2006 World Food Day events highlighting the power of the people help insure food security for all – every day!
World Food Day is a story of concern and action at all levels in communities around the world. For 61 years the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN has been at work wherever its skills have been needed, and for 26 years the citizens of the world have been joining forces with FAO through the annual worldwide observance on October 16th to focus on FAO’s efforts and to add their own impact in a thousand ways.
The following selection of events and activities is a partial guide to “People Power” at work.
World Food Day at FAO Headquarters – Rome, Italy
Invest in Agriculture for Food Security - The Whole World Will Profit
October 16 in FAO Plenary Hall
Keynote Speaker, Displays, Awards,Goodwill Ambassadors, Run for Food Race
World Food Day at the United Nations – New York City
Launch of The Right to Food; A Window on the World
October 18 at the UN
A Youth Education Project by FAO and WAGGGS
Ms. Nane Annan, Special Guest
World Food Prize Award Ceremony and Symposium
The Green Revolution Redux
October 18-20 -- Des Moines, Iowa
2006 Laureates: Edson Lobato, Brazil, Alysson Paolinelli, Brazil and A. Colin Mclung, USA
23rd Annual WFD Teleconference
Power of the People: Bottom-Up Solutions to Hunger
October 16th 12 to 3:00 p.m. eastern time
International Panelists: Eva Clayton, Deepa Narayan and Makanjuola Olaseinde Arigbede
Special Film produced by the University War on Hunger
Sponsored by the U.S. National Committee for World Food Day
World Food Program Launches New Project on World Food Day
October 16th
James Morris, WFP Executive Director, holding press conference
to launch new project - Universities Fighting World Hunger -
during day-long events at Georgetown University in Washington DC
Second International Food and Nutrition Conference
October 8-10, 2006
Tuskegee University to host major conference covering four major subject areas and featuring international speakers from Canada, China, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Mozembique, Spain, South Africa and Thailand.
International Student Fellows will also take part.
Global Citizen Corps Leaders Join Fight
NetAid student leaders organized a coordinated national effort for World Food Day, using creative ways to mobilize their peers from New York to Texas.
National Food Drive and Community Service Project
“From Our Bank to Yours”
Sponsored by the Bank of America Treasury Operations
National Food Drive Results to be Announced on World Food Day
IFPRI Releases Global Hunger Index
October 16, 2006
A Basis for Cross-Country Comparisons
The International Food Policy Research Institute developed the Index to help mobilize the political will to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
World Food Law Symposium
Climate Change, Food Security and Africa
Howard University School of Law
October 24, 2006
Action Against Hunger WFD Events
Artists Against Hunger -- October 16th
Yogis Against Hunger -- October 16th
7th Annual World Food Day Gala -- November 15th
Honoring Susan Sarandon and Daniel Py
Food Stamp Workshop: Bringing More Food and Dollars to the Table
October 24, 2006
Co-sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger,
the Philadelphia County Assistance Office and the Philadelphia Welfare Coalition.
“Dear Sudan” Campaign
Church World Service is urging people to observe World Food Day by participating in the Dear Sudan Campaign, a national interfaith campaign
Stand Up Against Poverty – Global Month of Action
Arizona WHEAT plans month of events linking the Millennium Campaign and WFD
Bridging Borders Toward Food Security
Community Food Security Coalition Annual Meeting
October 7-11 – Vancouver, British Columbia
Political Science Honor Society to Host Mayoral Forum
The University of Arkansas award winning chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha
at Little Rock, Arkansas is organizing a mayoral forum and lecture
in observance of World Food Day.
Connecting Your Church to the Nations
6:8 Sunday, October 15th
Churches are invited by Food for the Hungry to embrace the mandate of Micah 6:8 by providing avenues to serve the poor and make a difference in the lives of children and families in extreme poverty.
Bread for the World Sunday
Celebrate on a Sunday between World Food Day and Thanksgiving
Bulletin inserts, prayers and a special resource by Rev. Mpho Tutu are available for worship use through Bread for the World.
Home Harvest Dinners in Oregon
October 16-20
Oregon Governor Kulongoski calls on citizens to host Home Harvest Dinners, a tradition begun in 2004. Dinner hosts ask guests to carry on the tradition by hosting their own dinners the following year.
The meals raise funds for their regional food banks.
World Fest Market 2006
October 13-15
Will Rogers Theatre -- Oklahoma City
The week-end event kicks off with a gala Preview Party and Silent Auction and will feature international food, music and shopping, followed by the WorldFest Market.
