a program for grocery stores in the province to send their excess food to food banks in the province


Back in British Columbia, Food Banks BC (@RealFoodBanksBC) and BCWildfireHelp (@bcwildfirehelp) report on efforts to assist evacuees escaping wildfires that have threaten communities in the province this summer.

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Thursday, July 20, 2017

FRAC Action Alert: Contact the House Budget Committee

The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) sent out the following action alert on Wednesday.
On July 19, the House Budget Committee “marked up” its fiscal year (FY) 2018 (10/1/17–9/30/18) Budget Resolution. While this markup is just the first step in the budget process, advocates are urged to immediately and vociferously oppose the extremely dangerous and harmful program cuts and structural changes included in the budget blueprint. A budget resolution that makes trillions of dollars in cuts to programs that support low- and moderate-income families cannot be tolerated.

Follow this link to the House Budget Committee’s legislative text, narrative text, charts and graphs, summary tables, and more. Significantly more details will be in the committee report, expected to be released on July 21.

 Much has been reported in the press about the “reconciliation” instructions to several House committees requiring $203 billion in mandatory spending through “savings and reforms” (cuts) over 10 years. That includes likely SNAP cuts of $10 billion/10 years, and (it was revealed this morning) apparently $1.6 billion/10 years in cuts from eliminating thousands of schools from the School Meal Community Eligibility Provision. The resolution also directs trillions more in further cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, TANF and low income tax credits, among others.

Our own Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham offered her opinion on the House budget plan.
Much of the detail regarding the cuts is not identified in the resolution or supporting documents. However, for SNAP, the Committee identified harsher time limits for unemployed and underemployed adults to find work and increased flexibility and authority for states to administer SNAP (akin to block grants).

On the non-mandatory (discretionary) side, the resolution set topline spending levels at $621.5 billion for defense and $511 billion for non-defense programs. This permits defense spending to bust through the spending caps that were established in the Budget Control Act, and the parity that was set for any spending increases between defense and non-defense (discretionary) spending.

Action Needed:

While it is unclear when the bill will make its way to the House floor, it is imperative that advocates mount a strong and vocal effort now to oppose the House Budget Resolution.

• Contact your House Member now and let him or her know your opposition to the Budget Resolution and the harm that these cuts would inflict on seniors, children, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable people. Check out FRAC’s statement on the House Budget Resolution.

• Specifically, reach out to moderate Republicans, including the 20 members of the group that signed a letter (pdf) last month expressing concern about cuts to mandatory spending programs.

• Get vocal on social. Tweet out your opposition to the #GOPBudget to your Member of Congress. Find sample tweets below.


Sample Tweets for #GOPBudget:
  • @YourMemberHandle: protect millions of Americans against hunger & poverty! Vote NO to proposed House #GOPBudget http://bit.ly/2uDZnDs
  • Will @YourMemberHandle protect children, seniors & people w/disabilities? Your #Budget2018 NO vote will prove it! http://bit.ly/2uDZnDs 
  • Millions of [your state] families rely on programs cut in the House #GOPBudget. Will you fight for them @YourMemberHandle? http://bit.ly/2uDZnDs 
  • INSERTSTATENAME needs @YourMemberHandle to vote NO to hunger, poverty, & the House #GOPBudget: http://bit.ly/2uDZnDs #SaveTheSafetyNet 
  • @YourMemberHandle: do you agree that no one should go hungry in America? Speak out against #GOPBudget http://bit.ly/2uDZnDs 
  • “An all-out assault on struggling American families.” @fractweets sums up House #Budget2018 http://bit.ly/2uDZnDs 
  • “The House #GOPBudget robs the poor, sick & hungry to enrich the richest” - @fractweets #SaveTheSafetyNet http://bit.ly/2uDZnDs 
  • We join @fractweets & hundreds of nat’l orgs in calling Congress to vote NO to #Budget2018: http://bit.ly/2uDZnDs #SaveTheSafetyNet 
Find your Members’ Twitter handles (pdf).

Please contact Ellen Teller, eteller@frac.org or Lauren Badger, lbadger@frac.org for any assistance in your legislative efforts.
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Tuesday, July 04, 2017

On July 4, USAID/Food for Peace Quotes Lincoln, FDR, Bush, Truman

USAID/Food for Peace Program celebrates Independence Day by looking at what a few #POTUS have said over the years about food assistance and feeding the hungry Check out @USAIDFFP for more quotes during the day
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Friday, March 03, 2017

Roadrunner Food Bank has an App

With so many people across the demographic spectrum using smartphones to find information, it makes sense for Roadrunner Food Bank to provide an online application.  OK, who uses the word "application?" It's the Roadrunner Food Bank App!

Thanks to the work of  the local mobile technology company AppCityLife, the state's largest food bank provides fingertip access to food drop-off locations, information about upcoming events, and other information.

The App can be downloaded via the usual modes: Apple App Store and Google Play.

The idea of the app was first conceived in 2010 and the project evolved in the ensuing years, according to AppCityLife co-founder Lisa Abeyta

App Features
Maps: food pick-up sites, donation sites
Push Notifications: users opt in to receive notices on upcoming drives, donated food distributions, etc. 
Info: General information including website, phone numbers, social media, how to volunteer
Other Resources: quick access to transit app, other health and human services, prescription discount cards, etc.
Sponsorships and Local Deals: sponsorship advertising and mobile coupons from local businesses
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Thursday, March 02, 2017

Prayer and Action on #AshWednesday

Rev. Sue Joiner (First Congregational Church) and Rev. Sylvia Miller-Mutia (St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church) offer ashes and a prayer to #UNM students in front of the Student Union Building


Father Graham Ross Golden (center) and others at New Mexico State Capitol (Wednesday, March 1) · "Telling our lawmakers to have courage, do the right thing, #investinkidsnow ! #NMNorbertines #nmtrue"
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Thursday, February 16, 2017

Hunger and Poverty Tweets Under the Radar








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Saturday, January 21, 2017

Tweets on Transition Day

On Jan. 20, 2017, Donald Trump was sworn in as  the 45th president of the United States. The new administration, along with a Republican-dominated House of Representatives and Senate, are threatening to gut many social programs so vital to so many people in our land. The cuts also threaten foreign assistance to vulnerable people around the world. Many groups are vowing to fight the cuts, rallying their supporters via social media. Here are a few messages on Twitter.






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