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Bread for the World, The ONE Campaign & Other Anti-Hunger Events

(Updated April 6, 2007  Updated information & new listings denoted by   **New**  designation)

Spring-Fall 2007

Click here for 2007 schedule of Offerings of Letters in New Mexico

News & Notes (Bread for the World-New Mexico blog)  Click here

 

Fourth Annual Fair Trade Gala: Experiencing India

Saturday, April 21, 2007   6:00-10:00 P.M.

Amy Biehl Charter School

123 4th St. SW

The Gala highlights Fair Trade and child labor practices in India, over an Indian themed dinner,

live entertainment, fashion show, and silent auction. Guest speakers are Pushpika Freitas,

President, Marketplace of India, a fair trade organization providing a global marketplace

for low-income women artisan's cooperatives in India and Joan Weissman of Rugmark,

a non-profit organization dedicated to ending child labor in the rug industry

and providing schools and opportunities to children freed from the weaving looms.

Tix: Peacecraft, 505-255-5229: $20 general, $15 students, higher at the door.

Brought to you by the UNM Fair Trade Initiative.

 

Farm Bill Community Forum

 Wednesday, May 2

Immanuel Presbyterian Church

 114 Carlisle NE  Albuquerque

and Thursday, May 3

Cloud Cliff Bakery  

1805 Second St.  Santa Fe

Facilitated by Dan Imhoff.

Panelists include:
Don Bustos, Traditional New Mexican Farmer Board Member of the SW Sustainable Agriculture Working Group

George Gundrey, Santa fe Farmers Market Manager (On the Panel in Santa Fe)

Eric Garrettson, Albuquerque Growers Market Manager (On the Panel in Albuquerque)

Lisa Hummon, Farm Bill Coalition, Defenders of Wildlife

Dan Imhoff, Executive Director of the Wild Farm Alliance, author of "Farming With the Wild" and "Food Fight: A

Citizens Guide to a Food and Farm Bill"

Mark Winne, Communications Director, Community Food Security Coalition.

Other panelists to be confirmed.

Co-Sponsored by Albuquerque Downtown Growers Market, Cloud Cliff, Edible Santa Fe Magazine, Farm to Table,

Immanuel Presbyterian Church,  La Montanita Co-op, Local Flavor Magazine, New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy

Council, Santa Farmers Market Institute, Slow Food Rio Grande Chapter, Slow Food Santa Fe Chapter

 

Building a Culture for Peace

Wednesday-Thursday, May 16-17

Hilton Hotel, Downtown Santa Fe

Featuring Aurn Gandhi and Nobel Peace Laureates Rigoberta Menchu and Jody Williams

and H.H. the Dalai Lama (by video)

Please drop by The ONE Campaign Table

 

Bread for the World National Gathering

June 9-12

Washington, D.C.

 

**New**  

Fundraiser for Health Clinic in Kenya

Saturday, June 23     6:00-8:00 p.m.

Peace & Justice Center

202 Harvard SE

Albuquerque

This event will raise money for a clinic that Dr. Angelo Tomedi will be constructing

In Kenya through Global Health Partnerships.   Speakers, entertainment, food and drink

Donation $7 for general public, $5 for students

For more information contact Ann Githinji

 

**New**  

U2Charist/U2 Service

Saturday September 29    7:00 p.m.

St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church

425 University Blvd. NE   Albuquerque

Ecumenical Worship Service focusing on the Millenium

    Development Goals & using songs from rock group U2

More details TBA

For more information contact Carlos Navarro

 

 

Recent Events,  2005-2007 

2007

 

Sunday, February 25   2:00 pm

Networking Meeting for Las Cruces-El Paso
Peace Lutheran Church
1701 E. Missouri Ave.
Las Cruces  map
Bread for the World members in Las Cruces and El Paso met to get acquainted and
begin initial discussions on the 2007 Offering of Letters.
Speakers:
Kari Bachman, the New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council,  New Mexico Task Force to End Hunger 
and Extension Home Economics Dept.-New Mexico State University
     Topic: The 2007 Farm Bill & nutrition/hunger in New Mexico
Ellen Young, New Mexico Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry (LOGM), Peace Lutheran Church 
and Bread for the World.
      Topic: An overview of the 2007 Offering of Letters
 
Offering of Letters Workshop
Saturday, March 24    9:00 am-12:00 pm
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church

5301 Ponderosa Ave. NE.   Albuquerque  map

Speakers:

