Twenty-Third Annual World Food Day
October 16, 2006
POWER OF THE PEOPLE:
BOTTOM UP SOLUTIONS TO HUNGER
This year’s World Food Day Teleconference will examine the unique and potentially powerful role played by the hundreds of grassroots’ based movements working for a world free of hunger. The discussion will be a follow-up of 2005 program in which Frances Moore Lappè framed the issue of hunger not as a shortage of food but as a shortage of democracy. Three international leaders with hands on experience and knowledge about these “home grown” endeavors will share information about these global citizen activists: Dr. Makanjuola Olaseinde Arigbede of Nigeria, a full time development activist who trained as a doctor of medicine; Eva Clayton (former congresswoman from North Carolina) who has just retired as Associate Director-General and director of the International Alliance Against Hunger for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN; and Dr. Deepa Narayan, of India, who is senior adviser in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management of the World Bank, and author and team leader of the Voices of the Poor initiative.
In addition there will be a live uplink with the World Food Prize laureate from the ceremonies in Iowa. The program will be available in English, with simultaneous French and Spanish interpretation for worldwide audiences. Single reproducible copies of the teleconference Study/Action Packet, prepared by the U.S. National Committee for World Food Day, will be available in English in early summer and will be sent free of charge to registered sites in North America.
Continuing Education Credits for teleconference participation will be provided through Marywood University for interested clergy and social service professionals. The American Dietetic Association gives CEUS for registered dietitians and dietetic technicians and the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences has approved Professional Development Units (PDUS) for its members. The program will be broadcast live from Washington DC, Monday, October 16th, from noon to 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time. There are no restrictions on videotaping or re-broadcast.
For additional information on the World Food Day Teleconference or other World Food Day resources please contact Patricia Young, National Coordinator.
U.S. National Committee for World Food Day
2175 K Street NW
Washington DC 20437
Tel. 202-653-2404 Fax 202-653-5760
www.worldfooddayusa.org