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NATIONAL &
GLOBAL ANTI-HUNGER ORGANIZATIONS
Bread
for the World’s List of Allies
Gateway to dozens of US and international anti-hunger and
anti-poverty sites.
HungerWeb Comprehensive
list from Tufts University to dozens of anti-hunger sites
Hunger
News and Hope, a periodical
on hunger and poverty issues, published quarterly by Seeds of Hope
Publishers, in
partnership with 10
denominational groups (includes links):
World
Food Day USA Teleconference is held on Oct. 16 in Albuquerque
and many other U.S. cities, in conjuction with World Food
Day
commemorations in other countries. World Food Day also has a list of links to
other organizations.
Church World Service (CWS) The
relief, development, and refugee assistance ministry of 36 Protestant,
Orthodox, and Anglican
denominations. Working in
partnership with indigenous organizations in more than 80 countries, CWS
supports sustainable self-help
development, meets emergency
needs, aids refugees, and helps address the root causes of poverty and
powerlessness. CWS
sponsors annual CROP Walks for the
hungry in 2,000 communities throughout the country, including Albuquerque,
Las Cruces, Hobbs,
Gallup, Los Alamos, Santa Fe
and Farmington.
Millenium
Campaign Highlights the progress
countries have made in eradicating extreme poverty and provides regional
profiles. It also serves as a platform for independent campaigns to inform
a large audience about their work and encourage people to join them in
making the millennium goals a reality. It is maintained by the United
Nations.
LOCAL & STATE ORGANIZATIONS
Desert Harvest A
program created in 2001 by local non-profit agency Adelante to end hunger and reduce
food waste in
Albuquerque while providing community
outreach opportunities for people with disabilities. Unlike a food bank which stocks
non-perishable foods, Desert Harvest distributes prepared, perishable
foods. The organization
has formed partnerships with local restaurants and hotels to pick up
prepared food that would be thrown away. The food is then delivered to non-profit service
agencies
that feed people in need.
The Food Museum online (link
to weblog) Founded by New Mexico residents Tom
Hughes and Meredith Sayles Hughes.
The site
provides. an
interactive forum for news, views and discussion about all things food:
food history; growing; marketing, cooking; issues
such as food safety, school
lunch reform, GMO foods; diet/nutrition and just plain fun.
Hunger
Grow Away Hank Bruce and Tomi Jill Folk
of Rio Rancho, N.M., helped establish this non-profit organization, which promotes
the use of an innovative
gardening method to combat hunger.
The organization conducts research and promotes the use of crops such as moringa, marama
beans, Okinawa spinach and others to address nutritional needs in many poor
countries.
New
Mexico Association of Food Banks Umbrella
organization for Roadrunner
Food Bank in Albuquerque, The Food Depot in Santa Fe, and other food
banks in the state. All are
affiliates of America's Second Harvest .
Roadrunner distributes
millions of pounds of food each year through a statewide network of over
600 emergency food pantries, group homes, low-income
day care centers, shelters,
soup kitchens, and six smaller, regional food banks. The Food Depot is northern New
Mexico's only food
bank, distributing an average
of 150,000 pounds of food and household products per month.
New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness Its mission is to abolish homelessness in New Mexico by
facilitating housing and
services
for those who are homeless and preventing homelessness for those who are
vulnerable.
New
Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council, initiated through
citizen-based, grassroots activism, is a vehicle to work with
public and private entities
towards strengthening all of New Mexican’s access to sufficient,
high-quality food; strengthening the
economy of New Mexico’s
ranches, farms, and value-adding food processors.
New
Mexico Human Needs Coordinating Council A
statewide organization working to improve the health and meet the human
needs of the people of New
Mexico.
New Mexico
Voices for Children a non-profit,
non-partisan statewide organization, dedicated to carefully assessing and
vigorously advancing the
health and well-being of children, youth, families, and communities through research, education,
organizing,
and advocacy.
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LOCAL
SPIRITUAL& FAITH-BASED PARTNERS
Albuquerque
Network of Spiritual Progressives Affiliated
with the national organization with the same name. The goal of the NSP is to apply spiritual values to politics --
emphasizing that human beings have not only material needs, but also
spiritual and 'meaning' needs.
Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Office of Social Justice)
Its
goals are to make Catholics aware of the social teaching of the Church, to
help facilitate action prompted by that awareness, to be a voice for the
poor and the powerless and to be a resource to parishes as they develop
Social Justice outreach.
Center
for Action and Contemplation"...One of the expressions of the radical nature of
our work was our extensive inclusivity,
bridging gaps within the
spiritual and justice communities, building a rhythm of contemplative
prayer and Zen meditation into our days,
and even more fundamentally,
believing that external behavior should be connected to and supported by
inner guidance."
East Central Ministries a Christ-centered intentional community
committed to walking with the poor.
Offers a food
cooperative, a community garden,
English-as-a-second language and computer classes and many other
programs and services for the residents of East Central neighborhoods in
Albuquerque.
ELCA
Rocky Mountain Region Hunger Network Linked to the ELCA World
Hunger Program
New Mexico
Conference of Churches Inspired
by God's call to reconciliation in diversity, this is a coalition of
churches joined
together seeking healing,
justice, unity and peace through active ministries.
New Mexico Lutheran
Office of Governmental Ministry (LOGM) Its
purpose is to advocate for justice, the protection of human
rights, the care of God's
creation, the relief of misery with a particular emphasis on relieving
poverty and hunger, and the reconciliation
of the estranged by speaking
for those with little or no political power.
Presbytery
of Santa Fe Affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA, the
presbytery celebrates the
good news of Jesus Christ and seeks to glorify and enjoy God and the myriad
expressions of God's grace in its every assembly, deliberation, and action.
Society of St. Andrew (New Mexico chapter)
a nationwide ecumenical Christian ministry dedicated feeding
the hungry through three gleaning projects: the
Potato Project, the Gleaning Network, and Harvest of Hope. The organization’s New Mexico
office is in Las
Cruces
Surgite This Albuquerque-based company presents
liturgical dance routines at
worship services of many denominations in New Mexico and other states. The group also performs at
retirement and assisted living communities and offers liturgical dance workshops for
people of all ages.
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