Matt Newell Ching, Bread for the World’s Western Regional Organizer

    Topic: the nuts and bolts of the letter-writing campaign, Seeds of Change: Help Farmers. End Hunger

Laurel Wyckoff, Executive Director, New Mexico Association of Food Banks

    Topic: How the Food Research and Action Center and America’s Second Harvest view the Farm Bill

Sister Joan Brown, board member, National Catholic Rural Life Conference

     Topic: Sustainable agriculture and how the NCRLC views the Farm Bill

For more information contact Carlos Navarro 

RSVP at www.bread.org/rsvp

 

Offering of Letters Workshop

Sunday, March 25   2:30 pm-5:00 pm 
First Presbyterian Church  
208 Grant Ave. Santa Fe map

Speakers:

Matt Newell Ching, Bread for the World’s Western Regional Organizer

    Topic:  the nuts and bolts of the letter-writing campaign, Seeds of Change: Help Farmers. End Hunger
Mark Winne, communications director, Community and Food Security Coalition
    Topic:  The positions of the CFSC and partners on the Farm Bill, including Hunger, health, nutrition,
 local/regional agriculture, opportunities for new farmers
For more information contact Carlos Navarro or Marlita Reddy-Hjelmfelt

RSVP at www.bread.org/rsvp

 

The ONE Albuquerque Meeting

Saturday, March 31       2:00 p.m.

Two Fools Tavern   3211 Central Ave. NE

Learn how you can be more active in ONE locally.

Information on upcoming events and volunteer opportunities.

 

Peace & Sustainability Fair

Friday, April 6

Student Union Building, University of New Mexico

Please drop by The ONE Campaign Table

 

The Passion of the Earth

19th Annual Way of the Cross

Good Friday, April 6          Noon-3:00 p.m.

Civic Plaza, Downtown Albuquerque, NM

This public stations of the cross is a prayerful piligrimage throughout downtown Albuquerque.

 We will stop at each station to remember Christs's passion and final journey, standing

in solidarity with those places and beings where Christ continues to suffer on planet earth.

Sponsored by the The Center for Action and Contemplation
For more information contact Cece Shantzek or Anita Amstutz

 

Hunger Awareness Day

Thursday, April 19   10:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M.

Student Union Building, University of New Mexico

Sponsored by the UNM Nutrition Club, the New Mexico Public Research

Interest Group (NMPIRG) and Bread for the World-New Mexico.

Panel Discussion Participants

   Lisa LaBrecque, Policy & Advisory Director, Coalition to End Homelessness

   Mary Oleske, Family Nutrition Bureau (State of New Mexico)

   Janet Page-Reeves, New Mexico Association of Food Banks

   Larry Waldman, Bureau of Business and Economic Research

   Mark Winne, Communications Director, Community Food Security Coalition

 Special Presentation: Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino

For more information contact Patricia Keane

 
 
2006
February 11     
Peace & Justice Day at the State Capitol in Santa Fe
The ONE Campaign will be represented.  Please help us with staffing our booth/display 
or drop by and spread the word about The ONE Campaign.
 For more information, contact Laura Casselman

 

March 11     
ONE Spirit, ONE Will, ZERO Poverty
An Offering of Letters Workshop
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
5301 Ponderosa Ave NE
 
Friday, March 24      2:00 p.m.
Second Annual New Mexico TB Summit (World TB Day)
Sponsored by RESULTS-Albuquerque

 

Wednesday, March 29    Noon-10:00 p.m.
Second Annual Peace Fair
Presentations & Tables/Booths by various organizations, including The ONE Campaign.
Student Union Building,  Ballroom A,  University of New Mexico
For more information contact Desi Brown

 

Thursday, April 6        7:00 p.m.
The U.N. Millenium Development Goals 
A blueprint to end global poverty
Featuring Carol Welch, U.S. Coordinator for the Millenium Campaign
University of New Mexico 
Santa Ana Room, Student Union Building, Third Floor
Albuquerque
Sponsored by BFW student chapter, Bread for the World-New Mexico, UNM Religious
Studies Program and the Albuquerque coalition for The ONE Campaign (DATA, RESULTS 
and Bread for the World New Mexico).
For more information contact  Andrea Lucero  or Carlos Navarro
See Listing in Bread for the World’s new Virtual Calendar
And The ONE Campaign’s Regional Calendar
 