World Food Day at Penn State University
Student Leadership to be focus of WFD annual observance
Special Food Bank Drive for Rural Food Banks
coordinated by the International Association of Agricultural Students
New Mexico Hunger Task Force Annual Meeting
October 16th
Anti-Hunger activists from the private and public sector join forces with state’s mayors to view teleconference and consider plans for the future. All mayors have been invited to issue proclamations.
North Carolina State University to Highlight the African Green Revolution
October 16th
Dr. Pedro A. Sanchez, Co-Chair of UN Task Force on Hunger, to be keynoter in a day-long observation.
Lectures and of awards for service to be presented.
World Food Program holds Press Conference
October 16th
James Morris, WFP Executive Director to launch new project --
Universities Fighting World Hunger
Pittsburgh Church to sponsor Community Event
October 14th
Bower Hill Community Church plans Global Gift Fair,
Chinese Auction,
Fair Trade Coffee House, Letter Writing to Leaders, Petting Zoo
For Heifer International and Hunger Walk
World Food Day Sculpture Dedication Ceremony
October 16, 2006
Heifer International will dedicate “Homeward Bound” --
by renowned native American sculptor Allan Houser
as a reminder of those struggling with hunger around the world
Growin’ It: Food, Jobs and Justice
October 17, 2006
World Hunger Year and the Media Studies and Film Department of the New School in New York City will hold their annual anti-poverty forum featuring journalists, advocates and grassroots organizations.
Cans Around the Oval 2006
September 19th – October 12th
The Office of Student Leadership and Civic Engagement and the Latimer County Food Bank co-sponsor the annual event at Colorado State University in observance of World Food Day. Other events include a Hunger Banquet and the WFD Teleconference.
Lutheran Synod Congregations to Skip-a-Meal
Pablo Neruda – “For now I ask no more than the justice of eating.”
130 Congregations will use World Food Day for a hunger appeal. The cost of meals donated will be collected at worship services on October 15th.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Honor Volunteers
October 18, 2006
Governor Edward G. Rendell will present plaques and Certificates of Commendation to outstanding volunteers from emergency food pantries and food banks at the 18th World Food Day observance in the Capitol Rotunda.
Gabriel Cousens, MS interviews Eric Holt-Gimenez
Gabriel Cousens, M.D., host of an online radio show and author on world nutrition issues, interviews Eric Holt-Giménez, the Executive Director of FoodFirst/Institute for Food and Development Policy. Eric is the author of the latest Food First Book, "Campesino a Campesino: Voices from Latin America’s Farmer to Farmer Movement for Sustainable Agriculture," which chronicles the development of this movement in Mexico and Central America over two and a half decades. Tune in as Eric and Gabriel discuss how to integrate activism with your livelihood to create sustainable and impactful results to create food abundance for all people at the root level. Duration of interview is one hour. The interview was conducted on August 4, 2006.
Dr. Cousens is the director of the Organic Farming and Food Sharing Program at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center: http://www.treeoflife.nu/spiritfarm.html
New Jersey Food Drive
October 16-20
Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. is observing World Food Day by holding a food drive and donating the food received during the week to the Interfaith Food Pantry of Morristown. It is planned to make this an annual event.
Since it began World Food Day has found a way to tell the story of people power in new ways. It's happening again in 2006 . . . .
Official events have a new look . . . from Rome to the UN to Iowa City to Albuquerque . . .
There are NEW materials for kids on the right to food . . . the result of a NEW partnership between FAO and WAGGGS (World Alliance of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) . . . visit the Feeding Minds website www.feedingminds.org to learn about the NEW resources.
People power on the campus will find a NEW expression through the launching of the University War on Hunger . . . and the New film which will be featured on the teleconference . . .
There are other NEW partnerships . . .Like the NEW endeavor linking food banks and the Bank of America . . .
There are NEW venues for ZIGGY as our Ambassador . . .first there was a press release by United Press Syndicate which was picked up by Editor and Publisher . . . Prevention magazine used Ziggy in their newest cookbook. . . and the Christian Booksellers are promoting World Food Day along with Ambassador Tony Hall’s new book “Changing the Face of Hunger."
All the usual events continue like National Food Bank Week (October 15-21); National School Lunch Week (October 9-13); and more than 2000 CWS CROP Walks across the nation. Send your events to be posted. Sponsoring organizations are invited to add additional events using their password.
This WFD logo, composed of pieces of the logos of our hundreds of sponsors, is a reminder that World Food Day belongs to everyone and should be USED by everyone to help involve all our nation’s caring citizens in showing the POWER OF THE PEOPLE!!