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April 9, 2007 • VOL. 45, NO. 7 • Oakland, CA
What you can do to help end hunger
Pray
Pray for the poor and hungry and for an end to social and political
systems that oppress the poor and make access to needed services difficult
or impossible.
Learn
Many organizations have information about poverty and hunger:
The ONE Campaign: www.one.org
Bread for the World: www.bread.org/learn
Food Research and Action Center: www.frac.org
California Hunger Action Coalition: www.hungeraction.net/
California Food Policy Advocates: www.cfpa.net/
Oakland Diocese: www.oakdiocese.org/pastoral/SocialJustice
Millennium Campaign: www.millenniumcampaign.org
United Nations: www.un.org/millenniumgoals
Catholic Campaign Against Global Poverty: www.usccb.org/sdwp/globalpoverty/resources.shtml
Serve
Get to know hungry people by serving at soup kitchens and food pantries.
St. Vincent DePaul Dining Room, Oakland. Call Chris Mellon
at (510) 877-9237.
St. Mary’s Center, Oakland. Call Sister Marilyn
Medau at (510) 923-9600.
Loaves and Fishes, Berkeley, at Newman Hall. Call (510)
848-7812 x219 or e-mail lf.newman.hall@gmail.com.
Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa, Call Rick Richardson
at (925) 837-8758 or go to the web site at www.loavesandfishesofcontracosta.org
Night on the Streets/Dorothy Day House, Berkeley. Call
J.C. Orton at (510) 684-1892.
Alameda County Community Food Bank, www.accfb.org/
Monument Crisis Center, Concord. Call Sandra Scherer
at (925) 825-7751; scherer@monumentcrisiscenter.org.
St. David’s Food Pantry, Richmond. (510) 237-1531
Shelter, Inc. of Contra Costa County, Martinez. Call
Teresita Ortiz at, (925), teresitao@shelterincofccc.org.
Winter Nights Rotating Family Shelter, Walnut Creek.
Call Gwen Watson at (925) 930-9965
Advocate
Become an anti-hunger advocate!
• Join the East Bay Crop Hunger Walk, Oakland,
April 22 www.cropwalkonline.org.
• Participate in Hunger Action Day, Sacramento,
May 8 www.hungeraction.net/
• Contact federal legislators to support adequate funding for Food
Stamps and other nutrition programs in the 2007 Farm Bill.
• Start an e-mail-based action group to advocate for legislation
including U.S. development assistance that makes a difference in the lives
of the world’s poor, especially in Africa. Visit www.usscb.org/globalpoverty
for action alerts.
• Support Catholic Relief Services’ programs around the world
that help communities to fight poverty. Visit the CRS Web site to learn
more about CRS projects to promote health, agriculture, education and
income-generating activities in poor countries. Donate online at: www.crsgifts.org
• Contact state legislators to support nutrition programs and oppose
cuts in public transportation. See www.cfpa.net
for current bills.
• Hold an educational forum about hunger for your faith community.