Friday, April 7         7:00 p.m.
The U.N. Millenium Development Goals 
A blueprint to end global poverty
Featuring Carol Welch, U.S. Coordinator for the Millenium Campaign
St. Johns United Methodist Church
1200 Old Pecos Trail
Santa Fe
Sponsored by St. John’s United Methodist Food Pantry, the Hunger and Poverty Network 
of Northern New Mexico, the New Mexico Public Health Association, and the local coalition 
for The ONE Campaign (DATA, RESULTS and Bread for the World-New Mexico)

 

Good Friday, April 14    Noon to 3:00 p.m.
Way of the Cross
Downtown Albuquerque
This annual procession sponsored by 
The Center for Action and Contemplation will place a strong emphasis
 on The ONE Campaign, the Millenium Development Goals and The Make 
Poverty History Campaign.   More details TBA. 
For more information contact Anita Amstutz
See listing in The ONE Campaign’s Regional Calendar
 
Friday, April 28    6:30 p.m
Fair Trade Crafts & People-to-People Tourism
University of New Mexico
Kiva Room

Special Guest: Peter Wahome of Kenya, who has developed a new approach to tourism

that emphasizes people-to-people contact and provides new sources of livelihood for people

and communities engaged in the production of home-based crafts.

Sponsored by the UNM Fair Trade Initiative
 
Saturday, April 29    
ELCA-Rocky Mountain Synod Annual Gathering
Convention Center Downtown Albuquerque

Jim Marentette, a Bread for the World member from Durango, Co., will lead a lunch presentation

on The ONE Campaign

 
Saturday, April 29
End Hunger Conference
Sponsored by Presybytery of Santa Fe
Location:  Rio Rancho Presbyterian Church
1004 24th St. SE   Rio Rancho
Featured Speakers: Rev. John Fife, former moderator of Presbyterian Church USA
& Rev. Barbara Dua, executive director of the New Mexico Conference of Churches.
For more information contact the Presbytery office, 345-5657
 
Saturday, April 29    8:15 p.m.
Africa to Albuquerque
Third Annual Fair Trade Gala
Congregation B’nai Israel
4401 Indian School (at Washington)
Admission $20 General, $15 Students, $30 for two

Special Guest: Peter Wahome

Dinner, live entertainment, live auction and dancing.

Sponsored by the UNM Fair Trade Initiative, Women Can International and the Graduate and 
Professional Student Association. 
 
Sunday, April 30     2:00 p.m
Fair Trade Crafts & People-to-People Tourism
PeaceCraft
3215 Central Ave. NE

Special Guest: Peter Wahome

Sponsored by PeaceCraft
 
Saturday, May 13                   9:00 a.m.
A Journey to India
New Mexico Conference of Churches 
Conference Room
720 Vassar NE
Ivan & Linda Westergaard from St. Paul Lutheran Church and Cathy Pfefferle from 
Aquinas Newman Center will talk about their respective trips to India, including their 

Impressions on how various communities are coping with poverty.  

 

Sunday, August 20  1:00 P.M.
Fair Trade Movement in Vietnam
PeaceCraft

3215 Central Ave. NE

Albuquerque, NM 87106

Dr. Angelo Tomedi, PeaceCraft founder will talk about his
experiences with the fair trade movement in Viet Nam. 
 
Saturday, September 9   8:00 A.M.-Noon
2006 AIDS Walk
Sponsored by New Mexico AIDS Services
UNM’s Johnson Field (Corner of Girard & Central)
 
The ONE Campaign will have a table to collect signatures and distribute 
information. Volunteers needed, especially from 7:30-9:00 before the walk.
Contact  Laura Casselman
 
Schedule: 8am- Breakfast (from vendors)
9am- Opening Ceremony
9:30am- Walk
11am- Post Walk Festival
 
Saturday, September 23   
New Mexico Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry’s (LOGM)
Annual Advocacy Conference
Central United Methodist Church
Near Central and Copper
Keynote Speaker: Jennifer Bishop Jenkins, founding member of 
Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights
 
Friday, September 29    6:00-10:00 P.M.

2006 Turquoise Chalice Award and Benefit Banquet

New Mexico Conference of Churches

Hilton Albuquerque on University Blvd.  (Just South of Menaul Blvd.)
Honoring former State Representative
J. Paul Taylor

Guest Speaker: local artist Meinrad Craighead

Tickets $75 individual, $750 for table of 10

Order tickets online

 
Monday, October 16
World Food Day
Watch this space for details on the Albuquerque commemoration

 

Thursday, November 30, 2006: 6:30-8:30pm